How a Niche Focus Catapulted Me from Engineering Manager to $300k Solopreneur
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A niche-focused solopreneur describes testing mentorship models, landing 300+ mentoring sessions across 20+ companies, charging $350 hourly rate and sustaining about 3–4 sessions per day to reach roughly $300k in profit with negligible costs. The operating recipe: two days mentoring, on-site consulting for practice, one day investing in skills, back-office automation and outsourced accounting, ~85% word-of-mouth leads, and early phases requiring 10–11 hour days; iterate quickly, skip perfection.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00From engineer to $300k solopreneur
- 6:05Career path trigger
- 10:22Finding niche in coaching
- 15:03The fear of missing out and my mentoring triangle
- 21:51Solopreneurship hard truths
- 26:04Perfectionism kills progress
- 27:30Closing thoughts
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