My takeaways from the book
Record your ideas
- If you do not have idea then you need to live a better life - Be creative. Find problems in your life and solve them - then sell them as a product. Your idea list is very precious. Carry it everywhere. Note down ideas immediately. Ideas can come at any time. Do not miss them.
Templates
- You should have templates for everything - Boiler plate code, launch procedures etc
Automations
- Use automations exhaustively.
- Only hire humans under dire circumstances otherwise just use automations.
- Do not take external capital. Do not have co-founders - avoid groupthink drama. Most important thing is to not take any descions that may reduce your freedom or having fun.
- Avoid physical products.
Focus on core functionality
- Build only the core functionality first.
Ask for money
Ask people to pay you for your product, do not have ads. Do not sell users data.
You need to have a framework for
- You need to have a system for launching your product. Some common websites are: Product Hunt, Hacker News, The next web etc
It is possible that you ship 10 to 30 products for 1 to 3 years after that you become successful.