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Re:Ask HN: One-person startups/SaaS that are profitable? by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:08PM (#37502362)
Thanks, I especially liked the pinned tweet at the top of his account:

> Only 4 out of 70+ projects I ever did made money and grew

> >95% of everything I ever did failed

> My hit rate is only about ~5%

> So...ship more

Great, great advice IMO!

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Re:Ask HN: One-person startups/SaaS that are profitable? by moralestapia on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @11:03PM (#37504466)
Not to detract from Pieter (he actually says this often) but his success is strongly tied to his persona and the brand and community he's built around it, starting from his "12 Startups in 12 Months" stint.

Without marketing/outreach, your hit rate will be much closer to 0%.

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Re:Ask HN: One-person startups/SaaS that are profitable? by _hush_ on Thursday September 14, 2023 @06:19AM (#37507074)
He even had an audience BEFORE he did the 12 startups in 12 months things: he had a succesful youtube electronic music channel

Which doesn't make its success less impressive though but people might want to know that

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Re:Ask HN: One-person startups/SaaS that are profitable? by moralestapia on Thursday September 14, 2023 @11:52AM (#37510600)
Nice, I didn't know that!
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