Noah Kagan — How to Launch a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend (#717)

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Just recently listened to the “genesis” episode of Noah’s on your show, Tim! I was super stoked to see you guys get together again and record another epic conversation!

regarding the #48hourchallenge :

I got to nearly 50 (I believe we’re at 48 currently) subscribers for my Dental Newsletter called the TOOTHLETTER and am about to hit ‘send’ on the very first Newsletter edition in which I am announcing that the first 50 subscribers are part of an exclusive community called “Founders’ Club” within that Newsletter

I talked to dental suppliers just yesterday asking about a specific number of subscribers that they would like to see before they would be interested in placing ads in the TOOTHLETTER

Thanks for the opportunity and for another great episode of TFS!

Cheers,
Tilmann

Amazing podcast and Noah was great as always. So pumped for this book!

The episode was a revelation – just what I needed at the perfect moment. It crystalysed my thoughts in a way I didn’t even realise was necessary. Inspired by this I’m committing to the #48hourchallenge – I’m going to take the leap and schedule a meeting to pitch my proposal. Here’s to making things happen!

Hey Tim and Noah,

Thank you for all of the free advice you put out, especially the advice on asking for 10% off your coffee. When I moved across the country from NJ to LA for an internship, I used that tip to help me break out of my shell. As an Equinox personal trainer, sales is everything, so thank you so much for your help on all of the tips you have given over the years. Since my time has ended at Equinox, I started an exercise product company called SquatWedgiez. We funded it through kickstarter in 2021 and since then have grown to 15,000 customers. I understand Tim has some lower back issues, so my #48hourchallenge is reaching out to Tim and offering a pair of our squat wedges and slant boards for him to use in his training to help with the back pain. If you would like us to send you a pair, please let me know below. Thank you again for all the help!

Hey Noah!

After being a wantrepeneur for years I finally took the plunge this week and kicked off a community website with a POD store tie in for customized accessories and apparel.

Rave reviews on the site and I’ve kicked off a giveaway with a low material cost item to gauge interest and ask for feedback.

The best part is I’ve built it all with tools that I’ve bought through AppSumo and it feels great to actually put these tools to use!

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Imagine what we could accomplish together in beautiful Barcelona in forty eight hours.

Noah and Tim, when I saw the 4-hour podcast, I almost shied away, but I’m SO glad I didn’t…and, in these past 48 hours, I’ve moved mountains.

Four months ago, I launched my personal brand—I want to help people (men, especially) realize and resolve their childhood trauma because it’s holding them back from living a truly abundant and authentic life.

About seven years ago, I started a consulting firm, and the demands of it—having to set boundaries (with men!), advocating for my worth, and building a team—almost killed me. I wound up in the hospital twice, was having panic attacks that kept me from driving, and was so depressed I worried I’d hurt myself. I got help and learned that beneath all my suffering was a traumatic and abusive childhood that I didn’t know I had. I healed, drove my business to make me $1M a year, and now, my brothers and cousins are opening up, and I’m seeing how, by breaking the cycle of generational trauma, my life and family have benefitted.

2024’s word of the year is RESULTS, and like Tim’s taught me, we need to focus strategically on where we can have the most impact. In the past 48 hours, I’ve hired a firm to help me tell my story while also launching a social media strategy, dialing in closely on the exact avatar I’m targeting to join my Mastermind, and received my first application. I’ve reached out to 25 podcast hosts to see if I can be a guest on their shows, and 13 said yes and that they loved my story. I’m determined to give 150% of myself and be the best guest I can be to get my message out into the world. I also just landed in Nashville for a brand-building networking event where, for the next two days, I’ll be immersed with other entrepreneurs working on their personal brands and committed to leaving here being a changed man.

I’d love nothing more than to have a few hours with you, Noah! This trauma thing is horrible, and unless treated, we keep passing it down to our kids. My self-worth was in the gutter, and I’m surprised I made it out not only alive but thriving. Access to healing saved my life. Everything’s changed—my mental health is superb, and I now live in authenticity and am committed to pursuing my dream of a purposeful career in service of those suffering from trauma.

Thank you for your consideration. <3

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I’ve been coding my web app for almost a month now. Noah’s episode gave me the boost that I absolutely needed.

