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He Has No Employees..

Name: He Has No Employees..
Uploaded: 2025-08-19T15:01:18+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker recounts investing in a startup founded in 2020 that remains a single‑person operation. The founder insists on never…

19 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker recounts investing in a startup founded in 2020 that remains a single‑person operation. The founder insists on never hiring anyone, positioning himself as the sole employee and refusing to hold meetings. Despite this minimalist structure, the business—a niche platform that sells appointments—has scaled dramatically, moving from roughly $2,000 in total revenue over the first five months to about $1 million in monthly revenue and processing several thousand transactions each day. The speaker highlights the founder’s unconventional vision, the rapid revenue growth, and the unique, low‑overhead business model.

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We have a company right now that I'm invested in that only has one employee, the founder. It was 2020 when I invested in the company. Brilliant guy. And he was just like, I only have one role and you probably won't like it. And he's like, I will never hire anyone. That's my only role. He explained his whole vision and I was like, this guy's insane. But it's crazy. He still runs it. The platform does a few thousand transactions a day. When I invested in the company, it did $2,000 in total revenue in 5 months. It does like a million a month. He's like, hey, he calls me up. He's like, look at my calendar and it's empty. It's like, it's like I don't do meetings. It's like this whole thing anyways. But it's a cool business. He sells appointments. It's a really wild little niche.