Solo Entrepreneurs Surge as AI Powers Tiny Million-Dollar Startups

Full piece: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/ai-isnt-coming-for-your-job-its-coming

@DKThomp As a member of a two-person team, it’s true it’s more feasible than ever to do it all with a tiny team. Aloneness is a real problem and I’m seeing growing interest in solopreneur social groups.

Have one of those small teams myself. 1. Small teams have insane high leverage with AI due to the streamlined decision making processes. 2. That social life for solo-entrepreneur is real tough. Tiny teams is a lot better because of that. It's interesting your example is actually a couple, ain't it? 3. think it's make our economy more diverse and interesting. Bullish

Fascinating topic. One of the challenges here is that we're working with a lot of data that is just a small snapshot of what may (or may not) become secular trends over the long-term. For example: are the revenue trajectories of these micro-startups likely to be durable, or mostly reflective of a bubble we're in right now?

One thing that feels undeniable though is that it is more possible for smaller teams to be more productive using AI than they would've been otherwise. And the rise of solo entrepreneurship feels like a natural extension of that idea.

@DKThomp the people least worried about AI taking their job are usually the ones who've already figured out how to use it

@DKThomp Idk, feels like we’re just trading one grind for another with these tools.

@DKThomp I don't care for the binary choices.