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This is a strange amplification, for sure. But so is every other success story.

I’ve had two successes that were only tangentially connected. The first was consulting, then building my own app, now I’m entering selling hardware.

I went from building industrial BLE sensor apps for $/hr, to selling licenses for a niche electron app (talking to hardware, label printers), and soon I’ll be selling physical hardware (label printers) bundled with my app.

Each success let me bootstrap the next. I’m still solo, and plan to grow to 7-figures over the next 18 months. Buckle up!

You can read a bit more about the label printing solution I’ve built at https://sourceforge.net/articles/qa-with-label-live-how-we-m...




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