Brien Darm at his desk

The entire operation. One laptop.

About

Brien Darm

I run a one-person online business from my laptop. No team, no investors — just systems, automation, and a lot of trial and error.

I started in 2019 with zero capital, zero following, and zero clue. My first year, I made $900. Total. I tried launching a hosting company nobody signed up for. Built projects nobody wanted. Promoted platforms that got blacklisted.

Today, I run six income streams generating $42,500/month — affiliate marketing, digital products, a newsletter, productized services, online courses, and AI-powered automation. I work about 25 hours a week.

I use a 3D avatar instead of showing my face. Not because I'm hiding — because the business should work without personal brand dependency. The systems are the product, not the person.

I wrote The Passive Income Solopreneur because I wish someone had handed me this roadmap six years ago. Nobody did. So I documented everything — every system, every failure, every dollar — and put it in a book.

The journey

From $0 to $42,500/month

DAY 1
Started with nothing
No capital, no audience, no experience. Just a laptop and an internet connection.
DAY 48
First commission: $34.72
A stranger in the Philippines clicked my Jasper link at 2 AM. 47 days of $0 before that.
YEAR 1
$900/month average
Mostly affiliate income. Failed hosting company. Google de-indexed my site. Kept going.
YEAR 2
$2,500/month
Recurring commissions compounding. Lost $3,800 from a bad exchange. Launched a course that made $788 total.
YEAR 3
$5,000/month
Discovered automation and AI tools. Also discovered burnout — two weeks unable to work.
YEAR 4
$12,900/month
Major scaling. Almost made the mistake of going agency. Stayed solo. Compounding kicked in.
YEAR 5–6
$42,500/month
All six pillars running. 25 hours/week. $1.3M cumulative revenue. Wrote the book.

Read the full system

Every number, every failure, every system — in 80,000 words.

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