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# My solopreneur story: zero to $45K/mo in 2 years

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 16 min read · 479 upvotes · 36 comments

## Summary

Tony Dinh quit his job and became a full-time indie hacker in September 2021. His total revenue across all products is about $45K/month at ~90% profit. His first software product was built with Visual Basic 6 in high school. He created a product with it and survived a drama that almost killed his business.

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## Community discussion

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**@alexparker21** · 10 upvotes

> I'm really happy for Tony, it's impressive. However we get all wrapped up in talking about how to build stuff in the tech world, but we tend to forget about the marketing side of things. It might be a bit annoying, but it's pretty darn important too

**@mannjnef** · 2 upvotes

> Appreciate

**@bobbyiliev** · 2 upvotes

> Amazing!

**@justindavis83** · 2 upvotes

> Solid read!

**@louisjs** · 1 upvotes

> Great read !

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