Sales, building network, pitching my product, marketing and strategies, you name it. Even running ads. I want to go all in. I want to learn them all. So suggest me the books that helped you guys, you can also leave YouTube channel links and websites from where you learned. Anything is welcome. Thanks. Note: it’s an fmcg product, we’ll be selling it as a premium product.
Successful Business has
- Product - You need to have an eye on product development
- Distributon - This is your Marketing - WHO your ICP is and HOW you can target them and What will make them buy your product.
- Sales - Your sales funnel and how you close your customers.
This is the triangle you need to have to go from 0 - $10k.
- Identify a market/Niche.
- Identify problems/pain in the Niche
- Build solutions that solve the PAIN.
- Define your ICP
- Target your ICP
- Build a Sales Funnel
- Marketing - getting your customers to your door
- Sales - Closing your customers once they enter your door.
Now, youtube or read books on every topic I mentioned.
Books that I recommend.
- The E-myth Revisited - this will build you a great foundation for your business, you’ll learn how to set up systems in your business.
- Building a Story Brand - this will teach you how to talk to your customers in their language which builds an emotional connection with them without sounding salesy.
- Dotcom Secrets - This will teach you how to build sales funnels.
- Traffic Secrets - this will teach you how to bring the audience to your landing page/website.
- This is Marketing - This will teach you A-Z about marketing.
- Gap Selling, Spin Selling, Zig Ziglar Secrets of closing sale - This will teach you everything about sales, TBH sales is a skill that you learn throughout your lifetime to master it. Read many books and learn persuasion.
All this took me 6 years to learn while building a business, I’ve made a lot of mistakes along the way and that’s also a part of my learning process. Start your business today and learn all this along the way.
You need to read the Bible every day, and pray to God to help make you money. My son Pavel was getting little bit problems with his meat shop, because he does not come to the church anymore. Please pray for him.
There is a youtube channel called BBSO, they can help you to learn more songs about God.
I recommend Everyday Leadership
Try. Get stuck. Learn (find content that addresses your immediate problem). Get unstuck (apply it).
Rinse and repeat forever.
Also: take a long term view of success. Don’t try to “win” on short timelines like months or 1-2 years. Think in terms of 5 year marathons.
Yea. Currently stuck on making a full fledged product video, it’s not difficult but I’m still stuck. And it’s been quite a few weeks that I’m stuck. People who will actually execute it are all set, people who’ll give the bare minimum location of the place of shoot are acting up. It’s getting frustrating atp. Nevertheless, I’ll try harder.
It’s not a book, but an article with the best pitches out there and how to make one. https://www.cuppa.so/post/analyzing-10-best-startup-pitch-decks-and-how-to-make-one
Golden rule: For every hour you consume knowledge you have to apply it for the same amount of time.
Helpful yt channels:
Business overall:
https://www.youtube.com/@stanfordgsb
https://www.youtube.com/@ycombinator
Sales (intro):
https://www.youtube.com/@AlexHormozi
https://www.youtube.com/@jeremyminerPersonal dev.:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheArtofImprovementAudiobooks on yt:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheFoundersPotentialReading list:
The lean startup by Eric Ries
Business Model Canvas by Osterwalder (something like that)
100 m offers/leads by Alex Hormozi.Lazy TV-shows:
The Profit by Marcus Lemonis
Shark Tank & Dragons Den to get a small feel for it.etc. etc.
Just start. And follow the first rule.
I love the How I Built This podcast, and though he’s polarizing, have found value in listening to Grant Cardone’s audio books.
David Shands
Check out these two yt channels, Young Entrepreneurs Forum and Entrepreneurs in Cars.
Alex Hormozi
Which book should I go for?
He posts very good videos on youtube, you can start with them and get his books if you like it His first book cost only 99cts and i think that the second one is available for free ( they are excellent, unlike most « cheap » pdf )
Alex is that you?
Running Lean by Ash Maurya. Highly recommend.
I know very little about this but found a professor who taught course on premium brands at Columbia and authored his own book. Here is a summary of the book contents.
Courtesy of ChatGPT:
“Rethinking Prestige Branding: Secrets of the Ueber-Brands” by JP Kuehlwein and Wolfgang Schaefer explores what drives the success of prestige brands. The book delves into why some brands, like Kelly bags, Cirque Du Soleil, Gucci, and Nespresso, achieve exceptional status despite defying conventional marketing norms. It questions why certain products, such as Renova toilet paper or Aesop detergent, command high prices without heavily advertising or demonstrating obvious functional advantages. The book includes over 100 case studies from various brands, including Apple, Abercrombie & Fitch, Tate Modern, and Tesla, offering insights into the unique world of premium branding. It’s designed to interest both marketing professionals and those curious about the mechanics of high-end brands.”
If this sound interesting and relevant the book is available for sale.
I have also found some content from this professor for free on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/b4NJkMsf3no?si=VabW-yYaxbBP8PBx
https://youtu.be/3ROcZ5UMGh8?si=AKOurJs_rh1xtqoq
https://youtu.be/JdcMZ9aC5PI?si=prC8Rt2E5E4O47wI
Hopefully this was helpful OP.
I’ll definitely check out, thanks
My 2c is to not pile up 50 hours of youtube and 10 books to get ready. Just start as best you can. Scan read books and articles and learn to find the nuggets as fast as possible. Write the gist of good bits down. Learn to move on quickly if something isn’t useful.
This is the best advice here. It’s very easy for people (including me) to get stuck in the “tutorial trap” and “eternal student syndrome”
My biased advice is to start small first . Try something like a chrome extension :)