Brett Williams is the founder of Designjoy, a one-man productised design service that is doing over $130k MRR, charging clients up to $5k a month for unlimited design. You indeed hear that right, Brett is running a million dollar business solo with over 40 clients.

What we covered in this episode:

• $50k per year with a Tumblr blog
• Dropping out of college and getting a regular job
• How Brett started Designjoy
• Being inspired by Design Pickle
• Launching Designjoy
• Taking 3 years to get to $10k MRR
• Non-traditional marketing and growth methods
• Launching Scribbles, a side project
• What does into a good landing page?
• Different routes to success
• Waiting till $80k to quit his job
• Should entrepreneurs be more risk-adverse?
• How run a successful 1-man productised service?

Recommendations

• Book: Company of One
• Podcast: The Dave Ramsey Show
• Indie Hacker: Suhail

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