The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less

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This has meant that for us, all communication is thoughtful. Because nothing is urgent—unless the site is down—discussion takes place only after mindful processing.

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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.

If your product costs $10 a month, like Gumroad’s, you need two hundred customers.

What’s more, if you go further and create by showing what you’re working on, teaching what you’re learning, and bringing new material to your community,

Patrick Mc-Kenzie, a writer, entrepreneur, and software business expert who is best known for a 2012 post on salary negotiation

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

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.”