[HN Gopher] A Company of One ___________________________________________________________________ A Company of One Author : herbertl Score : 28 points Date : 2023-09-02 21:38 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (rishad.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (rishad.substack.com) | dmezzetti wrote: | This isn't possible in every industry but it certainly is in the | software space. With modern tooling and automation, one person | can accomplish quite a lot. | | As with most paradigm shifts, many are sleeping on this. But | expect small teams to be behind more and more of the most | influential software of the next decade. And the traditional | mindset on what is a company and how growth happens will also | evolve. | ChrisMarshallNY wrote: | I suspect that AI will be an accelerator for this. | | It's not gonna replace us. It will help us to be more | productive. | actionfromafar wrote: | Some stuff won't be needed in more quantity. | | So if what was needed had five people and now three people | can do that same job, two are let go. Of course, things will | sort themselves out eventually, but whenever fast shifts | occurs, a lot of throwing under a lot of buses will occur in | the meantime. | HeyLaughingBoy wrote: | > how life could fit into work ? | | This should never have been the question in the first place! | BirAdam wrote: | The most liberating insight I had in studying economics is that | every person in a relatively free country already is a company of | one, even if each individual is "employed" by another company. | The negotiation of salary or wage is one in which the employee is | negotiating the price of his/her labor, and in that sense is | selling something, or purchasing services/facilities from the | employer, or in reality both. | pxue wrote: | what's not being said: unless you're rich, it's much better to | aim for a small, profitable business within the first 3 months | and a low 7 figure exit. If you can't figure out how to do this, | work for someone else until you do. | | I think the genz are very aware of this. | lamroger wrote: | low 7 figures after how long? | HeyLaughingBoy wrote: | Why do you need to exit? | actionfromafar wrote: | You don't _need_ to but you might not enjoy having all your | eggs in your one basket. | GordonS wrote: | I think you're right. Hell, a lot of GenZ'ers find the very | idea of billionaires to be abhorrent, let alone strive to | become one. Can't say I disagree. | satvikpendem wrote: | > _what 's not being said: unless you're rich, it's much better | to aim for a small, profitable business within the first 3 | months and a low 7 figure exit. If you can't figure out how to | do this, work for someone else until you do._ | | That is basically what the book Company of One says, yes. Zero | to Sold is also another good book in the same vein. | lamroger wrote: | thanks for the rec ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-09-04 23:00 UTC)