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I Make $1.3M/Year With One Skill 📚 Make Your First $1 (10x Faster) with Case Studies - https://www.starterstory.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=brett&yts=true 📩 Business Ideas Newsletter (free) - https://www.starterstory.com/newsletter/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=brett In this episode, I meet up with Brett from DesignJoy so I could ask him how he built a $1.3M per year one-person business WHILE working a 9-5. He reveals the secrets behind his pricing strategy, how he found his idea, and some actionable advice on how anyone can use this special business model to turn a single skill into a $1M/year business. Hope you all enjoy! 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - The $1.3M/year business model 1:24 - How he runs the business 2:06 - Finding the idea & building it 2:59 - Working a 9-5 while building the business 3:23 - Pricing strategy 4:10 - How to build a productized service with one skill 4:52 - Costs & tools 5:19 - Solopreneur marketing strategies 5:58 - How to find ideas & build them fast 6:40 - Starter Story Trial 7:14 - How to get better at design 7:56 - Day in the life / routine 9:10 - Advice for entrepreneurs Follow Brett 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrettFromDJ 🔔Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/@starterstory 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/starter_story/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/thepatwalls Sharing ideas that make money! Disclaimer: This podcast is published by a viewer using content from Starter Story's YouTube channel with the goal of making his valuable insights more accessible to those who prefer audio formats, helping more people discover and learn from the insights shared in his videos. It is not an official production of Starter Story. For any requests from Starter Story, please don't hesitate to get in touch. ----- ----- Keywords: saas business, digital products, online business, business ideas, passive income Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Underdog: From $200K in Debt to $1M App Maker This is the true story of how Adam Lyttle went from having over $200,000 dollars in debt, to becoming a $1M app developer. 💻 Head to https://Hostinger.com/starterstory and build your business website in minutes with Hostinger’s AI Builder. Use code StarterStory for 10% off! 📚 50+ Solo Developer Business Ideas (free) → https://www.starterstory.com/solo?utm_campaign=ryanchen&utm_source=youtube Follow Adam's Journey 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@adamlyttleapps ⚫️ https://x.com/adamlyttleapps Starter Story Second Channel :) 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@StarterStoryStudio Sharing ideas that make money! Disclaimer: This podcast is published by a viewer using content from Starter Story's YouTube channel with the goal of making his valuable insights more accessible to those who prefer audio formats, helping more people discover and learn from the insights shared in his videos. It is not an official production of Starter Story. For any requests from Starter Story, please don't hesitate to get in touch. ----------------------------- ---------- Keywords: startup journey, business growth, software business, mobile app success, app monetization, bootstrap startup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Underdog: He Turned His Last $1,000 Into $150M This is the story of how Guillaume Moubeche went from being an aspiring entrepreneur with $1,000 left in his bank account, to building a company making $30M/year and is now valued at over $150M. 📚 52 Micro SaaS Business Ideas → https://www.starterstory.com/micro?utm_campaign=guillaume&utm_source=youtube Follow Guillaume's Journey 🐦 - https://x.com/GuillaumeMbh 🎥 - https://www.youtube.com/@GuillaumeMoubeche Starter Story 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/starter_story/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/thepatwalls Sharing ideas that make money! Disclaimer: This podcast is published by a viewer using content from Starter Story's YouTube channel with the goal of making his valuable insights more accessible to those who prefer audio formats, helping more people discover and learn from the insights shared in his videos. It is not an official production of Starter Story. For any requests from Starter Story, please don't hesitate to get in touch. ---------------------- ------ Keywords: startup advice, mobile app success, passive income, startup success, app flipping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices