Freeing Humans From Work.
A web-log of my, long, long, journey to develop a zero-to-one venture. Or at least a small business.
Back again to talk about “getting to the edge” in the form of a series of posts that are rapidly turning into nothing more than a three-part analysis of a ten-year-old essay… If you recall, in the first post in this series, we are looking to go from zero to one. This means we have …
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Identifying your Passion If you haven’t noticed a business problem yet, but cannot shake the desire to start your own business, then preparing your mind for finding a business idea may be the best advice that I have come across. Again, from Paul Graham. Preparing your mind starts by identifying your passion. There are multiple …
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First of all, let’s clarify what we mean when I say I am going to find a business idea. My definition of a business idea is the pursuit of an activity for profit. I segregate business ideas into two categories: startup ideas and entrepreneurial ideas. Entrepreneurial Ideas Entrepreneurial ideas generally take us from one or …
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My Principles, somewhat inspired by Ray Dalio and Peter Diamandis: Ask first “What do you want?”, Then, “What is True?”, THEN “What are you going to do about it?” Focus on what won’t change Spend 80% of the time on the problem Use First Principles Collect information (ask questions), THEN decide. If seemingly given a …
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