The Underdog: From $10/hr to $1.5M/Year

Summary

Mark's journey from a part-time waiter with dreams of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg to a successful solopreneur is a rollercoaster of failures and eventual triumph. Despite numerous setbacks, including failed startups and financial struggles, Mark's persistence pays off when he discovers a new approach to entrepreneurship. He shifts from building complex products to creating 'painkiller' apps that solve real problems, leading to a breakthrough with his 'Ship Fast' tool. Mark's story is a testament to the power of resilience, learning from failures, and finding the right niche in the market.

Takeaways

• 😀 Mark's entrepreneurial journey began with a dream to become the next Mark Zuckerberg, focusing on a billion-dollar startup idea.
• 💼 He initially worked part-time as a waiter while trying to build his first app, which he believed would be the next big thing in the tech industry.
• 📉 Mark faced numerous failures, with 30 startups failing and no significant financial success, leading to a period of self-doubt and questioning his entrepreneurial path.
• 🌐 After moving to South Korea and experiencing more failures, Mark pivoted to smaller, quicker projects that could provide instant results.
• 🏠 Living in challenging conditions with his girlfriend, Mark was driven by the desire for success and the need to escape his circumstances.
• 💡 His first significant breakthrough came with a simple tool for escape room businesses, which led to his first paid customer and a renewed sense of hope.
• 📈 Mark's business grew to a point where he was making $4,000 a month, but the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out his revenue overnight, forcing him to reevaluate his situation.
• 😢 In his darkest moments, Mark experienced a breakdown, questioning his purpose and the value of his entrepreneurial efforts.
• 💼 After a period of reflection and recovery, Mark took a software engineering job that provided financial stability and a sense of worth, making him reconsider the benefits of traditional employment.
• 🔄 Despite the stability of his job, Mark's entrepreneurial spirit was rekindled, leading him to be fired and return to entrepreneurship with a new approach and mindset.
• 🚀 Mark's new strategy involved creating and launching 'painkiller' apps that solved real problems and were monetized from the start, which eventually led to significant financial success.

Q & A

What was Mark's initial job before becoming an entrepreneur?

Mark initially worked as a waiter part-time while living with his parents.

What was Mark's inspiration for becoming an entrepreneur?

Mark was inspired by the movie 'The Social Network' and Mark Zuckerberg's story, leading him to believe he could create a billion-dollar startup.

What was the first business idea Mark attempted to execute?

Mark's first business idea was to create a 'Tinder for sports lovers', but he lacked the capacity to build it and it never materialized.

How did Mark's experience with the AI startup influence his entrepreneurial journey?

The AI startup experience taught Mark that relying on Venture Capital might not be for him and led to his desire for quick, instant results from smaller projects.

What was the turning point that made Mark reconsider his approach to entrepreneurship?

After multiple failures and living in poverty, Mark had a moment of intense emotional release where he questioned his path as an entrepreneur and considered giving up.

What was the first successful product Mark sold that validated his entrepreneurial efforts?

Mark's first successful product was a tool for escape room businesses to help them get more customers, which he sold after a cold email outreach and a phone call.

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect Mark's business?

The COVID-19 pandemic caused Mark's business revenue to drop from $4,000 a month to zero overnight as the physical businesses he worked with shut down.

What significant life event occurred during Mark's break from entrepreneurship?

During his break, Mark got married to his girlfriend, which was a significant personal milestone.

What was the job offer Mark received after experiencing depression and questioning his entrepreneurial path?

Mark received a software engineering job offer that paid $9,000 a month, which made him question the value of continuing as an entrepreneur.

What was the name of the product Mark created that significantly boosted his monthly revenue?

Mark created a product called 'Ship Fast', which helped increase his monthly revenue to $85,000 and eventually up to $135,000.

What advice does Mark give to aspiring entrepreneurs based on his experiences?

Mark advises aspiring entrepreneurs to start anything, make the smallest version of their app as fast as they can, and learn where they are comfortable sharing their ideas to see how things react.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Entrepreneurial Journey from Waiter to Solopreneur

Mark, an aspiring entrepreneur, started his journey working as a waiter while dreaming of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg. Despite numerous failures and financial struggles, he persisted in his pursuit of a billion-dollar startup idea. After years of hardship, including living in a small, cockroach-infested apartment, Mark eventually found success with an app that generated enough revenue to sustain his life. However, the sudden disappearance of his business due to unforeseen circumstances led him to question his entrepreneurial path. In his darkest moments, Mark decided to change his approach and started over, eventually building a business that earned him $1.5 million a year.

