Entrepreneur Developer
Pick a business model that fits your skills, then actually form the business: entities, taxes, deductions, and the dates that matter.
You do not need an investor to start. That is an actual lesson title from the first section of this course, and it is the whole premise. As a developer, the expensive part of most online businesses, the building, is something you can already do. What you are missing is the map: which model to pick, how to price, and how to set the thing up legally without creating a mess.
Pick a model with your eyes open
The course walks three families of business honestly, tradeoffs included. Digital products are the gentlest entry: you learn the types, how to price them, marketplace versus your own store, selling through Shopify, and how to promote what you make. There is a full lesson on themes, which remain one of the most developer-shaped products that exist.
SaaS gets the deepest treatment because it is the most seductive and the easiest to fumble. The section starts with research and the discipline of solving one problem, then covers stack choice, platform types, monetization, payment processing, landing pages that convert, and promotion.
The third family, applications, micro services, and niche sites, is for smaller and faster bets. You learn how they differ, how to find ideas by niching down, and how each one makes money.
The paperwork nobody teaches developers
The last section is the one I wish someone had handed me early: naming the business, LLC versus S Corp, tax brackets, W2 versus 1099, deducting expenses, getting loans and credit, finding an affordable accountant, and the filing dates that bite people who miss them. Fair warning, this section is US-focused. It is also the difference between a hobby with revenue and an actual company.
If you want tactical, step-by-step monetization strategies to pair with this, the Profitable Developer course is the natural companion, and freelancing as a bridge income is covered in the Freelancer Guide.
What you'll learn
- ✓ Compare the business models available to you, including SaaS vs applications
- ✓ Choose and price digital products, and decide between marketplaces and your own store
- ✓ Use Shopify to sell digital products
- ✓ Research and build a SaaS that solves one clear problem, then monetize and promote it
- ✓ Understand applications, micro services, and niche sites as smaller, faster bets
- ✓ Name your business and choose between an LLC and an S Corp
- ✓ Understand tax brackets, W2 vs 1099, deductible expenses, and important filing dates
- ✓ Know when to get an accountant and how to find an affordable one
Course Curriculum
5 sections
1
Introduction
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2
Digital Products
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3
SaaS
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4
Applications / Micro Services / Niche Sites
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5
Starting Your Business
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Before you start
- ✓ Some ability to build things with code, since the models here monetize developer skills
