Making $20M/Year With 0 Employees

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Amit Agarwal figured out something beautiful: people don’t need new tools, they need better ways to use the tools they already have. He built Gmail plugins that make inbox life just a little easier—and turned that into a $20 million-a-year business.

Why It Works

  • Solves a clear pain point: people live in their inboxes.
  • Built on top of an existing platform (Gmail = built-in user base).
  • Tiny utility, massive reach.
  • Simple pricing and frictionless installs.

Real-World Proof

  • Boomerang for Gmail helps users schedule emails and raised over $1M in revenue early on.
  • Grammarly started as a simple writing plugin and grew to a $13B company.
  • Superhuman added speed and design polish to Gmail, now charging $30/month to obsessed fans.

Small tweaks to big platforms often win big.

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