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Sounds rough, but I'd recommend weighing any recommendation against this.
If you are reading a book instead of talking to and connecting with people to find out what they truly personally need, does it really matter what book you are reading? Sounds rough, but I'd recommend weighing any recommendation against this.
If you are reading a book instead of talking to and connecting with people to find out what they truly personally need, does it really matter what book you are reading? Sounds rough, but I'd recommend weighing any recommendation against this.
How about a book that motivates people to do that, like four steps to the epiphany? It isn't an either-or proposition.
I’d argue anyone in business - as either an employee, entrepreneur, manager, etc - should read it because the basic lessons are universally applicable to every business, regardless of size or industry. Especially as a solo practitioner, there’s value in understanding the dangers of doing everything yourself.
From my point of view, he is very productive, successful, willing to give ton of advice.
He has few good websites (or call it startup or whatever).
You'll probably get a lot of practical suggestions on processes from others here, but I really enjoyed Peter Thiel's Zero to One book. It's not 100% relevant since he rambles pretty hard throughout and a lot of it needs a pinch of salt since he's so contrarian, but there's a lot of really good gems in there about how to build something legitimately new to create your own pie of income (including chapters on marketing, pricing, etc), instead of building something to get a small slice of an existing market.
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I did see "Start small, stay small" being recommended but was put off a bit by its age. But you would still recommend it today then?
I remember it being really good, though I haven't read it for awhile. I thought I remembered hearing a podcast where Rob talked about what he would change if he rewrote it today, but I can't seem to find it (maybe someone with better google-fu can) Here is one of his podcast episodes where he talks about it though - so you can start here: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-219
Might be worth it checking that out.
EDIT: As a software developer, I also second Basecamp books and their organizational culture (that is explicitly and publicly divulged on their materials - some of them are free).
Given that basically everyone would like to do this, I suggest it's a rather challenging thing to do in that it's highly competitive, and that the vast majority of Entrepreneurs, bootstrapped or otherwise, work longer hours than average.
If you calculate risk into the equation, it does not look good.
If your real objective is 'work-life balance' then there's probably an opportunity for you to contract and consult x-hours a week that has considerably lower risk dynamics.
But if your actual goal is really to start a business, then obviously that's what you want to do.