18 brilliant business lessons from Twitter's brightest minds:

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1/ Becoming an intrapreneur with @ShaanVP

If you're not ready to become an entrepreneur, start inside of your current company.

Shaan breaks down his 1-hour per week hack to building a brand inside of your 9 to 5.

2/ The benefit of finding a niche with @Nicolascole77

Learn how an article led to feedback, and how that feedback led to a new niche.

When you capitalize on that niche?

The whole game changes.

3/ How asking yourself simple questions can lead to better business with @terribledustin

Dustin shares a question he asked himself recently that helped him launch and gain customers quickly.

A great short Tweet worth 100x its length.

4/ The career benefits of writing better with @SahilBloom

Sahil breaks down 4 principles of better business writing:

• Draft Fast, Edit Slow
• KISS
• Clear Target Reaction
• Storytelling

The outcome? Writing that "punches above its weight".

5/ Generating more (and better) ideas with @dickiebush

Dickie is a master at teaching people how to ideate.

Check out his 4A Framework for ideation.

6/ Living the life you were meant to live with @blakeaburge

Blake shares 15 life-changing thoughts from writers, world leaders, and entrepreneurs.

7/ Building a culture of rigorous thinking with @wes_kao

In this thread, Wes shows how to ask critical questions for a more systematic way of making decisions.

And more importantly, how to build a culture of people who do the same.

8/ How to be happy with @dvassallo

Part of being an entrepreneur is taking care of yourself.

Part of taking care of yourself is understanding what you truly desire.

Daniel breaks down desire, purpose, and much more in this great thread.

9/ Understanding mimetic desire with @awilkinson

If Daniel's thoughts weren't enough, Andrew goes deep on mimetic desire.

He shares his thoughts on understanding your true wants...

And not being influenced by others in a game of "oneupsmanship".

10/ How to launch a startup without funding with @agazdecki

Andrew has launched and sold multiple companies as a successful entrepreneur.

He shares 7 tips for following in his footsteps and launching without funding.

11/ Building successful communities with @maiale

Community is a critical part of any business or brand, and Matt has built 3 of them.

Check out his top learnings so you can build one too.

12/ Using a little elbow grease to make money with @JamesonCamp

Got some hustle in you?

This thread from James shows how with a little work, some creativity, and a bit of cheap software, you can make money online.

13/ Tell better stories with @Julian

Learn how Julian went from a "lifeless stressed-out amateur" to a top-notch storyteller.

14/ 10x your income in 4 years with @craigclemens

Craig walks through 6 rules that he used to 10x his income from 2009 to 2013.

So many great lessons here for any entrepreneur.

15/ How to write better copy with @jmoserr

This thread from Jeremy goes deep into some high-quality copywriting tips.

Read this to improve conversion in nearly everything you write.

16/ Become an idea-generating machine with @AprilynneA

Aprilynne walks through some of her favorite techniques for generating new ideas.

As someone who is constantly writing, this was a massively helpful thread for me.

17/ Getting your first 10k subscribers with @austin_rief

This thread by Austin Rief shows the early hustle that paid off big for @MorningBrew

With 0 marketing budget, it was all about getting creative...

18/ How solving your own problem can be a business with @BillDA

In this thread, Bill shares how a question from his wife spawned the idea for a micro-SaaS.

And how a conversation with another founder helped his business get @microacquire 'ed

Well...that's it for today.

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23 Nov
The greatest founders in the world all have something in common.

A "founder story" that's a massive marketing asset.

Follow this 7-step framework to create yours...

[🧵thread]
1/ The Obstacle

To start, it's important that your audience can relate to your story.

And there's one critical thing that's relatable to anyone:

Overcoming an obstacle.

My example: I got fired 3 times by the time I was 28 and was basically a failure heading into 2010.
2/ The Internal Struggles

Internal struggles are how we feel inside because of the obstacle above.

Internal pain is captured with words like fearful, insecure, or worried.

My example: After getting fired 3x, I was worried that I was never going to be successful at anything.
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18 Nov
Back in late 2018, I had never written anything online.

Fast forward 3 years, and I passed 100M impressions.

What most people don’t know?

I use the same process to write every time.

A short 🧵
Step 1: Ideate rapidly

What’s the fastest way to come up with ideas?

Use systems.

I created my own content matrix in Notion.

- Choose a topic
- Match it to a style
- Write a quick headline
- Repeat until you have 10 ideas

Much of writing is about systems.
Step 2: Choose a solid format

Struggling to format your writing?

There are so many tools out there to help.

I am loving @typeshare_co

They have beautiful templates built right in for inspiration.

No better way to get started.
Read 7 tweets
17 Nov
My private community just passed $11k MRR in 6 months.

Thinking of creating your own community?

Here are my top 7 learnings:

[🧵thread]
1/ Outcomes matter

It's critical that everyone is focused on the same outcome.

I have 130k followers on LinkedIn, so some people applied just to hang out.

Those members don't engage as much because the outcomes we're working towards aren't why they joined.

Be thorough.
2/ Early culture is key

We put people through a robust application process to deeply understand who they are.

We set expectations 3x on who should join and who shouldn't.

We emphasized the importance of creativity, participation, etc.

Our first 4 cohorts are amazing.
Read 9 tweets
16 Nov
How to build your first 2 online revenue streams:

(without knowing how to code)

A short 🧵
1/ Eliminate the "fallacy of expertise"

When you get started, you can't worry about "am I an expert?"

If you do, you'll never get started.

Instead, make a list of your accomplishments, big and small, over the last 2-3 years.

What skills did you learn during this period?
2/ Identify your interests

Inside of the list you just created, will be things you loved doing and hated doing.

Sorry, but misery doesn't scale.

Choose something you built skills in, that you also enjoy doing/talking about/writing about.

This will be your focus.
Read 12 tweets
9 Nov
I’ve done over $1M in income in 2 years as an entrepreneur.

And I didn't write a single line of code.

My 12 "must use" no-code tools:

[🧵 thread}
1/ Carrd

@carrd is the fastest and easiest way to build websites.

It's great for personal sites or standing up landing pages quickly.

I use it for nearly everything I do because it makes getting started extremely simple.
2/ Gumroad

For digital products, nothing is easier and faster than @gumroad

I can think of a product/service and have it fully embedded on my Carrd landing page in less than 10 minutes.

This lets me start pre-selling fast to get the validation I need to continue.
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26 Oct
Last week my little one-person business crossed $1.3M in revenue.

It took 810 days, I ran zero paid ads and operate at a ~98% margin.

Here are the 14 steps of my strange journey:

Hope it's helpful to someone.

[🧵 thread]
1/ Created lots of noise

When I was just getting started, I looked at attention as my friend.

I wrote content every day before I even had a business, just to find my voice.

I started on LinkedIn.

I shared my thoughts & observations about many topics that I found interesting.
2/ Honed in on signals

Inside of all of that noise were some signals.

Sometimes I bombed, sometimes I struck a chord.

The more I looked at what resonated, the more I doubled down.

This allowed me to understand what people cared about.
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