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Bear in mind that the 60k/month figure is turnover. Not profit. He employes 8 people, has to pay for inventory and packaging, postal, logistics, accounting and whatnot.

Also, judging from the archive.org records it's a 4 year old business. It's not an overnight success.



> Also, judging from the archive.org records it's a 4 year old business. It's not an overnight success.

This is key, obviously. A lot of people will read something like this and assume it’s some kind of overnight success. For that, I give kudos to this guy for what is a business built most likely around long nights and days and determination.


> Bear in mind that the 60k/month figure is turnover. Not profit.

He's not shy about the details -- he gives the profit figure in the article. It's still $25k / month.




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