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Hall of Masters
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Solo business and indie makers
People who built a real business alone or with a tiny team, without investors. Small bets, simple products, steady income.
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Jason Fried
Co-founder and CEO of 37signals (Basecamp)
790 records
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David Heinemeier Hansson
Creator of Ruby on Rails, co-owner of 37signals
944 records
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Derek Sivers
Founder of CD Baby, writer
2,523 records
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Pieter Levels
Solo maker of Nomad List, Remote OK and Photo AI
379 records
AskNoah Kagan
Founder and CEO of AppSumo
1,255 records
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Andrew Wilkinson
Co-founder of Tiny, founder of MetaLab
653 records
AskJustin Welsh
One-person business builder, LinkedIn creator
1,152 records
AskPatrick McKenzie
Software entrepreneur and writer known as patio11
937 records
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Rob Walling
Co-founder of TinySeed, founder of MicroConf
4,700 records
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Arvid Kahl
Bootstrapped founder, author of Zero to Sold
1,218 records
AskNaval Ravikant
Co-founder of AngelList, angel investor
785 records
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Tim Ferriss
Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, podcast host
156 records
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Seth Godin
Marketing writer, author of Purple Cow
606 records
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Russell Brunson
Co-founder of ClickFunnels
716 records
AskJoel Spolsky
Co-founder of Stack Overflow and Trello
556 records
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