> The first billion-dollar solopreneur likely is going to happen at some point I...

lostmsu · 2026-01-07T12:53:04 1767790384

He began hiring in 2018.

Also, "Plenty of Fish uses a Microsoft-based platform for itself, including IIS, ASP.NET, and Microsoft SQL".

disgruntledphd2 · 2026-01-09T09:18:11 1767950291

> He began hiring in 2018.

2008 I think (from the wikipedia article). I met my now wife on the platform in 2013. I do think it counts, and it's important to note that even pre-AI, software has incredible leverage for small teams/individual people.

lostmsu · 2026-01-09T12:11:30 1767960690

Of course it doesn't count. He is not a solopreneur at $500M.

Jeremy1026 · 2026-01-07T19:15:16 1767813316

So if I make a website that uses Nginx, Ruby, and Postgres, does that mean that I don't get credit for making it since I use other tools?

lostmsu · 2026-01-07T19:24:59 1767813899

No, I just brought attention to the stack because it's not "sexy".