If SalesForce is seeking a wide audience for this material then why offer only the choice of the epub format for download? Why not plain text, html or a pdf?
Following on from this, what are the best/recommended epub readers for the desktop? (Windows in particular) I don't have an eBook reader and it's not a format I've dealt with before.
Way too much fluff, filler, unimportant (at this stage) information, and latent Salesforce sales pitches. A much better resource without all the bullshit (and it's even on sale): http://www.singlefounderhandbook.com/
Yeah, bought it probably 6 months ago and read it cover to cover. It was good, a lot of it is stuff you will already know if you've read a lot about startups, especially Paul Graham's blogs and YC's video lectures. It does cover some stuff PG/YC doesn't though, especially at it applies to solo founders (which YC/PG advise against). I am pretty frugal and spending $50 on a book is pretty abnormal for me, but even then I feel like it was probably worth the price. I would have been happier with a $30 price though. It's $39 right now so at least it's half way there.
That's not really a fair assessment. He doesn't advertise it as some scammy "Make money on a startup!" like those work from home pyramid schemes. The book is largely designed for people already invested in the idea of starting a startup or possibly already progressing on one, and he advertises it as such. It's a guide of good ideas and bad ideas, not how to make as much money as possible as easily as possible.
And no, I've literally never met Mike and have zero connection to him other than I bought his book and sent him an email asking a question about it once.
He started an owns Moon River Software, which does software consulting and development, I think. They make products like this: http://www.auditshark.com/
He's also done a few other side projects and seems pretty involved in the startup community.
The book also includes feedback from pretty respected people in the small startup space:
Patrick McKenzie - Kalzumeus Software
Brennan Dunn - DoubleYourFreelancing.com
Gabriel Weinberg - Founder of Duck Duck Go
Josh Ledgard - CoFounder of KickoffLabs
Brian Casel - Founder of Restaurant Engine
Dr. Sherry Walling - Clinical Psychologist
Hiten Shah - Crazy Egg & KISSmetrics
Justin Jackson - Product People
Nathan Barry - ConvertKit
Also the book is only $39. Mike should pay me for this promotion, haha.
Yikes, hopefully it doesn't contain a chapter on building a training course, with something as sad as #trailhead where contestants, sorry certified solution experts, dress up in Halloween outfits and post selfies to twitter for extra badges...
Haven't actually read the book yet, but I'm pleasantly surprised I didn't have to provide an email address! The number of drip campaigns people run nowadays can get pretty annoying pretty quickly.
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Ch.4 on "nice to have" vs "need your solution" is especially good because it's where many companies fail.
And no, I've literally never met Mike and have zero connection to him other than I bought his book and sent him an email asking a question about it once.
He's also done a few other side projects and seems pretty involved in the startup community.
The book also includes feedback from pretty respected people in the small startup space:
Patrick McKenzie - Kalzumeus Software
Brennan Dunn - DoubleYourFreelancing.com
Gabriel Weinberg - Founder of Duck Duck Go
Josh Ledgard - CoFounder of KickoffLabs
Brian Casel - Founder of Restaurant Engine
Dr. Sherry Walling - Clinical Psychologist
Hiten Shah - Crazy Egg & KISSmetrics
Justin Jackson - Product People
Nathan Barry - ConvertKit
Also the book is only $39. Mike should pay me for this promotion, haha.
So, if you want to run a SaaS business w/ SFDC, be prepared to jump through constant hoops for auto-renewing / re-occur "closed won" opportunities.
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