Thread by @dbustac

The worst way to learn how to build a business: paying $50K+ for an MBA.

The 2nd worst way: starting your *own* thing.

THREAD: The safest, fastest way to learn how to build a business 🧵

For the record: I don't have an MBA.

I'm a college dropout.

But I do have some close friends who paid absurd amounts of $ to get their fancy MBAs.

Wanna know what they learned?

How to run *other people's* businesses.

A little story...

I've been trying to build my own thing for a while.

I've tried a lot of things:

• Writing ebooks
• Learning to code
• Selling orchids on eBay
• Being a fitness influencer
• Buying & reselling crypto

And last year I learned about the Creator Economy.

I started following some of Twitter's top creators.

And what I found was astonishing.

These guys were making $100Ks while doing things they were genuinely interested in.

That was like my dream.

So after a few months following their journeys, I decided I wanted that.

I've always had a knack for writing.

So I chose to focus on that skill.

First, I built my own little WordPress site & started blogging.

A couple months later, I created a Substack & launched a newsletter.

This was all pretty exciting.

After a few months of writing consistently, I launched my 1st info-product.

In a month, it made me $750.

Not bad considering I had less than 1K Twitter followers at the time.

This was very empowering.

Now I wanted to build something bigger.

My next idea was to build a writing course.

I'd recently done a writing challenge called Ship 30 for 30 & thought the program had huge potential.

So I reached out to the founder @dickiebush telling him I'd love to get involved & help him grow Ship 30.

He was pretty receptive.

My initial idea was to somehow become Dickie's partner.

But soon, I learned he'd already partnered with @Nicolascole77.

So when he offered me to join the team as an employee (instead of his co-founder), I had second thoughts.

Again, I wanted to build my *own* thing.

After giving it some thought, I accepted his offer.

And you know what?

That turned out to be the best decision.

You see, I was incredibly naive about what I took to build a successful course business.

Had I tried to do that on my own (at that time), I'd have failed miserably.

Yes, maybe I'd have learned a couple things.

But let me tell you something: failure is overrated.

Why on earth should you learn by failing when you can work for someone else & GET PAID to learn?

That, my friend, is the safest, fastest way to learn how to build a business.

Working with @dickiebush & @Nicolascole77 for the past months has been a masterclass on:

• How to market products
• How to find & create demand
• How to operate & iterate quickly

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

So instead of going to school...

Instead of watching YT videos...

Instead of starting your own thing right away...

Go & work as an apprentice for someone who's in the trenches building a badass business.

In 6 months, you'll be amazed by how much you've learned.

Btw, that doesn't mean you shouldn't have your own side projects.

You definitely should.

In fact, your side projects are going to be your resume for landing the apprenticeship.

They could even turn into a serious, profitable business at some point.

But if you wanna learn how to grow & operate a real business faster...

Without any risks (& potentially getting paid for it), do what I did.

I guarantee you won't regret it.

That's it!

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