I’m 65 years old and moved from NYC to the poorest region of the US, the Mississippi Delta. I’m here to revitalize a community center started by nuns in the 1980’s. I realize I need to bring in more revenue for the center and for the next 65cyears of my life. The #48 Hour Challenge motivated me to start a coaching company to help people with “midlife reinvetion.” After the podcast, I cold messaged a VP on Linkedin at the cosmetics company, L’Oreal, to see if they’d be interested in my coaching services. The VP said he’d be happy to read my proposal. Now off to write a proposal!

Hi Tim and Noah!

Always a pleasure having you blabber for hours in my ear holes. 🙂

Time for the #48HourChallenge 🔥

In the past 48 hours I have done 100 warm reach-outs to my existing network to find my first 5 FREE clients to build a foundation for my new video production business. The goal is to replace my current 9-5 income.

I help small business owners connect with and grow their audience through consistent branded video content and lead generation strategy.

I’m excited to announce that I will be shooting my first free project in February for a wedding DJ business providing 30 days worth of valuable video content to generate leads for their services.

Content harder,
George V.K.

Tim and Noah,

Some amazing stuff in this conversation – 4 hours of insights! It was so good, I’m going to have to go back and have a listen again…

Tim – You had a quick note on America having ‘good advertising’. I absolutely love this thought, and I’ve been discussing this frequently, considering the deflation issues/population decline in China and population decline in the EU, and how we can avoid it…Make it frictionless to come here, bring more brain power and culture, and let’s see things thrive again.

Noah – I’m entering the #48hourchallenge. Barcelona is in my top 3 cities I’ve traveled to, and I cannot think of many better life opportunities than brainstorming business solutions and biking (I love to get some miles in!) with you while hanging out there. Tim, join us if you can. It’d be an honor to meet you also!

Here’s what I’ve got done in the last 48:

– Learned Elementor/wordpress and built my website. (I’d been operating in stealth for a few months, but you inspired me to push it to everyone – Now, not how.)
– Reached out to a random Instagram account I follow, offering my services to pay it forward and help him hit his sales goal before the end of the month!
– Met a guy from YC Match, discussed his startup, and made my 48-hour sprint plan of how to help him…
– Asked 5 people for feedback on my initial website launch so I can dial it in!
– Got myself a copy of your book – THANKS, NOAH.
– Followed up with the guy from Instagram – no answer yet, but we all know the $$$ is in the follow-up!
– Made a LinkedIn post to ‘go public’ out of ‘stealth’ in my network to see where that leads…500+ connections – NERVE-WRACKING, but you have to shoot your shot!

It’s amazing what you can do in 48 hours when you just go all-in…

Really appreciate all that both of you do!

Cheers!

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I reached out to a friend and former co-worker of mine with a complementary skill set and asked her if she’s interested in pursuing a startup idea I’ve been thinking of for years, she said yes! She already came up with a better business name than I ever could and I’ve already started development. Hopefully landing page this weekend!

It was an extremely productive 48 hours for me and my new business venture. I was laser-focused and put in long, intense hours to push the business forward. I was able to connect with 5 promising potential new clients that could become great partners. Building relationships and growing our client base are key right now.

Additionally, I developed 2 killer sales deck presentations for upcoming pitches with interested clients. These visual aids will allow me to effectively communicate my value proposition and differentiate my business. After finishing the decks, I presented to the potential clients, skillfully conveying my enthusiasm and capabilities.

Furthermore, I held exploratory sales calls with several other clients that reached out with interest. Being able to juggle the design work while simultaneously advancing these budding relationships illustrates my drive and dedication.

In just 2 short days, through self-motivation and determination, I made meaningful progress to get my new venture going. Making vital connections, creating sales materials, pitching clients, and advancing opportunities simultaneously was extremely demanding but rewarding work. This intense effort is what it will take to get my business thriving.

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Great episode! Although it took me three days to get through it, I was quite surprised when it ended because it did not feel like a combined 4 hours. Thank you for taking the time to help inspire so many people.

During my 48 hours of listening to the episode, not realizing there might be a challenge at the end, I was already implementing your advice.

Before I tell you what I did, it helps to understand the setting. In Columbia, SC, trying to foster ingenuity, creativity and entrepreneurship has challenges. The culture is very status quo. Energizing and curious people are here but not in large clusters. Having worked to build entrepreneurship over the past year, I believe I have a found a spark to help build a fire – AI.

In December I produced an AI conference in Columbia, at the Darla Moore School of Business where I am getting my MBA. (And I am doing this at 58) It was successful, and many people were interested in meeting again in the future. I saved their emails but kept dragging my fit on getting something moving.

