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Million Dollar Weekend
The book in one sentence
The biggest thing stopping most would-be founders is fear of starting and fear of asking, and both shrink fast once you try to get real customers to pay you within a single weekend.
Who it's for
People with a business idea they have been sitting on for years, employees who want a side business, and anyone who over-plans and under-launches.
The big idea
Kagan was an early employee at Facebook, where he was let go, and at Mint, before founding AppSumo and other online businesses. He argues that most people never start because they wait until they know exactly how. His answer is to act now and work out the how as you go. The book’s challenge is to pick a simple idea, offer it to real people, and try to get paying customers within about 48 hours. The point is speed. A small, fast test tells you more than a year of planning.
The full summary continues with the five ideas worth keeping, three things to try this week, the 5-minute deep dive and our full verdict, as a PDF to keep.
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