13 Businesses Making +$1,000,000/Year With 0 Employees

Synopsis

Sam and Shaan's list of 13 one-person million-dollar businesses: Stardew Valley, Streamyard, Plenty of Fish, TinyWow, Photopea, GetCyberLeads, Lenny Rachitsky's newsletter, Marketing Examples, Joe Rogan's media business, Gym Streak, Milled, BuiltWith, Only Finder and The Van Trump Report. Sorted by degree-of-difficulty, easiest-to-recreate, most-fun and most-want-to-own.

Ideas in this episode

• Niche content site

  Sam and Shaan's one-person business list supports TinyWow-style single-purpose tools and BuiltWith-style data aggregators, monetized through ads, affiliate revenue or paid access.

• Newsletter as a media business

  Sam and Shaan's 13 one-person million-dollar businesses including Lenny Rachitsky's newsletter, Marketing Examples, Milled and TinyWow.

• TinyWow-style single-purpose tools

  Sam and Shaan's 13 one-person $1M/year businesses sorted by ease-to-recreate and most-fun — Stardew Valley, Streamyard, Plenty of Fish, TinyWow, Photopea, GetCyberLeads, Lenny's newsletter, Marketing Examples, Joe Rogan's media, Gym Streak, Milled, BuiltWith, Only Finder, Van Trump Report.

• Bootstrapped micro-SaaS portfolio

  Sam and Shaan's list of one-person million-dollar businesses suggests a TinyWow-style single-purpose web tool or a BuiltWith-style data aggregator in a familiar niche, hosted cheaply and monetised via ads or affiliate offers.