Just solo managing everything? Taxes, laws, supply, execution whatever… ? One man (or woman) teams?

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    Been solo since 2017 as a designer. Ups and downs with workload and pros and cons for being solo. The freedom and agency of being solo is unmatched. Now I’m at the point where I’ll trade some of that to scale and offload specific things

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    Try to find the best business to dive in I was thinking about selling car insurance

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    Started off like that but it’s not the way to go forward, hired an accountant to save me a bunch of time on that. Then employees to reduce workload. Otherwise you’ll just get burnt out and not grow as much as you could

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      This is the way. Still pretty small. But otherwise I’d lose it & go live in a hut in the woods.

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    Me. Design, website managing, photography, marketing, packaging, shipping, sourcing, bookkeeping.

    Only time I hired someone else is when I took a vacation and my cousin came in once a week to package and ship out orders. Otherwise, my company isn’t too big yet to hire people. I can manage for now.

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    I do it on my own. Magazine owner and PR expert. I hire consultants for specialized things like graphic design or database building. Always hire for the stuff you dont have time to learn or the time to do.

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    Freelance market researcher, tech/article writer, and pitch deck consultant; 10 year+; have been doing everything on my own.

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    Everything solo for now. I basically research and curate my favorite real-world B2B marketing examples in a gallery here.

    I use it as a way to learn and grow as a marketer myself. Its not monetized yet though, still a new project

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    Here. It sucks. I like to hire people for real estate flips because it’s the norm and but fucking having a bitch of a time doing it with my video hustle… So much fucking douchebaggery in the video world just like the art scene people wanna fucking peacock how great they are not just make videos/art

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    Hire a tax accountant, it’s write off cost anyway.

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    Get a VA or someone similar on Upwork. Great for research, drafting, booking things or time consuming jobs. Phillipines are great for this.

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    Get a VA or someone similar on Upwork. Great for research, drafting, booking things or time consuming jobs. Phillipines are great for this.

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    I started selling online in 2010. All 5 Ventures failed miserably.
    Currently, I am a full-stack software engineer here in TX working with a Fortune 500 company.
    I have a dream to have my own business.
    This time, My brother will also help me. He is also a software developer.
    So, Me and My brother want to go on a little adventure.
    You got it right.
    Obviously, the straight path is to start with a “Web Design Agency” We want to help SaaS entrepreneurs.
    We like to work with SaaS entrepreneurs, from idea validation to live-in production.

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    I started selling online in 2010. All 5 Ventures failed miserably.
    Currently, I am a full-stack software engineer here in TX working with a Fortune 500 company.
    I have a dream to have my own business.
    This time, My brother will also help me. He is also a software developer.
    So, Me and My brother want to go on a little adventure.
    You got it right.
    Obviously, the straight path is to start with a “Web Design Agency” We want to help SaaS entrepreneurs.
    We like to work with SaaS entrepreneurs, from idea validation to live-in production.

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    I had asked the exact same thing but the post didn’t get traction. OP asked the same thing but framed it in a way better, simple form. This helps.