I Make $1.3M/Year With One Skill

Brett earns $1.3 million a year with Designjoy, operating it entirely by himself without hiring any employees or contractors.

He ran Designjoy for three and a half years while working a 9-5 full-time job, and quit only after it reached $80,000 a month.

A productized service is a business model that offers services in a packaged subscription format, rather than charging hourly. Clients receive unlimited requests for approximately $5,000 a month.

Designjoy's operating cost is $176 a month, using tools such as Figma, Webflow, Adobe, Shutterstock, Trello, and Airtable.

Brett built the business in 24 hours and launched it on Product Hunt. His current primary lead generation channel is Twitter, and he hasn't spent a penny on marketing.

Asynchronous work (async) is key; he has no meetings or Zoom calls with clients, manages requests on a Trello board, and can focus solely on design work.

To improve design skills, it's important to self-learn by moving pixels in Figma daily, mimicking good design, and practicing with fake projects.

Brett's typical day involves waking up at 7:30 AM, taking care of his kids until 10:30 AM, working from 11:30 AM-12:00 PM to 4:00 PM-5:00 PM, and then spending time with his family.

His advice to his past self would be to 'believe in yourself.' He continued his full-time job out of insecurity, but his revenue doubled immediately after quitting.