Start a side business and make your first dollar

Overcoming your fears

Go to StrangerChallenge.com
Go to StrangerChallenge.com
Print out the flyer.
Print out the flyer.
Find a random stranger and take a photo with them.
Find a random stranger and take a photo with them.
Upload your proof on the site.
Upload your proof on the site.
Post to skillshare what you learned about yourself.
Post to skillshare what you learned about yourself.
Take the Stranger Challenge
Take this challenge, post it on StrangerChallenge.com and update what you learned about yourself on Skill Share

Why do we validate?

Describe how you tried to start your last business (and what held you back)?
This is a chance for you to reflect on what happened and more importantly what you really learned from trying to start a business in the past.

Let's start eBay TODAY (real validation practice)

How would you validate eBay?
Share your progress in your project section to get feedback from other students

Validation method 1: Pre-sales

Submit an email for pre-selling an eBook
Share your progress in your project section to get feedback from other students

Validation method 2: Product-i-zation

Find 1 person you can do FREE work for.
Share your progress in your project section to get feedback from other students

Validation method 3: Craigslist

Post the URL of one Craigslist : Gig you can do work for
Share your progress in your project section to get feedback from other students

GO time! Validating your own idea

Upload proof you validated (or not) your business idea
You are ACTUALLY validated with 3 paying customers within 48 hours. If you fail, GREAT; now you can move on to something that people actually want. You saved a bunch of time and money.

Additional Resources

Here's a video where 2 people overcome their fears and I share my 2012 failures. Click here to watch
This guys doing 100 days of rejection. Click here to watch
Sometimes you just got to ask. Here's an article to help you with asking for things. Read here
Lesson 1 music video
Quick primer talk I gave about validation and starting a business. Click here to watch
How to make validation and guaranteeing what you want easier. Read here
An overview of starting a business from a LIVE QA I did. Watch here
Lesson 2 Music Video
Here's a video where we practice validation and I help some engineers actually validate their businesss idea. Watch here
Lesson 3 Music Video
Lesson 4 Music Video
Lesson 5 music video
Lesson 6 Video NSFW
I created a course that goes over how to validate in more detail, scale your business and personal coaching to support you. Go here > How To Make Your First Dollar
To help guide you tips for growth. Missing Manual on growth
Lesson 7 Music Video

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