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Show HN: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding Your First Customers

99 points by jjets718 12y ago

3stripe 12y ago
Looks like an improvement on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6514305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6514305
leepowers 12y ago
Just a quick design note: the text color is a bit light on the white background. It's legible, but definitely unpleasant to read: http://i.imgur.com/oq1wPM9.png http://i.imgur.com/oq1wPM9.png
- jjets718 12y ago
  Thanks for the tip! Will definitely improve that design issue!
AndrewKemendo 12y ago
If I am a bootstrapped start-up with a very limited budget, and about 100-150 inbound leads how will spending $30 on this book help me?
- jsfour 12y ago
  I haven't read the book but this is a very myopic comment. Information is the only truly valuable asset and the first thing you should be thinking about is learning.
jjets718 12y ago
Hi, everyone! I just wanted to share a new book that I co-authored with Adii Pienaar called The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding Your First Customers. Adii and I created the book because often many new businesses and startups fail. We want to help people create successful businesses, and that's why we created this book. Most businesses fail because the founder of founders either: aren't working on a product that people really need and that provides lots of value to people, or they don't know how to effectively market a product and get people to buy it. With this book we address both of those issues. We teach you how to discover and come up with profitable product ideas and then get the first customers and many more customers for those products. If you have any questions about the book, I would love to answer them. Thanks!
- diminish 12y ago
  How did you find your first customers, for the book, if any?[1] [1] Except maybe through this HN post :)
  - jjets718 12y ago
    Most of our customers have come via email marketing and content marketing, but HN has definitely sent a few :)
- xpop2027 12y ago
  Interesting! Did you use the Nathan Barry Authority model?
  - jjets718 12y ago
    Yup, that's the model we used.
    - mrfusion 12y ago
      What's that?
      - jjets718 12y ago
        It's the model for successfully self-publishing an ebook that Nathan Barry lays out in his book Authority, which you can check out at http://nathanbarry.com/authority/ http://nathanbarry.com/authority/.
mjnaus 12y ago
I'm quite interested in the book. However, was hoping the sales page would discuss the author and his/her background a bit more. I'd like to know who wrote the book and what makes the author an expert on the subject. Tnx!
bennesvig 12y ago
Looks great. The one thing I'd also offer is a .mobi version so it can be read on a Kindle/Kindle app. I do a lot of highlighting in books and PDFs don't work well for that.

99 points by jjets718 12y ago

Looks like an improvement on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6514305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6514305

Just a quick design note: the text color is a bit light on the white background. It's legible, but definitely unpleasant to read: http://i.imgur.com/oq1wPM9.png http://i.imgur.com/oq1wPM9.png

jjets718 12y ago
Thanks for the tip! Will definitely improve that design issue!

AndrewKemendo 12y ago

If I am a bootstrapped start-up with a very limited budget, and about 100-150 inbound leads how will spending $30 on this book help me?

jsfour 12y ago
I haven't read the book but this is a very myopic comment. Information is the only truly valuable asset and the first thing you should be thinking about is learning.

jjets718 12y ago

Hi, everyone! I just wanted to share a new book that I co-authored with Adii Pienaar called The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding Your First Customers. Adii and I created the book because often many new businesses and startups fail. We want to help people create successful businesses, and that's why we created this book. Most businesses fail because the founder of founders either: aren't working on a product that people really need and that provides lots of value to people, or they don't know how to effectively market a product and get people to buy it. With this book we address both of those issues. We teach you how to discover and come up with profitable product ideas and then get the first customers and many more customers for those products. If you have any questions about the book, I would love to answer them. Thanks!

diminish 12y ago
How did you find your first customers, for the book, if any?[1] [1] Except maybe through this HN post :)
- jjets718 12y ago
  Most of our customers have come via email marketing and content marketing, but HN has definitely sent a few :)
xpop2027 12y ago
Interesting! Did you use the Nathan Barry Authority model?
- jjets718 12y ago
  Yup, that's the model we used.
  - mrfusion 12y ago
    What's that?
    - jjets718 12y ago
      It's the model for successfully self-publishing an ebook that Nathan Barry lays out in his book Authority, which you can check out at http://nathanbarry.com/authority/ http://nathanbarry.com/authority/.

mjnaus 12y ago

I'm quite interested in the book. However, was hoping the sales page would discuss the author and his/her background a bit more. I'd like to know who wrote the book and what makes the author an expert on the subject. Tnx!

bennesvig 12y ago

Looks great. The one thing I'd also offer is a .mobi version so it can be read on a Kindle/Kindle app. I do a lot of highlighting in books and PDFs don't work well for that.