Then I listened to your podcast!

Over the past two days, I locked in two 100-person rooms for free, guaranteeing at least two meetups! I simply followed Noah’s advice on just explaining my situation (Not charging for the event) and what I bring (50 to 100 creative, energetic people who might consider joining their coworking space). And even though today was my son’s 16th birthday, after dinner, I created an Eventbrite page and then immediately promoted the event on LinkedIn.

So now, we have a great opportunity to begin bringing innovative and curious people together on a monthly basis to help energize the community.

In addition, as I spoke with the managers of the coworking spaces, I realized that there are hundreds of people in these spaces that want and need to produce video and podcast content but either don’t know how, fear the unknown or have to make it perfect. We brainstormed an idea where I would come in for 2-3 days, blocking time to shoot videos and record podcasts for residents. I drove to see a friend in the business, and after an hour, decided he would lend me the equipment (for free) and I would handle the entire 2-3 day event. Wow!

Now I have never been behind the camera for a video or run a soundboard, but my friend agreed to quickly train me and I could make it happen. I couldn’t nail down dates yet but the hard part is done. Exciting!

So, in two days, I pulled together an AI meetup for 100 people that can bring together the creative and curious in our community. As well, I moved from idea to action on a popup Video/podcast event to help local entrepreneurs build their brand and get heard.

And one final tidbit. My oldest son just returned from Barcelona for his semester abroad in Architecture at Clemson. He absolutely loved it! So I can’t wait experience that wonderful city as well.

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Loved your conversation Tim and Noah!

There was a webapp that I’ve been thinking about for a while, where you can paste text into it, have it generate a hash, and then you can share a link to that hash with a time delayed reveal that you set. So this way you can prove that whatever text you entered was written at a specific point in time when you created the hash. I call it Countdown2Secret (but no URLs are allowed in the comment section?)

I got a few people playing around with it on twitter and put a donation button on it and made $2. A bit short of $10k, but its infinitely scalable, may just need some marketing loving, and a bit more debugging.

I have other business projects I’ve been working on, but have been meaning to do more coding/building lately.

This was more like a #24HourChallenge for me haha.
Thanks for the kick in the pants to get building 🙂

— C

Hey Noah & Tim,

I so appreciate you putting together this episode. After I listened, I shuffled a few things around and spent the afternoon brainstorming ways to pivot my business.

In the last 6-months, my business lost the majority of its organic traffic due to an algorithm update. My website is about travel gear and location-independent living. We’d make money by ranking for keywords like “best travel purses” and driving readers to products we’re affiliated with.

If I’m being totally honest, I didn’t love the business model. It felt a bit slimy because most of the products we’d recommend we didn’t test out ourselves.

So I took this brainstorming session as a way to reimagine the business I want to create and sustain long term.

I love storytelling, and with the rise of AI-generated content, I think people want to hear more from actual humans. We have a weekly newsletter where I used to share gear recs and my travel stories. I decided it would be more impactful to have other people share their journey to becoming a nomad and creating the lifestyle they want. (Think, The Moth meets our newsletter and had a baby).

So I began reaching out to other nomads to share their stories in the newsletter. First, I did the low-hanging fruit: my nomad friends. Got buy-in from just about everyone. Then, I worked on reaching out to location-independent entrepreneurs I admire but don’t know personally. However, I knew I needed to offer them something in return.

I’m also an SEO consultant, so I decided to pitch them a free audit in exchange for their story. Most of my clients are well-known B2B SaaS brands, so I leveraged the “it’s either high-price or free” advice and (shamelessly) name-dropped those brands in my email to get buy-in.

Within two days, I’ve heard back from more than half of those people and have their stories scheduled out through the end of February.

Similar to Tim, I’ve known for years now that I need to expand into video. The idea I had months ago was doing talking-head style YouTube content where I review travel products. But the thought of having it centered around me just talking endlessly into a camera? I’d rather gargle wasps.

So I came up with an idea.

2 weeks ago I had my business sponsor an afternoon of rock climbing for kids from the local townships. I did this because I simply just wanted to share something I love with people who would’ve never otherwise had the opportunity. I figured I could create Mr. Beast-style videos similar to this event where I can sponsor cool outdoor activities for underserved communities and surprise them with travel gear.

It’s a win-win. I get to capture video of people using the products, and I get to make their day in the process.

Plus, I already work with hundreds of affiliates who are always open to sending me products (and most of the time, they just sit in my closet, unused).

