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Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by deeviant on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:28PM (#25388919)
> The weird idea that only the "super-privileged" can do this is just flat-out wrong.

It's not that YOU HAVE TO BE super-privileged to be able to quit your job and take a whack at the start-up lyfe, it's just that you are much more likely than the average person to be super-privileged.

That's how stereotypes work.

Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by joncrane on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:19PM (#25389562)
Having a job doesn't disqualify a person from forming a separate, revenue generating business.
Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by justsid on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:46PM (#25391544)
Because time grows on trees...

To start a business you need to invest a lot of time (and money), which most people simply don’t have. I have a regular job and no children, and there are so many things I’d love to do but simply don’t have the time for. This is true for most people.

Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by triceratops on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:57AM (#25396586)
Most job contracts have no-moonlighting terms, non-competes, or mandatory IP assignment clauses.
Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by spoonjim on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:39PM (#25389050)
You don’t need to quit your job to start a online business. I make 30K a year from a website that takes me about 10 hours a year and took about 1000 hours to build during which I learned a lot and had a lot of fun.
Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by superimposition on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:41PM (#25389085)
Authority based affiliate website?
Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by germinalphrase on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:18PM (#25389550)
URL?
Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by spoonjim on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:43PM (#25390710)
There’s a reason that when people have a good thing like this going they never tell anyone else about it. Don’t want competitors.
Re:How I got to $9.99 MRR after 7 years by germinalphrase on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:54PM (#25390855)
Fair enough.