The Mom Test


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The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right . Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.




100 Side Hustles


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Best-selling author Chris Guillebeau presents a full-color ideabook featuring 100 stories of regular people launching successful side businesses that almost anyone can do. This unique guide features the startup stories of regular people launching side businesses that almost anyone can do: an urban tour guide, an artist inspired by maps, a travel site founder, an ice pop maker, a confetti photographer, a group of friends who sell hammocks to support local economies, and many more. In 100 Side Hustles, best-selling author of The $100 Startup Chris Guillebeau presents a colorful "idea book" filled with inspiration for your next big idea. Distilled from Guillebeau's popular Side Hustle School podcast, these case studies feature teachers, artists, coders, and even entire families who've found ways to create new sources of income. With insights, takeaways, and photography that reveals the human element behind the hustles, this playbook covers every important step of launching a side hustle, from identifying underserved markets to crafting unique products and services that spring from your passions. Soon you'll find yourself joining the ranks of these innovative entrepreneurs--making money on the side while living your best life.




MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR OWN HOME BUSINESS


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With thе rесеnt есоnоmiс сrunсh, mаnу people hаvе lоѕt jobs аnd many more реорlе соntinuе lose thеir jobs through job сutѕ in mаnу соmраniеѕ. It hаѕ nоt become crucial fоr most реорlе tо mаkе that еxtrа саѕh at hоmе thrоugh a home bаѕеd buѕinеѕѕ. A hоmе bаѕеd buѕinеѕѕ саn be аn аltеrnаtivе wау оf еаrning money while аt home. Whеn ѕtаrting аnу buѕinеѕѕ, it is imроrtаnt tо аѕѕеѕѕ thе рrоѕресt оf thаt business. Thе mаin аdvаntаgе оf a home bаѕеd buѕinеѕѕ iѕ thаt it iѕ ѕimрlе аnd does nоt nесеѕѕаrilу need a lоt оf mоnеу to ѕtаrt. Unlikе mаnу оthеr jobs whеrе аn еmрlоуее may require раѕt еxреriеnсе, with a home bаѕеd buѕinеѕѕ, уоu need not hаvе аnу experience. Yоu will bе able tо use уоur оwn ability to bесоmе your own bоѕѕ and уоu will be аblе tо mаkе dесiѕiоn оf уоur business. With a hоmе bаѕеd buѕinеѕѕ, уоu will be аblе to make thе change thаt уоu hаvе always wanted or otherwise you will be ѕtuсk whеrе уоu are. Mоѕt реорlе whо wаnt tо increase thеir income gеt аnоthеr jоb оr inсrеаѕе thеir wоrking hоurѕ in their current jоb. When this hарреnѕ, mоѕt реорlе do nоt gеt ѕаtiѕfасtiоn with whаt thеу are doing оr even hоw muсh thеу are еаrning bесаuѕе the mоnеу iѕ nеvеr еnоugh. The deal hеrе iѕ thаt уоu ѕеll уоur timе fоr money and уоu will never find fulfillmеnt in thе jоb.




UNSCRIPTED


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What if Life Wasn't About 50 Years of Wage-Slavery, Paying Bills and then Dying? Tired of sleepwalking through a mediocre life bribed by mindless video-gaming, redemptive weekends, and a scant paycheck from a soul-suffocating job? Welcome to the SCRIPTED club— where membership is neither perceived or consented. The fact is, ever since you’ve been old enough to sit obediently in a classroom, you have been culturally engineered for servitude, unwittingly enslaved into a Machiavellian system where illusionary rules go unchallenged, sanctified traditions go unquestioned, and lifelong dreams go unfulfilled. As a result, your life is hijacked and marginalised into debt, despair, and dependence. Life's death sentence becomes the daily curse of the trivial and mundane. Fun fades. Dreams die. Don't let life's consolation prize become a car and a weekend. Recapture what is yours and make a revolutionary repossession of life-and-liberty through the pursuit of entrepreneurship. A paradigm shift isn't needed—the damn paradigm needs to be thrown-out altogether. The truth is, if you blindly follow conventional wisdom pushed by conventional people living conventional lives, can you expect to be anything but conventional? Rewrite life’s script: ditch the job, give Wall Street the bird, and escape the insanity of trading your life away for a paycheck and an elderly promise called retirement. UNSCRIPT today and start leading life— instead of life leading you.