In 48 hours:

– I figured out my new business model of expanding in a way that feels genuine and something I can do long-term
– I have 8 digital nomads lined up to share their stories on the newsletter (4 of whom are well-known and I’m still shocked I even heard back)
– I figured out my YouTube strategy and already made the first video leveraging the footage I captured from the climbing event

Thank you so much for your help and practical advice!

Kelsey

P.S. I’m a former Austinite and now live in Cape Town. Please, please have a fried avocado taco from Torchy’s for me. And Noah, my partner is South African (I’m Amercian) and we’re navigating U.S. visas, too. It’s not an easy process, but I hope you’re able to figure it out soon!

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Inspiring episode! I’ve got a blog talking about Organizational Development and group facilitation. It’s like to turn it into a business so I’m testing out a team development program called Flash Fifteen. Sharing it with my network for feedback.

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I just finished the episode and am getting started on this #48hourchallenge right now. Mine has a simple goal: to get 10 people to respond favorably within the next 48 hours to an email.

Said email asks them to sign up to learn Japanese from me. Minimum two sessions, to be started within a week of sign up, with a run time of two hours per session, costing 300 USD in total. I’m considering methods of discounting for those who respond immediately, like by EOM, to get a 20% discount. If they ask for one even afterward, I’ll take 10% off no problem. Seems like that plus playing into scarcity tactics (only ten seats!) is a good tactical combo.

Anyway, wish me luck! I enjoy Noah’s insight very much and would love to finally go to Barcelona — I flew over to Buenos Aires a few times thanks to old blog entries by Tim and picked up quite a lot of Spanish. I’d love to see what “the SoCal of Europe” would be like.

“The Million Dollar Weekend” on Audible → pre-ordered ✔︎

#48hourchallenge Thank you Noah and Tim for the inspiration to actually act on my ideas. I’ve owned my business for almost 10 years now and it has become stagnant which has been my fault. I feel like I’ve run out of ideas and have gotten comfortable. However, I know it needs to grow and I owe that to my contract employees. My business is a coaching business for cyclists and mainly mountain bike athletes.
So after listening to your podcast and the #48hourchallenge, I challenged myself to get one idea done this weekend. I hired a social media manager. I have wanted to hire him for while but just never approached him about the idea. With the hire, I sat down with him via video call and we laid out a plan for the next few months.
Again, thank you for the inspiration. I’ll continue to challenge myself to spark ideas and the motivation to act upon said ideas.

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I have been making youtube videos for the past three years on European Football from Chelsea FC news, transfers, tactics on how teams play and mini docu series on managers.

I have been doing this on my weekends more since I have two kids now which really doesn’t allow flexibility during the week day.

But I have found this time to be the crunch time.

After listening to the episode (great episode!) I made sure I put together all my clips/slides and voice recording in to my video so that I could get it schedule to upload tomorrow (sunday) instead of just quickly putting it together on Sunday night and trying to push it out.

I am looking forward to reading Noah’s book and love the information that came from this episode!

Great podcast! You help me both in my entrepreneurship journey since 2009. Thank! #48hourchallenge I called 2 potentials customers this morning 🙂

Hi Tim and Noah. Noah, in the 48 hours after I saw this episode, I created a full blown website for my idea, put together a pitch deck (which I can also share), attended a language meetup to recruit my initial beta testers, and applied for a pitch competition in Tokyo, Japan since I hope it to be my main target market due to its monolingual majority and the growing interest in learning English, plus the sudden influx of foreign workers in Japan. Wika is a language acquisition system that uses the most natural approach of acquiring a language, therefore, I believe to be the most effective. An approach that we are already familiar with when we first acquired our first language when we were babies. The majority of language learning systems and curricula are deeply rooted in traditional, structured approaches. These methods typically emphasize grammar rules, rote memorization, and repetitive textbook exercises. While this approach can provide a basic understanding of a new language, it often falls short that leads to slow progression to fluency, diminished engagement and motivation, and inadequate cultural integration. Wika provides the solutions to these shortcomings. #48hourchallenge

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Hey Noah,

Thank you for all the resources you have created. Excited for the book launch! I recently learned about you after the awesome Tim Ferris episode. So many Aha! moments for me. I then read both of your blog posts on Tim’s website and they were super technical and helpful on how to start a business venture in an efficient manner without spending tons of time and energy building websites and apps.

I also appreciate your open and honest comments about therapy and mental health. Part of my journey was working through both childhood and adulthood traumas.

