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As I plot out my potential future entrepreneurial path I consistently come across reports of the pain of losing friends or the support of family. Are you able to share reflections on this? There seems to be great freedom on the other side of managing others' expectations, especially if they've known you only in a certain capacity, but at the time the threat of being cast out from the 'tribe' must be challenging.
Hey Daniel--
I'm about to publish a short (<10 page) protocol on how I successfully went from drinking 11 cups of coffee (yes really!) per day, down to zero. It's different than any other protocol I've seen written about (i.e. using supplements, decaf, gradual reduction of cups). Its unique and I think it works.
Here's my question(s):
I'm about to publish a short (<10 page) protocol on how I successfully went from drinking 11 cups of coffee (yes really!) per day, down to zero. It's different than any other protocol I've seen written about (i.e. using supplements, decaf, gradual reduction of cups). Its unique and I think it works.
Here's my question(s):
- How do you think about pricing something like this?
- The protocol itself is really simple--you could fit it on an index card. How do I share it without people simply relating it for free everywhere else? I.e. how do I convince people to pay money for this small bit of very useful information?
I get the idea of posting what you know and value on twitter but who are you posting it to? if you're starting out with no following, you have to get traffic from other threads first, correct? would it mean posting your value in the commends and threads of other people? any particular kind of profile you want to target?
Thanks, love the content.
Thanks, love the content.
I’m not Daniel 🙂 but I’ll contribute my perspective since I have the same exact question in mind.
I’m starting with one assumption: it doesn’t matter the topic, people will follow you IF they’re interested in what you say, IF you are providing NOT common insights and information, IF they believe that they can genuinely learn something from you (ie that you’re worth following).
Among all these (important) my view is that the latter is the most significant catalyst to allow the other factors to give you traction.
This in itself will require a catalyst, something that convinces people that you are indeed worth following, so how to do that? We didn’t all work at Amazon or Google and cannot all boast giving up salaries in the hundreds of thousands to pursue our self-employment dream.
Now that is an example of a powerful catalyst: people will instinctively know and be attracted by such a story, I mean who would give something like that up right?
We all need to find our catalysts for something like this to work for us. Until we find that (often by chance) propagating our content and messages about what we are doing and publishing progress and results seems to be worthwhile. Although not a guarantee. Another aspect is what we are ready to share on Twitter or other channels. Fear of exposure can be a blocker.
I’m starting with one assumption: it doesn’t matter the topic, people will follow you IF they’re interested in what you say, IF you are providing NOT common insights and information, IF they believe that they can genuinely learn something from you (ie that you’re worth following).
Among all these (important) my view is that the latter is the most significant catalyst to allow the other factors to give you traction.
This in itself will require a catalyst, something that convinces people that you are indeed worth following, so how to do that? We didn’t all work at Amazon or Google and cannot all boast giving up salaries in the hundreds of thousands to pursue our self-employment dream.
Now that is an example of a powerful catalyst: people will instinctively know and be attracted by such a story, I mean who would give something like that up right?
We all need to find our catalysts for something like this to work for us. Until we find that (often by chance) propagating our content and messages about what we are doing and publishing progress and results seems to be worthwhile. Although not a guarantee. Another aspect is what we are ready to share on Twitter or other channels. Fear of exposure can be a blocker.
today i saw one of your tweet where you said if anything something important you will try to convincing yourself rather than building habit
my question what's your process of convincing yourself ?
my question what's your process of convincing yourself ?
Any advice on finding contract work that matches your skill set? My instinct is to just reach out to friends & connections in the industry. However, that hasn’t been very easy so far.
Hey Daniel --
I'd be interested to hear your perspective on the career path from engineer to head of product. Can you talk about why you chose to go down the product route? Do you think this is a path more engineers should take?
Context on why I'm asking:
I'm someone who enjoys IC engineering, wants significantly more responsibility, but I'm not huge on people management. I'm a product builder at heart and want to stick close to providing value for customers. Being in a position to make more decisions about what product we are building and why sounds appealing to me.
Looking forward to your response, thank you!
I'd be interested to hear your perspective on the career path from engineer to head of product. Can you talk about why you chose to go down the product route? Do you think this is a path more engineers should take?
Context on why I'm asking:
I'm someone who enjoys IC engineering, wants significantly more responsibility, but I'm not huge on people management. I'm a product builder at heart and want to stick close to providing value for customers. Being in a position to make more decisions about what product we are building and why sounds appealing to me.
Looking forward to your response, thank you!
