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

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