I would love to see an example of a scaled 1-person business. The idea is super-compelling in theory, but just the thought of everything involved.
- Sales / Marketing
- Product / Technology / Engineering
- Support / Services (customization changes)
all rolled up in one just seems like an incredible thing.
I think this has to be 1-person businesses are usually service businesses - selling expertise. Would love to see real products which are live and run by 1-people businesses.
The iOS and Android app stores likely hold the most examples of high scale one person businesses. Someone already mentioned Apollo. I'd add https://overcast.fm and https://david-smith.org (maker of many apps, including the wildly successful widgetsmith). There are plenty of other really successful apps that are just one person operations.
I run a 1-person business selling a physical product, with a companion app, and a static site for sales.
It's "easy". Yes, there are some headaches, but I prefer end to end ownership. I run the entire thing, infrastructure, sales, design + engineering, manufacturing, support.
I'm in a niche, but it is doable, I guarantee you that.
Brett @ designjoy is a 1-person business doing > $1MM/year revenue. He's on twitter (@designjoy) and had a good Indiehackers interview with Courtland from a couple years back.
all rolled up in one just seems like an incredible thing.
I think this has to be 1-person businesses are usually service businesses - selling expertise. Would love to see real products which are live and run by 1-people businesses.