The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less

The most important thing is to set aside a dedicated amount of time every day and to begin.

Manual “sales” will be 99 percent of your growth in the early days, and word of mouth will be 99 percent of your growth in the latter days.

My sense is that people who wish to reach customers some other way, like search engine optimization (SEO) or content marketing, are looking for an out. If that’s you: Stop! It doesn’t exist!

The further you can get without hiring your first engineer if you are building a software product, the higher your chances of achieving profitability.

Can I ship it in a weekend? The first iteration of most solutions can and should be prototyped in two to three days.

Adam Wathan of Tailwind UI says, “Want to find a good SaaS idea? Start a business, literally any business. You will soon realize how bad every existing tool is that you have to pay for to run that business, and you will quickly become overwhelmed by the number of things you feel you need to build yourself.”

at the beginning, minimalist entrepreneurs have to stick to what is truly essential rather than try to learn and do everything all at once.

Once you’ve found community-you fit, start contributing with the intention of becoming a pillar in that community.

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