[jamiedumont]

Hate to break it to you but this trend of selling people a system to make money where the seller is actually enacting the system they’re selling is older than the internet.

I can recall online versions in 2012 - that I’m ashamed to say took me for some money - were not just in existence but popular and fashionable the way indie hackers is now. Nothing new.

[kristianp]

Rich Dad Poor Dad was published in 1997. I think it fits into the category.

[mixmastamyk]

The Dave Del Dotto system! Late 80s?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Del_Dotto

[latexr]

It’s not too dissimilar from MLMs, and those are older than the oldest living human, dating at least to the early twentieth century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing

[TheCapeGreek]

I'm not talking about selling shovels in general.

I'm talking about the specific SaaS starter kit trend of recent and that Cory's work predates it - specifically because of snark like yours, which has seen an uptick because of the recent trend.

[jamiedumont]

I'm only pointing out that those SaaS starter kits existed over ten years ago, and I've got the invoice to prove it! :D

[TheCapeGreek]

Okay, fair, my bad!