Single Founder
singlefounder.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
Mike Taber writes about running a software business alone, micro-ISVs, and entrepreneurship, and co-hosts a podcast for small founders.
What HN saysHN commenters point to it as a resource for solo founders and link its 'single founder myth' and micro-ISV posts, alongside the related podcast.
19HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1Homepage4 people · first shared 2011
- 2The Single Most Important Secret to Success2 people · 62 points · first shared 2010 · 12 comments on HN
- 3The Single Founder Myth2 people · 42 points · first shared 2010 · 20 comments on HN
- 4The Day the MicroISV Movement Died2 people · 2 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 5The day the microisv movement died2 people · first shared 2015
- 6The Widescreen Laptop Conspiracy1 people · 70 points · first shared 2011 · 72 comments on HN
- 7You Get out of my Industry1 people · 21 points · first shared 2010 · 25 comments on HN
- 8Your corporate software career will make you a bad entrepreneur1 people · 9 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9The Builder and the Salesman1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 10How to Legally Steal From Your Customers1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 11Amateurs Study Tactics. Professionals Study Logistics.1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 12Losers Have Goals, Winners Have Systems1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 13Firefox is the new Internet Explorer1 people · 2 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 14Taking on Goliath1 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 15Lessons You Could Learn From (Good) Professional Consultants1 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
m_ram · 2013-07-26
Yes, he (the author) also co-hosts an excellent podcast [1] with Mike Taber [2]. I know they're both on HN, but I'm not sure of their usernames.
[1] http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com
[2] http://www.singlefounder.com
gacba · 2011-01-06
You should visit Micropreneur Academy: http://micropreneur.com and also check out http://softwarebyrob.com and http://singlefounder.com. I belong to the MA, and it's a great resource for solo founders.
richardw · 2015-05-05
Mike's blog is at http://www.singlefounder.com/ so the book name must be playing off that. www.entrepreneur.com was probably taken!
arieljraz · 2010-02-23
Here's a great article about the "single founder myth" that also references pg:
http://www.singlefounder.com/2006/10/23/thesinglefoundermyth/
I'd say that this has a lot to do with the availability of cloud computing, app stores, and powerful third-party APIs. There are probably thousands of profitable single founders out there.
ahazred8ta · 2016-06-21
FWIW there are 22K google hits on MicroISV and variations -
https://www.google.com/search?q="Micro-ISV"|"MicroISV&q…
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Micro-ISV.html
http://www.microisv.com/ (defunct)
http://www.singlefounder.com/the-day-the-microisv-movement-died/
mindcrime · 2015-08-14
See also: Micro-ISV.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_ISV
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-ISV-Vision-Reality-Bob-Walsh/dp/1590596013
http://ericsink.com/bos/Micro_ISV.html
Make sure to read this to get a different take though.
http://www.singlefounder.com/the-day-the-microisv-movement-died/
logn · 2014-11-23
less pejorative term than "lifestyle business"
Independent business: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_business
MicroISV: http://www.singlefounder.com/2009/11/17/the-day-the-microisv-movement-…
Ecio78 · 2013-01-11
Rob Walling is a solo entrepreneur that hires Virtual Assistants, coders, designers etc.. in order to create/manage his own products (i.e. http://hittail.com http://www.dotnetinvoice.com/ and others).
You can get more info about how he is doing by reading his blog http://www.softwarebyrob.com or better listening to the podcast http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ he co-host with Mike Tabber (another solo entrepeneur, his site http://www.singlefounder.com/ )