Myself like everyone else on this planet has been searching for our meaning of life. Our “why?”. Well I recently found mine. I suffered from multiple chronic pain issues for the past 8 years. I played division 1 college football, multiple snowboarding accidents with concussions, and then was hit by two vehicles (on my bicycle) going 45 mph on separate occasions. This led to some mental trauma and chronic pain. Because of this I was about to apply for long term disability and end a fairly successful medical career. I contemplated suicide a few times over those 8 years. Either by fate, coincidence, or guidance from a higher power, I finally found/created a solution to my chronic pain. I am essentially cured and I have strong scientific evidence that most other chronic pain suffers can have the same results as me.

I really like the idea you and Tim discuss about Kevin Kelly’s 1000 true fans, but my mission is to help each and every person on this planet that suffers from chronic pain. I realize this is some unreal aspirations, but that’s how much this has improved my life and I want to help others.

So I started waking up at 4AM (I have 2 little girls) and crushed your online Monthly 1k program in 3 days. I validated that this is truly a problem by identifying Medical schools provide only 81- hours of education on pain and how to manage it, over 4 years. There are over 100 million adults in the USA that suffer from chronic pain. Costs the economy 600 billion a year. CP causes people to make 37% less income and higher rates of opioid addiction and 4x higher risk of committing suicide. Fascinating but sad. Like your chihuahua business example, it’s clear people with chronic pain spend a lot of money. I racked up over $20k seeing 13 different medical providers over 8 years that ultimately was treating pain incorrectly. I would love to save them a ton of time, energy, and money.

So then I started asking friends, they were ecstatic to pay me to help them overcome their chronic pains. Thanks to your program, I validated further by reaching out to local businesses to see if I can help larger groups rather than 1-on-1 sessions. Radio silence I even followed your method (from blog on Tim’s website with Daniel) of reaching out on multiple platforms over 2-3 days with follow ups. Radio Silence.

I have quite a few visions of tiered products I can create from my knowledge and research, but I am following your guidance of not spending a ton of time and money on building programs, courses, apps, websites.

I feel like I have a true problem high on the totem pole for people. I have unique skillset with my personal experience, profession credentials, professional research of the science, and passion/motivation. Yet not much interest outside of my wonderful friends. Do I have overly nice friends or am I bad at sales/marketing?

I am so passionate about this I don’t want to pivot to a new business idea. I really would appreciate any advice or support you could provide to identify any mistakes or flaws in what I have so far. I appreciate all your work and I would be more than happy to give you New dad/parent advice in return!

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Hey Noah & Tim,

My name is Eli Moraru and I am the Co-Founder of a revolutionary nonprofit called The Community Grocer that is reimagining our broken food systems to ensure everyone has access to true nutrition. My goal this quarter was to dive heavily into fundraising, specifically looking for individual contributors to join our board of directors. This quarter was also the start of construction on our pilot location in West Philadelphia, and as such have been putting off the extra effort into fundraising to instead focus on paperwork, permits, bids, etc.

After listening to this episode, I realized how much I could change for my organization in just 48 hours. I put the extra effort into the cold email and reached out to over 100+ potential donors. After these 48 hours, I was able to raise an additional $60,000 in working capital for my nascent start-up, with more on the way.

Noah & Tim, as a bootstrapped founder – I’d love input on early hires & outsourcing, specifically when the right time is to pull the trigger on those early hires. Looking forward to learning more as I bring this collective vision for TCG to reality!

Shout-out to the #48hourchallenge

Hey Tim, really like the show. From my perspective I heard more from you than from the guest this episode. I felt like I didn’t get a chance to hear everything Noah had to offer and it left me wanting more.

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Dear Tim, dear Noah,

thank you for the talk =).

I hereby participate in the #48hourchallenge (hope I am not too late !? 😉 )

What:
A new approach that improves the status and happiness of whole groups (instead of individual customers) in a blue ocean.

There are clubs of a certain domain that practice an artful though low-threshold hobby.
Every club has at least 1 club-internal-tournament / year.
Last year I attended (spontanious or by accident) 4 such events and in 3 of them the representatives tried to convince the spectators to participate.
In 2 cases it worked rudimentary in 1 not at all.
Though, I have seen it work in many settings. Some experienced/lucky/gifted representatives did spark the fire and created with their event a really nice memory and collective smiles.
From a social design perspective: When someone hears the principles and knows what to mind and practice, then those outcomes are totally reproducable (e.g. encourage first followers with.., ask for participation after… and with the words…).
Simply, no one thought with this perspective about knowledge-transfer within this area, yet.
→ The product is a lifetime access to this knowledge-guideline (short-videos & PDFs), for 250€. A club (or a group within this club) pays once and gets informed when new versions are published.

