Message from @Evan Thomas
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One of the ways we need to be in control of the direction of our society is by running profitable businesses that provide value. Ann Coulter pointed out in her book, _Adios America_, that while the media focuses on immigrants from India as being the most successful, since they have the record for the most start-ups, it's actually Russians who are the most successful immigrants when you look at _profitable_ start-ups and other businesses.
Anyone can have a start-up. The question is, will it be successful?
Perhaps one advantage successful Russian immigrants in their 40s and older have is that they came from a country where you had to work extremely hard just to have a little.
You may have heard the statistic that some 90% of businesses fail within the first 5 years. But the statistic you don't hear is that most of the businesses that survive the first 5 years go on to do very well. And the main factor that determines the success of new companies is the experience and focus of the entrepreneur.
The lesson is this: Learn all you need to learn, and keep learning while you start and grow your business.
I’ve found most people aren’t willing to do the most important thing early on: run around and make sales.
My first startup, we just had to start cold emailing, speaking at events, and calling people to pick up our first customers. Traditional marketing wasn’t working at all. So we sold. But once we got those initial customers, the marketing started picking up.
We went from 0 to profitable doing a ton of things that won’t work at bigger scale.
Unfortunately people spend all their time doing things that don’t matter to avoid the uncomfortable reality of calling someone to ask them to buy your product.
@ThisIsChris how difficult would it be to acquire these skills?
I would take a minimum of 3 years of Java EE with Spring
@Jacob sounds like you should get an internship at a startup to get some of those skills. A lot of that is definitely stuff you learn on the job
Thanks. It seems like some areas actually have a surprisingly high number of programming jobs with really low requirements.
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about compounding personal growth habits
@apronandlace Very good article.
Goal setting can't just be about working to achieve a target. You have to become the person for whom hitting that target is possible.
Establishing thinking and behavioral patterns congruent with the identity of the person you need to become is the only way to improve.
Habits are key.