Become an Idea Machine


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HOW DO I TRANSFORM MY LIFE? The answer is simple: come up with ten ideas a day. It doesn't matter if they are good or bad the key is to exercise your 'idea muscle', to keep it toned, and in great shape. People say ideas are cheap and execution is everything but that is NOT true. Execution is a consequence, a subset of good, brilliant idea. And good ideas require daily work. Ideas may be easy if we are only coming up with one or two but if you open this book to any of the pages and try to produce more than three, you will feel a burn, scratch your head, and you will be sweating, and working hard. There is a turning point when you reach idea number 6 for the day, you still have four to go, and your mind muscle is getting a workout. By the time you list those last ideas to make it to ten you will see for yourself what "sweating the idea muscle" means. As you practice the daily idea generation you become an idea machine.When we become idea machines we are flooded with lots of bad ideas but also with some that are very good. This happens by the sheer force of the number, because we are coming up with 3,650 ideas per year (at ten a day). When you are inspired by an extraordinary idea, all of your thoughts break their chains, you go beyond limitations and your capacity to act expands in every direction. Forces and abilities you did not know you had come to the surface, and you realize you are capable of doing great things. As you practice with the suggested prompts in this book your ideas will get better, you will be a source of great insight for others, people will find you magnetic, and they will want to hang out with you because you have so much to offer. When you practice every day your life will transform, in no more than 180 days, because it has no other evolutionary choice. Life changes for the better when we become the source of positive, insightful, and helpful ideas. Don't believe a word I say. Instead, challenge yourself to try it for the 180 days and see your life transform, in magical ways, in front of your very eyes.




How to Make Big Money in Your Own Small Business


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Ever dream of starting your own business? According to USA Today, more than 47 million people want to own their own businesses and over 20 million actually do. In How to Make Big Money in Your Own Small Business, bestselling business author Jeffrey Fox offers sound rules to succeeding in small business, whether you're running a bookstore, consulting business, or restaurant. In short chapters that range from administration and cash flow to marketing and hiring, Fox reminds entrepreneurs what's important and what's not, what makes a business succeed, and what causes it to fail.




Starting a Home Business for Dummies


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How would you like to work for yourself in your own home? Sounds good right? The commute would be a breeze. Starting a small business from home can mean minimum fuss and minimum start-up costs - so it's no wonder that around 60% of new businesses are started from home. Whether you're looking to go freelance, start a home-business full-time or a new venture on the side of your existing job, you need 'Starting a Home Business For Dummies'.




The Ultimate Guide to Dropshipping


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"This guide will teach you everyhing you need to know to get your own business off the ground while avoiding the costly mistakes that can kill new dropshipping ventures. We will discuss everything from the dropshipping fundamentals to how to operate a dropshipping business and deal with the problems that arise."--Back cover.




31 Great Ideas For Starting Your Own Home Business


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Have you ever wanted to start your own online home business, but do not know where to start? Well, I have created a "FREE" eBook that will help you get started to creating your own "Successful" online home business today. This eBook has free giveaway rights!




Money for Jam


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Have you ever thought about trying to earn some money from producing food? Are you the person everyone goes to for their lemon meringue pies, apple tarts and other desserts for family occasions, christenings or other events? Do you have a garden of rhubarb or other fruit? Do you make jam every year and give it away when you could be selling it? Do you fancy the idea of making cheese or yogurt or ice cream but don't know where to start? If so, then this is the book for you - it will tell you everything you need to know or show you where to find it for yourself. Money for Jam contains everything that someone who is new to the food business will need to get started and to keep going. It will help bakers, jam and honey-makers, ice cream, yogurt and cheese-makers, egg producers, sausage roll, pie and pastie-bakers, chocolatiers, and dessert-makers. It covers the what, where, who and how for small food producers - including legislation and registration, labelling and packaging, suppliers and distributors - in an easy-to-read and easy-to-follow format, packed with case studies and signposts for useful resources and suppliers.