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Day 1. “Brainstorm a bunch of ideas and evaluate them against the checklist. Choose the idea that stands out as being the best option for you.”
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Day 2. “Write down exactly what you will launch on Day 7. What will your customers get, what is included, and what is excluded? If necessary, write down what is automated and what will be done manually in the short term.”
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Day 3. “Come up with a bunch of potential business names and evaluate them against the criteria above. Choose whichever one makes the most sense to you and run with it. Grab the best domain you can for that name.”
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Day 4. “Build yourself a website!”
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Day 5. “Build a list of what marketing methods you are going to choose. Put together a rough plan for the first week or two of your launch.”
Dan Norris
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There’s a huge forgotten void between ‘idea’ and ‘successful business’ that validation doesn’t account for.
Dan Norris
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If you want to be an entrepreneur, you need to be passionate about growing a business
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You have to build a business idea in order to test it.
Dan Norris
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Quotes from book 7 day startup by Dan Norris
You have to spend time on the things that are most likely to bring you customers
Dan Norris
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If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to ’ship’ your product.
Dan Norris
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You don’t learn until you launch.
Dan Norris
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Once you launch, you need to get more people paying you. You have to relentlessly pursue your best method of getting customers and not the stuff you naturally gravitate to.
Dan Norris
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There is a very big difference between someone entering their email and someone paying you each month for a product.
Dan Norris
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Solve problems where people are already paying for solutions.
Dan Norris
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Quotes from book 7 day startup by Dan Norris
Eric Ries defines a startup as ‘a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.’
Dan Norris
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Anyone can create a job for themselves. But not everyone can change the world.
Dan Norris
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Things may come to those who wait … but only the things left by those who hustle.
Dan Norris
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Hustle for an early stage startup is generally about spending your time on the things that are most likely to bring you customers.
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To really test whether you can build a business, you have to start building it.
Dan Norris
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The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before
Neil Gaiman
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It makes no sense to start a business that is going to have you doing work you don’t enjoy.
Dan Norris
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Startup founders should have the ambition to grow their business into a larger company. If you don’t have that ambition, what you are creating is not a startup.
Dan Norris
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Your idea is not a solid startup idea if you don’t have the capacity to make use of a profitable, growing business model.
Dan Norris
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You need to be able to see a point where you can hire in staff or systems to replace you, and still continue to generate a profit. At that point it becomes a real business.
Dan Norris
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Quotes from book 7 day startup by Dan Norris
Focusing on short-term launches or projects won’t build assets. Assets are built over time by ignoring short-term distractions in favor of a bigger, long-term vision.
Dan Norris
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A list of customers that pay you every month is an asset. If you focus on short-term projects you’ll make more money initially. But if you turn down projects and focus on providing recurring value, you build a valuable asset.
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If you work on this idea for five years, what will you have in the end?
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What will make you, and your company, unique?
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Playing the visionary is a privilege reserved for second- and third-time entrepreneurs. It’s fun, but it’s fraught with danger.
Dan Norris
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Everyone might be saying that your idea is great, but look at whether or not they are currently paying for a solution to the same problem.
Dan Norris
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A common MVP mistake is over-emphasizing the ‘minimum’ and under-emphasizing the ‘viable.’
Dan Norris
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The key is to forget about automation and figure out what you can do manually.
Dan Norris
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Save your excitement until you land people you don’t know as customers.
Dan Norris
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What are you working on today that will make you indestructible tomorrow?
Dan Norris
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The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.
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Any time you feel yourself wondering if what you are doing is good enough, compare it to the best.
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By comparing yourself to the best, you set higher expectations for yourself, and you will be better for it.
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Always take a step back and ask yourself if it’s feasible that someone else may have solved this problem before
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Momentum is a powerful force, so keep an eye out for what is working and do more of it
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Your own personal happiness and motivation are the most important keys to the success of your business.
Dan Norris
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You should be more excited about Monday than you are about Friday. If that’s not the case, there’s a good chance things aren’t going to work out.
Dan Norris
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No amount of money is worth working with a difficult customer.
Dan Norris
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Every single one of the top 25 brands in the world are 12 characters or less
Dan Norris
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Day 6. “Create a spreadsheet that covers the first few months in business, the number of signups, revenue, estimated costs, and monthly growth.”
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Day 7. “Launch and start executing your marketing plan.”
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