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Andrew Wilkinson's $20,000 to $260,000,000 story

My First Million

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Grow By Being a Barnacle On a Whale

The speaker stumbled into a successful strategy by creating themes for Shopify's marketplace without being paid. They earned substantial income as the themes sold and benefited from Shopify's growing marketing efforts. As Shopify's market expanded, so did the speaker's business, eventually leading to a $260 million valuation. The speaker recommends this strategy for platforms like Discord or other software ecosystems that are not oversaturated, where one can benefit from being a 'barnacle on a whale' and make a significant profit.

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