Marc Lou vows to never raise VC, hire employees, or build slowly
Marc Lou · The Underdog: From $10/hr to $1.5M/Year · Aug 5, 2024 · at 12:59
Solopreneur Marc Lou describes the operating rules he adopted for his software businesses after being fired from his corporate engineering job.
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“I will never spend months on a product. I will never raise money. I never have employees. I'll never do all the things that frustrated me in the past.”
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