05:01

🌐 The Struggle and Realization of an Entrepreneur

Mark's entrepreneurial journey was marked by multiple failures and learning experiences. He initially attempted to create a 'Tinder for sports lovers' but lacked the skills to execute the idea. Moving to South Korea, he co-founded an AI startup that also failed to gain traction. These experiences led Mark to realize the importance of starting with problems that need solving and focusing on quick, tangible results. He then shifted his focus to creating tools for businesses to gain customers, which eventually led to his first paid customer and a renewed sense of direction in his entrepreneurial pursuits.

10:03

💔 The Emotional Toll of Entrepreneurship and the Road to Recovery

Despite achieving some success, Mark faced a significant setback when his business revenue dropped to zero due to external factors. This led him to reevaluate his life choices, including a period of depression and a loss of control over his emotions. After a period of reflection and a return to a regular job as a software engineer, Mark found a sense of worthiness and stability. However, the desire for freedom and entrepreneurship eventually led him to leave his job and return to the startup world with a new perspective, focusing on quick project development and validation.

15:04

🚀 Scaling Success through Rapid Prototyping and Market Validation

Mark's new approach to entrepreneurship involved building and launching multiple projects quickly, focusing on solving real problems and creating paid products. He developed a series of apps, including mood-to-movie, a habit tracker, and a productivity tips ranking tool. Despite initial low income, Mark's persistence paid off when he created a code base that could be reused for new projects, which he decided to sell as a product. This led to a significant increase in his revenue, reaching $80,000 a month. Mark's story emphasizes the importance of not quitting, starting with a minimum viable product, and learning from others' experiences to achieve entrepreneurial success.

Keywords

💡Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an individual who seeks out new business opportunities and is willing to take on the risk and responsibility of organizing, managing, and operating a business venture. In the video, Mark embodies the entrepreneurial spirit as he attempts multiple ventures, from a sports lover's app to a tool for escape room businesses, despite facing numerous failures and setbacks.

💡Failure

Failure refers to the inability to achieve a desired outcome or the collapse of plans or enterprises. The video script is replete with instances of Mark's failures, such as the unsuccessful AI startup and the loss of revenue due to the pandemic, which are integral to his entrepreneurial journey and serve as stepping stones to eventual success.

💡Startup

A startup is a company or project that is just beginning, typically with the aim of growing rapidly and achieving success in a particular niche. Mark's journey involves several startups, each representing a new venture into the business world with the hope of creating a billion-dollar idea.

💡Monetize

To monetize means to convert assets, services, or ideas into income or profit. In the context of the video, Mark initially lacks a clear plan to monetize his ideas, which is a critical oversight in his early ventures. Later, he learns the importance of creating products that can generate revenue.

💡Revenue

Revenue is the income generated from the sale of goods or services. In the video, Mark's entrepreneurial journey is marked by fluctuations in revenue, from making no money with his initial startups to eventually earning a substantial income from his successful projects.

💡Pivot

A pivot in business refers to a strategic change in direction or strategy. Mark's story illustrates several pivots, such as moving from a failed AI startup to creating a tool for escape room businesses, and eventually to developing a platform for other entrepreneurs.

💡Product-Market Fit

Product-market fit occurs when a product satisfies a significant market demand and is adopted by a substantial customer base. In the video, Mark achieves product-market fit with his 'Ship Fast' platform, which leads to a significant increase in his monthly revenue.

💡Solopreneur

A solopreneur is an individual who runs a small business on their own, often as a freelancer or independent contractor. Mark's story transitions from trying to build large startups to becoming a successful solopreneur, making a significant income by developing and selling his own products.

💡Ship Fast

In the context of the video, 'Ship Fast' is a product developed by Mark that allows developers to quickly set up landing pages and deploy projects. It becomes a turning point in his entrepreneurial journey, leading to substantial revenue and标志着他作为独立开发者的成功。

💡Worthiness

Worthiness in this context refers to the feeling of being valuable or deserving of success. Mark experiences a crisis of worthiness during his entrepreneurial struggles, questioning whether a traditional job might provide the sense of worthiness he seeks.

💡Underdog

An underdog is a person or team that is considered unlikely to win but surprisingly does. Mark's narrative positions him as an underdog in the world of entrepreneurship, overcoming numerous challenges and failures to achieve success against the odds.

Highlights

Mark's initial ambition to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and create a billion-dollar startup.

Working part-time as a waiter while pursuing entrepreneurial dreams.

The first business idea: creating a 'Tinder for sports lovers' without a clear business plan.

Realization after a year that the first app idea would never materialize due to lack of capacity to build it.

Moving to South Korea to start an AI startup with a friend, which also failed to attract customers.

Living in a small apartment with cockroaches and the frustration of multiple business failures.

The pivot to small, quick projects after the failure of larger ventures.

The first paid project for an escape room business, marking a turning point in Mark's entrepreneurial journey.

The shift in mindset from building complex products to solving universal problems for businesses.