Who:
According to wikipedia, there are 50 000+ clubs of this certain domain in my linguistic area (germany).
I esteem 5-50 adult members per club.
If 8% (50 000 x 0,08 = 4000) buy for 250€, then 1M in sales is possible.

+ With the knowledge created and tested, translation suggests itself.
+ There is at least 1 sibling-domain where the exact same knowledge-package could be offered.

Where:
Because those clubs are registered and established, they have umbrella organizations. I found one with the mailadresses of 5000 Clubs openly published online.

Further:
I don’t have the detailed knowledge-package, yet, but I’ve already been able to derive principles.
And I know what to ask for. People that enter my homepage will be asked in questionnaires about their ideas, experiences and whether they can recommend experts who I may interview (individually, 15 min). I`ll put the product together from the questionnaires and the expert interviews (short videos and one-page PDFs) and publish an updated version every few months. A User that paid once, gets informed about the updates.
I see myself as having an advantage in the didactic compilation of the videos and PDFs; imparting this knowledge would be really fun for me and my academic background is social sciences of such kind.
A problem is that such willing representatives have to practice what really works and that requires a tournament or at least spectators that I can’t pull out of a hat. –> It is more efficient to be the magnet and collector for those building blocks.
Early-Stage-User that contribute to the knowledge-foundation shall pay what they wish.

My hidden additional benefit:
– learn to use a website builder and my website-conceptual-intelligence
– I have a reason to register a legal structure (I am traditionally more the thinker than the doer, not a tech- & contract-guy but an observer, asker and & social design-type).
– Side hustle where I can gift the world a lot of joy
– I already have 2-3 experts in mind – that I have never met in person – and with this i have a good reason to contact them and ask for a short interview about their field of expertise=)

My Doings this weekend:
– listen to all 4 hours of this episode
– took several walks
– saw my parents
– helped a friend with his project
– wrote this text
– purchased a 1month premium package for a website-Builder
– spent 3x several hours getting to know this builder (current state: I have a lean design in my head and circa an idea how to compose it with this tool. Headlines but no written content to fill it with, yet. )
– combing, defining, slimming the idea and research key parameters
– Drafted the next months
– applied for a post-office box (for not publishing my adress)
– Tendered for a professional to code a piece for me: The website and design I want to pursue myself, though – as the final product is partly a PDF that can easily be sneaked – I want an automated process that puts an individual watermark onto a la „This doc was bought by group a/city b . If you use it and like its content, please spread the word and consider buying it at URL“.

PS: It is pretty much a clickfunnels approach, though without clickfunnels (because cf costs 5x the monthly fee of my current hpbuilder and way more important: cf – i guess without much knowledge – would be too fast and too pushy for me & my approach. I dont have the knowledge that I plan to sell the users, yet. I need the users to crowdsource the knowledge and for this I need my open ear close to the crowd without 5mails/day that tell me to sell already:D → the concept is to work on it not much more often than on the weekends;). No disrespect, with the knowledge solidly collected, i could imagine the switch to cf.
(As a matter of fact) there is no one in my phonebook or fb of whom I know or think that he/she is a member of such a club:D. And before I reach out to cold call preorderers, I wish to have forms on the homepage, so that I can effectively utilize when someone offers knowledge-pieces.

Kindest regards =)
Stefan

I loved this episode and there was so much to take away from it! It’s so encouraging to think of what we can do in 48 hours. I have tried a couple of ideas to start a business but none of them felt quite right in the past after I tried to develop them, but I finally found something that I would do whether or not I sold anything and that is making art. I currently sell my art and art prints online.

I built a shopify website this summer and sales have been slow going and a lot of that is because of me. For my #48hourchallenge I will be growing my e-mail list to 100 people (currently at 50) and make a new newsletter to go out for Feb 1st. I will start monthly and move to bi-weekly. I am planning my next collection and launching that next on the website. I would like to get to 1000 true fans. I also will contact a local art cafe to see how I could get some of my art on their walls.

Best of luck to everyone on their ideas and their 48 hour projects! Appreciated all the advice on the show. Thanks Tim and Noah!

Katherine