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Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business

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660 points jonkuipers | 1 comments | 07 Jul 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.646s | source
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44za12 ◴[09 Jul 25 07:59 UTC] No.44507354[source]▶
I love how these stories always start with “I just wanted to scratch my own itch” and end with “...and now I’m running a company with a payroll bigger than my old day job.” It’s inspiring, but also a little bit intimidating. Makes you wonder how many potential seven-figure ideas are just sitting in people’s “maybe someday” folders. The real lesson here? Ship something, even if it’s ugly. You can’t optimize what doesn’t exist.
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1. esskay ◴[09 Jul 25 10:27 UTC] No.44508241[source]▶
See to me the "running my own company with a payroll bigger than my old day job" isn't something I'd want - it actually sounds like a total nightmare to me.

The whole point to me is getting to a stage where you can work when and where you want and only if you want to. Having it set up in such a way where its small enough to manage but big enough to self sustain if you wanted to go off on vacation for a few weeks at the drop of a hat.