I downvoted you because your post is a flippant dismissal of Swizec's very good point.
Rather than spending your waking lives researching every aspect of starting a business, the fastest way forward is to simply try to sell something. Maybe you build it first, maybe you buy it, maybe you try to sell it, then build it. Whatever. But just try to sell it and you're in business. Then figure out all that other stuff.
Fair enough. I guess my point was that each step actually takes a lot of work to learn how to do well enough to make a viable business. You don't "just" try to sell something any more than you "just" build a video game or "just" convince 200-odd congresspeople to vote for something.
Obama did "just" become president. He needed smoke breaks and his blackberry to do it all, but he did "just" do it. He subjected himself to his cause and reaped the benefits.
If I look at those three-step plans and feel offended, thats a problem with me. If I feel like I cant "just" say that succesful people are "just" successful, that speaks to a problem with my idea of what is "just", not what it actually is.
I said how to start a sidehustle. Not how to grow a sidehustle (or business) into a unicorn. That is a lot more involved.
Your examples are a great way of starting all those things as well. Want a law? Write it, vote on it, boom. Law. Want a souffle? Mix ingredients, add heat. I've done souffles before, that's really all they are. Want to start making a car? Draw picture, order off-the-shelf components, assemble. (Watch OCC, this is how they make their famous choppers). Want to fix a tumor? Gotta know where it is and gotta open the skull. Cutting it out sounds like a great next step.
The part where a lot of people get tripped up on starting a business is that they instead start a hobby. It's not a business if people aren't paying for it. Yes even if you have thousands of users or app downloads.
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 14.4 ms ] threadHow to make a souffle: Mix ingredients. Pour in Pan. Put in Oven.
How to make a car: Design Engine. Assemble Parts. Paint.
How to remove a brain tumor: Take MRI. Open Cranium. Cut Out Tumor.
Rather than spending your waking lives researching every aspect of starting a business, the fastest way forward is to simply try to sell something. Maybe you build it first, maybe you buy it, maybe you try to sell it, then build it. Whatever. But just try to sell it and you're in business. Then figure out all that other stuff.
Obama did "just" become president. He needed smoke breaks and his blackberry to do it all, but he did "just" do it. He subjected himself to his cause and reaped the benefits.
If I look at those three-step plans and feel offended, thats a problem with me. If I feel like I cant "just" say that succesful people are "just" successful, that speaks to a problem with my idea of what is "just", not what it actually is.
Your examples are a great way of starting all those things as well. Want a law? Write it, vote on it, boom. Law. Want a souffle? Mix ingredients, add heat. I've done souffles before, that's really all they are. Want to start making a car? Draw picture, order off-the-shelf components, assemble. (Watch OCC, this is how they make their famous choppers). Want to fix a tumor? Gotta know where it is and gotta open the skull. Cutting it out sounds like a great next step.
The part where a lot of people get tripped up on starting a business is that they instead start a hobby. It's not a business if people aren't paying for it. Yes even if you have thousands of users or app downloads.
Platform lets you list the services you provide and receive payments so all you need to worry about is the marketing aspect.
Disclaimer - I am one of the creators