What's the largest known outcome for a solopreneur?

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I'm not sure why I even want to know, but I started wondering what the extreme outliers in tech might look like.If you're a solopreneur (or perhaps a duo), what's the biggest outcome of a sale or acquisition that you could expect, based on existing examples?

mtmail · Accepted Answer

Truly one person, probably Plenty Of Fish with $575 million. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14867510 lists a couple of more.

idoh · Answer

How about the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which has $100 million ARR, and seems to be run by two people?

uberman · Answer

I'm sure there are lots of other example, but this one comes to mind:https://www.inc.com/kid-sells-start-up-to-yahoo-for-30-milli...

cercatrova · Answer

Check out the book Million Dollar One Person Business.

What's the largest known outcome for a solopreneur?

I'm not sure why I even want to know, but I started wondering what the extreme outliers in tech might look like.
If you're a solopreneur (or perhaps a duo), what's the biggest outcome of a sale or acquisition that you could expect, based on existing examples?

Truly one person, probably Plenty Of Fish with $575 million. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14867510 lists a couple of more.

How about the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which has $100 million ARR, and seems to be run by two people?

I'm sure there are lots of other example, but this one comes to mind:
https://www.inc.com/kid-sells-start-up-to-yahoo-for-30-milli...

Check out the book Million Dollar One Person Business.