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The book is mainly about building a business that sits in the background making a dependable but not necessarily huge income. It's not really surprising that i
by flux 19y ago
The book is mainly about building a business that sits in the background making a dependable but not necessarily huge income. It's not really surprising that it's popular with internet marketers because they generally are not concerned about the quality of products they are producing, more about if they sell and make money. Tim's example was selling supplements online, do you think he was really passionate about this business? I doubt it but that's kind of the point of the book, focusing on enjoying a lifestyle rather than your work.
For people wanting to create an internet site/service of value and are really passionate about technology and the internet and enjoy focusing a lot of time on that then this probably isn't a good book to read.
- tjakab 19y agoOn the other hand, is it necessarily bad to follow the techniques in the book to create a steady revenue stream (even if it's just enough to cover some basic debt) while putting your energy into a proper startup? The general point of the book is to find a way to separate income from labor and thus free up your time to do things you really want to do. That probably includes founding a startup just as much as it would traveling around the world or cage fighting or whatever else.
- flux 19y agoI guess if it's necessary to get your startup off the ground it could be a good idea. It's just that I see a lot of people looking at the internet just as a source of money, rather than thinking how can I improve this or add something of value. Having said this I do think some of his techniques could be useful and the book was quite interesting.
- dangrover 19y agoWhen I first saw this book, I thought it looked like self-help BS from a pretty sleazy guy... ...but a lot of credible, intelligent people have recommended it lately. I'm going to have to check it out. It might have some value.