29 Successful Recession-Born Businesses — A list of online businesses started during a recession

Hey PH! 👋 It's a scary and uncertain time right now, so I put together this curated list of successful online businesses that were started during a recession. Including: Billion Dollar Companies 🤑 Keep an eye out for “unicorn” startups like Airbnb, WhatsApp and GitHub. 1 Person, Million Dollar Businesses 💰 A mom selling lunchboxes online, bloggers earning serious money, and a guy flogging politically incorrect t-shirts. Famous Podcasts 🎧 and YouTube Channels 📹 You’ll see two podcasts that earn millions per year, and a tech YouTuber who has come a long way since his first video. Humble Lifestyle Businesses 💵 One woman writes about San Francisco. Another blogs about natural living. Both earn thousands of dollars per month. If you know of any other businesses that would be a good fit for the list, please comment here or on the list itself. And may these examples inspire your own recession-born and recession-proof online businesses 💪😎