My First Million

Pieter Levels: Making $2.7M A Year With No Employees

Jul 14, 2022

Pieter Levels, a solopreneur and digital nomad, shares how he earns nearly $3M a year without any employees. He discusses the balance between travel and work while building multiple successful online businesses. Pieter emphasizes the importance of transparency in entrepreneurship and reveals his unique strategies for scaling and investing. He also dives into the digital nomad lifestyle, advocating for meaningful relocations over constant travel. Additionally, Pieter explores minimalism and the concept of the giving economy to enrich community connections.

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Quick takeaways

Remote work and digital nomadism are increasingly popular, offering lifestyle and travel opportunities.

Building a strong personal brand is essential for solopreneur success.

A business idea centered around apartment hotels for remote workers can cater to the needs of the growing nomadic community.

Transparency in business can be a valuable marketing strategy, despite the security risks and challenges.

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The rise of remote working and digital nomadism

The podcast discusses the increasing popularity of remote working and digital nomadism. It highlights the lifestyle and travel opportunities that come with being a digital nomad, along with the challenges and benefits of remote work.

Ok with Keeping A SAAS Small

00:41

⭐️ Travel with 1 Backpack, Buy Clothes there, Donate Before Leaving

00:38

Do You Think You Could Automate Most Things?

02:29

The Ten-Year Success Cycle

01:29

Intro

2min

Navigating Influential Connections and Personal Boundaries

3min

Entrepreneurial Nomadism: The Journey of Building Multiple Small Businesses

2min

From Nomad to Entrepreneur

11min

Building Websites with a Focus on Inflation and Rapid Development

3min

Navigating Digital Metrics and Business Value

19min

The Digital Nomad Dilemma

15min

Exploring Minimalism and the Philosophy of 'Less is More'

4min

Embracing the Giving Economy

22min

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Pieter Levels (@levelsio) about being a solopreneur who makes nearly $3M a year with no employees while living a nomadic lifestyle.

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Show Notes:

(02:40) - How Sam gets in touch with people

(05:50) - How much Pieter makes

(13:25) - How to become a hit solopreneur

(20:10) - What Pieter uses to build

(23:45) - Building to earn vs. building to sell

(29:55) - How movements grow

(30:25) - Thinking big as a solopreneur/Indie Hacker

(35:35) - Businesses that could earn you $20k a month

(42:30) - How Pieter spends and invests his money

(47:10) - Why Pieter believes in Asia

(52:40) - What Pieter spends money on

(01:01:15) - Who Peter admires

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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