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Chris Oliver, GoRails, Educational Company

I’m an admirer entrepreneurial stories. Well, I was on IndieHackers recently and saw this guy posted that he earned over a million dollars with his online business.

He’s a guy who used to work as a developer and did well but decided to start his own company. He started by saying, “I don’t know everything, but I know a little bit more than people less experienced than me–I’ll start by teaching them.”

Chris Oliver is the founder of GoRails where he teaches intermediate Ruby on Rails developers how to build common features of web applications, refactor and organize their code, stay up-to-date, and learn new libraries.

Chris Oliver

GoRails

Chris Oliver is the founder of GoRails where he teaches intermediate Ruby on Rails developers how to build common features of web applications, refactor and organize their code, stay up-to-date, and learn new libraries.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs. I’m also an admirer entrepreneurial stories. I was on indie hackers and, and saw that this guy who you’re about to meet Chris Oliver posted that he earned over a million dollars with his online business.

And he’s a guy who used to work as a developer did well. Had this big issue and then decided I’m going to start my own company. And the one thing that he could start off with was he said, you know what? I don’t know everything, but I know a little bit and people who are further behind me, I’ll just teach that.

And so he started go rails where people can learn Ruby on rails. And then after that, he said, you know, there are other tools, other services, other things I could provide my. My audience, my customers, people who, who are drawn to my work. And so one of those tools that he created it’s...

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