The unexpected success of a viral project that provided enough revenue to sustain life, leading to a move to Bali.

The sudden loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which wiped out the business overnight.

Mark's emotional breakdown and questioning of his entrepreneurial path during the pandemic.

The decision to take a stable software engineering job offering a significant salary, providing a sense of worthiness.

The resurgence of the entrepreneurial spirit after being fired from the software engineering job.

Mark's new approach to entrepreneurship: building small, fast projects without raising money or having employees.

The creation of 'Ship Fast', a tool that automates the setup of landing pages and payment systems for new projects.

The exponential growth in revenue after launching 'Ship Fast', reaching $80,000 a month.

Mark's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs: start anything, learn where you're comfortable sharing ideas, and ship fast.

Transcripts

what's your

story I lived with my parents working as

a waiter part-time to make I think $10

per hour I was telling people I'm going

to make it I'm the next Mark zukerberg

and I'm going to have a billion dollar

startup idea and I'm going to focus on

it this is Mark a guy who tried

everything to become an entrepreneur but

nothing was working I didn't have any

salary I didn't have any savings I was

like broke like crazy like we're living

in like I don't like 12 square m they

were cockroaches then after years of

failure he finally built a business that

worked at some point life become like

very beautiful like finally I made it I

have my apps I make enough money to

sustain my life and Co hit everything

that I built for the last two years just

suddenly disappeared wipe

out I've been in the journey for like

almost 5 years already I failed 30

startups and I didn't build anything I

didn't save any money I didn't create

anything that would last and then one

morning I start to cry for no reason in

his darkest moments Mark does something

he never thought he would have to do it

made me question why I was an

entrepreneur why am I doing all that if

I can just get a sense of like

worthiness having a job but with

everything on the line Mark discovers

something that would change his life I

feel bad and I decide I got to change

everything I'm going to be an

entrepreneur again but these times I'll

do things differently this is the story

of how Mark Lou went from working as a

waiter for $10 an hour to making $1.5

million a year as a solopreneur welcome

to starter

story I was born in a family of

Engineers know one of my friends or

family members are entrepreneurs and I

grew up like 25 years in this ecosystem

or the only thing that matters is that

you have to have good school grade you

have to go University and I think that

created a frustration inside of me

because I didn't for some reason I

didn't care about school so I was a bad

kid I had bad grades I didn't feel like

I was belonging to where I was people

wanted to do stuff and I wanted to do

the opposite a university was the same

so they were partying but also studying

and I didn't know what I was why I was

learning what I was learning after four

years of partying and barely attending

lectures Mark graduated and had to make

a big

decision when my friends and I

graduating from uni they all got a job

pretty easily in Paris as a software

engineers and I think around the time I

might have seen the movie The Social

Network with Mark zukerberg and for some

weird Connection in my brain I was like

this is me I'm the next Mark Zuckerberg

and I'm going to have a billion dollar

startup idea and I'm going to focus on

it and the idea was to create a Tinder

for sports lover there was no business

plan in mind there was not even an idea

of how to monetize that thing I was just

I have to build that thing Mark has a

brilliant idea that he believes will be

the next billion doll unicorn so he

takes The Road Less Traveled as I chose

a different path I lived with my parents

working as a waiter part-time like at

night basically to make I think $10 per

hour I was so arrogant that I spent a

year working on this app I was telling

people I'm going to make it I build this

identity for one year of this guy who is

going to build the next brilliant idea

and you cannot even know what I'm

working on because it's a brilliant idea

right and I realized after 365 days that

this app would never exist because I

didn't have the capacity to build it and

would never make money everything

crumbled like all my oneyear arrogance

belief fell apart and that's the moment

where I stopped working on my app like I

threw away all the code in 24 hours quit

my girlfriend cuz I was a terrible

boyfriend and moved to South Korea to

the other side of the planet Mark

experiences his first failure but he's

still committed to becoming an

entrepreneur he wants to prove to

everyone that he can do this a different

way

a friend of mine gave me a call he was

in South Korea and he said he could

raise some money from VC to build an AI

startup back in 2017 which was pretty

cool we were both Engineers none of us

was was good at marketing none of us was

good at product and you know business

and so we ended up having that This

brilliant idea again is going to work

out if we build a product we build a

product it took 6 months to make an app

but we didn't get any customers so in

the end nothing happens after spending a

year building another product that got

zero customers Mark realized realized

that maybe this whole Venture Capital

thing wasn't for him but this gives him

an

idea after the AI startups I didn't have

any salary I didn't have any savings I

was like broke like crazy like I was

living with my girlfriend as well we

were living in like I don't like 12

square m they were cockroaches in the

bathrooms and stuff the frustration of

doing stuff for 2 years that led to

nothing it made me desire the craving

for like tiny project that have quick

instant results I saw this ad on

