Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKenzie

Re:Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKe... by nish1500 on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @02:49PM (#9383202)

Making 30k a week, is very different from saying he made 30k some weeks. 120k in Profit is hardly something I would call an 'Empire'.

I appreciate the sentiments of this community, its unquestioning reverence towards Patrick, but the article is full of misleading statements. What is factually correct, can still be grossly misleading.

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Re:Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKe... by nether on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:38PM (#9383527)

I'm not sure what "profit" means in the context of sole proprietorship. Is $120k his takehome pay? Or what's left after subtracting his own salary?

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Re:Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKe... by kentt on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:16PM (#9383400)

Agreed, it does the Patrick and the community a disservice to embellish his accomplishments. They stand on their own just fine.

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Re:Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKe... by the_rosentotter on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:40PM (#9383543)

> I appreciate the sentiments of this community, its unquestioning reverence towards Patrick

I honestly don't. I mean, nice guy, sure, and a great writer, but I don't see that he has built anything I consider particularly inspiring, or successful. In fact he has had quite a few misses, which were announced with the usual self-assured write-ups, only to disappear later.

(I only say this in light of the surprisingly large following patio11 has, he is certainly more accomplished than I or most most posters here will probably ever be.)

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Re:Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKe... by bricabrac on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @06:10PM (#9384544)

Personally, I think he's one of the most inspiring examples of personal success that I've seen on HN.

I know I'm not brilliant enough to change the world with some new revolutionary invention or discovery, and spending years killing myself to try and build some ultimately ephemeral business empire holds zero attraction for me. Achieving a comfortable lifestyle in which I work for myself and can reserve most of my time for my friends, family, and hobbies is my main aspiration, and patio11's success at building that lifestyle is enormously inspirational.

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Re:Building an Empire with a Single Brick: Meet Patrick McKe... by WA on Thursday April 16, 2015 @05:09AM (#9386713)

In fact he has had quite a few misses

Care to give an example?

but I don't see that he has built anything I consider particularly inspiring, or successful.

Then what is inspiring to you and what would you call successful?

These are genuine questions.

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