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The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
- 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.”
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- For example, you shouldn’t ask: Would you pay for my product? Instead, ask: Why haven’t you been able to fix this already?
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Instead of spending money, spend your time. Build relationships, have passionate customers who spread the word, and then think about spending a little bit of your profits to slightly expand your horizon. If you can do that, you will stay lean and grow at a comfortable rate that never overextends your business.
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Start by educating, then inspiring, then entertaining. Each of these three levels of content is more far-reaching than the last.
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- Minimalist entrepreneurs aim to be profitable from day one or soon after, because profit is oxygen for businesses. And they do that by selling a product to customers, not by selling their users to advertisers.
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- But keep in mind that you definitely do not need to finish this book to start. Start as soon as you can. Start before you feel ready. Start today. You don’t learn, then start. You start, then learn.
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- As you fulfill the first customer cycle, document each part of the process so that with every consecutive customer you have a playbook. This document will be the true MVP of your business. I’m not talking about the minimum viable product that we’re all trying to build and to launch. I’m talking about the manual valuable process that precedes it and... See more
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- If you’re lucky, you may be able to get away with building almost nothing. If you’ve solved a true pain point for real people, they won’t fault the simplicity of your offering but appreciate you for it. Some will even ask to pay. This is the exciting part: You made your first dollar on the internet. You crossed the great divide from zero to one. Yo... See more
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago
- You are at the frontier, literally trying to make something that does not exist yet, and you will be wrong a lot on the way to figuring out what your customers want. As long as you are working toward being right through processization, you only have to be right once.
from The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
Minsuk Kang 강민석 added 10mo ago