Solopreneurs Are Changing the Face of the Economy

Re:Solopreneurs Are Changing the Face of the Economy by Centigonal on Saturday April 02, 2022 @12:32PM (#30889456)

I've been saying this for ages, but as consolidation and increasing commercial rent continnues to erode local businesses, the "mom-n-pop shop" concept is growing online.

People are selling custom wares on Etsy/Shopify, running a Youtube/Twitch channel, becoming Amazon FBA vendors, etc. A big difference is that both expenses and revenue are lower, and people are usually dependent on one or multiple big corpo platforms for customer discovery and continued success.

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Re:Solopreneurs Are Changing the Face of the Economy by attilaperez on Saturday April 02, 2022 @02:12PM (#30890321)

The AWSification of small business is going to have interesting results down the road. I couldn't imagine the hair pulling that Etsy sellers and Youtube creators must go through day-to-day. Having a monolith hand that feeds you, doesn't even perceive you, and couldn't care a bit about you dictate your financial present and future sounds unnerving.

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