1. FineArtAmerica: The company got to $5 million in revenue with only 3 full-time employees. Entrepreneur Sean Broihier is a developer himself, and has successfully automated large parts of his business. He has also used outsourcing as a core strategy. [case study]
2. TextMe: TextMe is a messaging app in the same general space as WhatsApp. The company got to $10 million in revenue with a $1 million investment from its co-founders (no outside funding), and just 12 people. [case study]
3. WatchUWant: An e-commerce company that went from zero to $6 million in revenue with ‘me, myself, and I’ – says entrepreneur OJ Whatley. Buying and selling a high-ticket item – luxury watches – from home was key. [case study]
4. CarPartKings: An e-commerce company with outsourced distribution of hard to source items has taken Michael Dash to almost $10 million in revenue with 14 employees. [case study]

In the above case studies, you will find real attention to details and focus on the fundamentals. Unlike WhatsApp that required huge amounts of venture capital to succeed (usually hard to come by), these entrepreneurs have all done it with modest means. Even TextMe, the highest capitalized of the lot only used $1 million in capital.

There’s much to learn from these entrepreneurs and their extremely disciplined approach to business building!