1,000 true fans is an essay about a thousand die-hard fans paying a content creator $100/year, which comes out to 100k before taxes and expenses.
I'd argue that if you're smart enough to be reading this website, you're smart enough to create and sell a piece of software to 10 businesses. If you can add 2% of revenue/quarter or save 5-10% of an expense, you can name your price (as long as it's below the amount of revenue you generated or money you saved). Paradoxically, it's easier to charge lots of money vs. convince lots of people to give you a little bit of money. If you don't believe me, I encourage you to run a time-boxed experiment where you attempt to do both for 1 month. Post your findings to HackerNews!
This might seem more boring compared to 1,000 fans (1,000 people who follow you is a great dopamine hit), but it's also much easier!
I'd argue that if you're smart enough to be reading this website, you're smart enough to create and sell a piece of software to 10 businesses. If you can add 2% of revenue/quarter or save 5-10% of an expense, you can name your price (as long as it's below the amount of revenue you generated or money you saved). Paradoxically, it's easier to charge lots of money vs. convince lots of people to give you a little bit of money. If you don't believe me, I encourage you to run a time-boxed experiment where you attempt to do both for 1 month. Post your findings to HackerNews!
This might seem more boring compared to 1,000 fans (1,000 people who follow you is a great dopamine hit), but it's also much easier!