So you want to build a solo product business online?
Make 6-7 figures selling digital or physical products.
Build up the business and then watch it grow on its own.
Stay a rich solopreneur or become an obscenely wealthy entrepreneur by pushing things to the next level.
Good choice. A product business is the most scalable solo business, which also makes it the one with the highest revenue potential.
Dan Koe made $4 million+ from digital products in 2023. When asked how, he said, âhe doesnât really do much about that anymore.â Instead, heâs developing his software company, Kortex.
One of my best friends started a solo business on Etsy that turned into a full-blown design company.
Even millionaire YouTube creators like Linus Sebastian are now looking into âbuilding out a pipeline of gear and clothing that can compete in quality with anything you'll find in retail stores.â Not just merch. Weâre talking a full-blown product business.
Thatâs the kind of potential weâre talking about, even if it seems far-fetched to you now.
Itâs normal that it seems far-fetched.
Today, we bring it a few steps closer.
New Product Development for Solopreneurs.
In this newsletter:
How to innovate as a solopreneur (even if you think you canât).
Start a profitable product business without an audience. Yes, itâs possible.
The super important step most solopreneurs skip when developing a product. Simple but life-changing.
Smart growth and scaling of a product business. The first $100K are the hardestâbut that doesnât mean growth is easy.
Excited? Letâs begin!
How to innovate as a solopreneur.
Innovation is the ultimate competitive advantage and it doesnât always mean coming up with the next great thing.
Facebook wasnât the first social media platform.
Google wasnât the first search engine.
The iPhone wasnât the first smartphone.
In fact, if youâre starting a product business, you shouldnât try to create new things.
Instead, you should:
Improve it
How do you improve it? There are 4 key benefits of everything ever sold. It makes things either:
Easier
Cheaper / more profitable
Better (this could mean a lot of things based on the product)
Faster
Choose one of these and go for it.
And another tip: if you want to create a âbetterâ educational product but donât have the knowledge, curate information from other successful people. Instead of creating âMy Awesome Course in Xâ create âHow The Most Successful People In The World Do Xâ.
Research is the foundation of all successful businesses.
Start a profitable product business even without an audience.
Everyone goes on and on about building audiences.
I certainly thought that was the only way to build a million-dollar business.
It isnât.