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writing app his course teaches

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A guy made $500K/yr selling a course on how to use Scrivener

Sam points out that Joseph Michael built a half-million-dollar-a-year business selling a course teaching people how to use the writing app Scrivener — a course on a third-party tool.

“So there's this guy named Joseph. I think his name is Joseph Michael. He made half a million dollars a year selling a course on how to use Scrivener. Is that crazy?”

Steal thisFind a beloved-but-clunky software tool with a cult following and sell a course teaching people how to master it.

EP 134 · 8:22 · SAM
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Idea

Buy Scrivener and make it barely better

Sam pitches acquiring Scrivener — a desktop writing app run by essentially one engineer with a cult following and a one-time $20 fee — and improving it just slightly to unlock value.

“you pay a one-time fee of like $20 to download the software, and then it's a desktop thing. Crazy simple, very effective cult following. I think there's a big, like, someone should actually just buy that business and make it better. Just barely better.”

Steal thisAcquire a cult-following indie software tool with a stale roadmap and modernize it incrementally.

EP 134 · 8:50 · SAM
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