Sahil Lavingia (@shl) knows a thing or two about building a successful business.
He's the founder and CEO of @gumroad–a company that's loved by creators and does $1+ million in revenue per month.
Here are 15 of my favorite quotes from his book:
He's the founder and CEO of @gumroad–a company that's loved by creators and does $1+ million in revenue per month.
Here are 15 of my favorite quotes from his book:
"Start as soon as you can. Start before you feel ready. Start today."
"This is what being a minimalist entrepreneur is all about: making a difference while making a living."
"Many winners are just the last ones standing. Don't give up."
"You don't learn, then start. You start, then learn."
• "Work in Public"
• "Teach Everything You Know"
• "Create Every Day"
• "Teach Everything You Know"
• "Create Every Day"
"If you try to make something for everyone, you will likely end up making something that no one really wants or needs."
"To build a successful business, you need to build something people love. To stick with it, you need to build something you love working on."
"Every founder, even the most successful ones, knows nothing at the beginning, and learn from there."
"Every big idea was small first. If you don't start small, if you can't help people one by one, you will struggle to build a business around your idea."
"Your goal is to move away from being paid directly for your time. This is important because your time is far more valuable than your money, and so you should almost always welcome the trade."
"Just get going, and keep going. Your failures will fade, while your successes will stick around and compound."
"People don't care about companies, they care about other people."
"In order to stay alive, you need to make money."
"Before you're ready to hire anyone, you first need to make a company people want to work for."
"Keep doing what's working, stop or improve the processes that aren't, and always, always, always keep an eye on the numbers and your ears on your customers."
Want to learn more about Sahil's book?
Listen to my podcast with him here:
Listen to my podcast with him here:
One more lesson:
“Even though social media can be incredibly effective for gaining distribution, you are building on rented land. That's why as soon as you have social media followers, you should start building an email list."
“Even though social media can be incredibly effective for gaining distribution, you are building on rented land. That's why as soon as you have social media followers, you should start building an email list."
If you haven’t yet, check out my podcast with @shl (super cool & smart guy)!
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