Ask HN: What's the closest one can get to a personal Basic Income with software?

Re:Ask HN: What's the closest one can get to a personal Basi... by tedmiston on Friday March 31, 2017 @01:52PM (#14006248)

I think the short answer is: (1) work for yourself, not as an employee, (2) find a niche market, (3) create a SaaS product for it, (4) outsource tasks like support to other people instead of doing them yourself.

I just recommended this book the other day in a related thread [1], but Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup by Rob Walling really is a stellar reference on this topic. He is very big on the "grow big enough to have a functional small business (buzzword: micropreneur) but don't grow forever and obsessively". They also have a (paid) forum where you can talk with likeminded devs turned founders.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13981490

[2]: http://www.startupbook.net/

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Re:Ask HN: What's the closest one can get to a personal Basi... by hsribei on Friday March 31, 2017 @05:18PM (#14008361)

Thanks for the pointers! I think (2) is the hardest, but I'll try some of the things Amy Hoy publicly shared about her Sales Safari process (can't afford 30x500 yet).

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