Are you AWARE of time?
You should be able to tell the time without looking at your watch with 8 minute accuracy.
15 Things To Know For Your First Startup
A great post from Neil Patel about things to know when starting.
- Swing for the fence (Aim High)
- Create a simple product (SMPL)
- Solve a problem
- Know your market’s price tolerance
- Advertising is a must
- Payments should be easy
- Be patient
- Premium prices have advantages
- You appear like an authority
- You will get fewer complaints
- You deliver excellent customer service when focusing on a small number of clients
- You’re reputation grows
- Free work can lead to lucrative work (Don’t lower your price)
- Never Stop Closing
- Eliminate everything else but the essentials (FOCUS)
- Always lock into your passion (It’s going to be a long, bumpy road, you might as well enjoy the trip
- Hire carefully (Hire Slowly, Fire Fast)
- Test the waters yourself
- Develop a process
- Forget about pay
- Consider more than talent
- Smart people learn from other people’s mistakes
- Get a mentor
- Read about business failures
- Cash is king
- Use volunteers and interns
- Work like a slave
- Resist a fat salary
- Don’t buy expensive office furniture
- Keep the office space at a minimum
Source: http://bit.ly/Ocu6J6
Employment Benefits & Perks
This is probably one of the best, most concise employment packages I have ever seen.
Benefits & perks
- Free lunch and dinner as well as endless snacks and beverages.
- Open vacation policy. We don’t count days.
- Buy or build your ideal work environment.
- Free gym membership.
- Flexible work hours.
- Free laundry service.
- Competitive salary and equity packages.
- Health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Paid maternity and paternity leave.
Source: https://stripe.com/jobs
Free At A Cost
Master Then Forget
“Master the instrument, master the music, then forget all that shit and play” – Charlis Parker.
Don’t HALT
Do not make an important decision, when you are
- Hungry
- Angry
- Lonely
- Tired
It badly affects your sensible judgement.
Remember AIDA
Use AIDA in your every pitch:
- Attention: get your audience attention
- Interest: create interest by showing them the perks
- Desire: make the offer desirable NOW as a short-lived opportunity
- Action: show in plain, simple language how to exactly benefit from the offer
12 Most Powerful Words
These words have been proven to evoke emotion in a listener or reader [attributed to a research from the Psychology Department of Duke University].
- You
- Money
- Save
- New
- Easy
- Love
- Discovery
- Results
- Health
- Proven
- Guarantee
- Free
How do you feel after reading these words?