The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less

Contributing means commenting, editing, and generally being part of the broader conversation.

For every group with a shared interest, there’s a Facebook group, a Reddit community, a Twitter or Instagram hashtag, or some other form of gathering and sharing ideas on the web. There are often several. Join them all.

If you contribute, you will have ten times the presence of someone who doesn’t. And it will continue to grow from there.

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,

remind yourself that if you have something to add, it’s selfish to keep it to yourself!

Do introduce vesting so that each of you earns your stock over several years.

Place utility: Make something inaccessible accessible ο Form utility: Make something more valuable by rearranging existing parts ο Time utility: Make something slow go fast ο Possession utility: Remove a middleman

Being a member of a community is a start, but the real magic happens when you start to contribute.

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