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#184 – $60k in a Week, Plus Ideas for Building the Future of Work with Dan Pierson

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Synopsis

Dan Pierson, after going from $10k/week at 23 to a five-year 'entrepreneurial desert,' eventually made $60k in a week selling services-before-product and now runs Unsettled, focused on the future of work. The episode covers persistence, indie hacker ideas for shaping remote work, and adjacent tools like Gather (virtual space), Branch (virtual HQ), Grain (Zoom transcription), and First Base (remote employee equipment).

Ideas in this episode

  • Adult travel and co-living community

    Dan Pierson hit $60k in a week with services-before-product after a five-year 'entrepreneurial desert,' and now runs Unsettled, a travel/co-living community, while the host surfaces adjacent tools like Gather, Branch, Grain and First Base.