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Entrepreneur Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 10th, 2024

Imagine taking charge of your destiny by turning your passion or skill set into a thriving business. As an entrepreneur, you have the opportunity to identify market gaps and create solutions that matter.

Becoming an entrepreneur involves starting a business from the ground up. This means everything from developing a business plan and securing funding to marketing your product or service and managing day-to-day operations. It requires resilience, creativity, and a touch of daring.

For those who enjoy problem-solving and thrive in dynamic environments, entrepreneurship offers limitless potential. The idea of building something of your own, leading a team, and watching your vision come to life can be incredibly rewarding.

If you’re ready to invest time, effort, and ingenuity, being an entrepreneur could be your path to personal and financial fulfillment.

In this list, you'll find real-world entrepreneur success stories and very profitable examples of starting a entrepreneur that makes money.

1. Thomas Frank ($2.1M/year)

In 2010, while in college, Thomas started a blog to share his experiments in getting the most out of college. Since then, he's applied his interests in productivity and self-development to YouTube, several podcasts, a book, and more. He got the idea of this business when he was trying to build a company's wiki and with the difficulties he faced with Google docs, discovering Notion blew his mind.

How much money it makes: $2.1M/year
How much did it cost to start: $5
How many people on the team: 3

I Made $2.1M in Two Years Teaching People How to Use Notion

This case study explores Thomas Frank's successful business teaching people how to use Notion and selling templates, with sales reaching $2.1 million in two years and template sales currently at $120k/mo, showcasing his journey from blogging and YouTube to e-commerce and SaaS.

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