Facebook where you have those two people

holding hands together inside of one

mitt with thousands of likes I knew that

if it works for them then it would work

for me too I ended up going in the

street sending those gloves because I

was terrible at Facebook ad so I

couldn't sell any online even though we

we made zero with the gloves we probably

like sold 30 gloves I still want to

chase that thing show a different path

show a different way and show that you

can also make it with a different

strategy with three failed businesses in

countless Lessons Learned Mark realizes

he needs to do something different he

doesn't want to be a Starving Artists

sharing his flat with cockroaches and

spending all his time working on

projects that never make money with this

in mind he starts looking for his next

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idea I had this learning from those

previous startup to start first with the

problems and I was like what is a

universal problem that everybody has

that I can solve every business wants

wants more customers right so maybe I

can help any business get more customers

and the idea was to create a little tool

for escape room businesses to help them

get more customers but I met a guy who

is 100% marketer his job is marketing

and he's like why don't you just try to

sell it before you make it I listened to

him I did exactly what he told me I sent

some cold emails and I'm supposed to

have the call with his business in

Australia it's the first time I do a

like a call with a lead I'm thinking

like an engineer and I'm I like I'm

scamming her just talking to her but

she's so friendly she's like yeah so

what is your idea and in the end of the

call after 42 minutes she's like all

right yeah send me the invoice I'll pay

I'm sweating like my my armpits are

sweating so much and I make her confirm

I was like are you

sure and then she said yes after a

couple years and several failed ideas

Mark's efforts finally paid off he made

his first dollar he didn't need a fancy

website or a perfect product all he

needed was a solid idea and someone who

is willing to pay for it if you're

someone like Mark looking for their

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send it over to you for free mark

efforts finally paid off he's made his

first dollar online but most importantly

he now knows firsthand that

entrepreneurship works but when

everything was at its best something

very unexpected happened so this viral

bought project quickly it made some

enough money to sustain my life like

$1,000 per month we moved to Bali and my

days would be exactly the same I would

uh send some emails in the morning try

to get someone on the the phone call

exactly like I did for the first dollar

in the internet and the revenue grew to

at the top you went until $4,000 in

monthly recuring Revenue at some point

life become like very beautiful like I

finally I made it I have my apps I work

on my own project I don't have any

meetings I have customers I make enough

money to sustain my life I live in belly

I learn how to surf it's just so nice

the revenue is going up and then I was

working with physical businesses and Co

hits everything closed down Revenue went

from $4,000 a month to zero in like 24

hours hours everything that I built for

the last 2 years just suddenly

disappeared wipe out after Co brings

Mark's business to zero he decides to

take a break he keeps on surfing and

living life then when the lockdown eased

something insane happened my girlfriend

and I decided to get married so we flew

back to France and we had a beautiful

wedding after a couple weeks they

started to lock down everything again we

were supposed to come back to belly but

we couldn't so I'm I'm 28 years old I'm

a married man I don't make any Revenue

most of the businesses I've tried failed

and I think at this moment I feel not so

good like I don't know why I'm doing all

that anymore I feel like I've I've never

achieved anything really and I'm back at

28 years old in the house where I left

to try to show there was another way

showing that I failed basically and then

one morning I have no clue what is

happening I start to cry for no reason

like I usually control my emotions I

start to cry but have no idea what's

going on and I look at my wall and I

start to punch my wall four times like

without even thinking my wall is pretty

thin so it go through the wall and I'm

shouting and I'm like I don't know like

so much anger that just comes out it's

like I've never felt this bad before I

don't really know what depression is but

the this lack of control that I had on

me and these emotions bursting out

without me controlling anything

maybe after 5 years of failure with no

income or savings 28 year-old freshly

married Mark decides to do something

that he never thought he would have to

do he applies for a few software

engineering jobs luckily because of his

experience he quickly lands one of the

positions and the job is like offering

you $9,000 a month I look at that I was

like i' I've been making $1,000 a month

for 5 years and now you're offering me

$9,000 per month I was like what the

is going on so I jumped straight

into the job and when you have a job

your boss is telling you today I want

you to do that so at the end of the day

once you've done that you've created the

value for the person and it makes you

feel like you're worthy I didn't get any

of this in in the P so it really feels

like I was useful to someone making more

money than he ever had all while feeling

useful to society Mark starts the

question if he was ever meant to become

an entrepreneur and maybe for him having

a regular job is enough to live a

fulfilling life those years of ENT

preneurship you aim to create something

people want and when nothing is actually

working you're basically creating void

and nobody cares about what you do

nobody needs anything that you're doing

so it feels like you're just useless it

made me question why I was an

entrepreneur why am I doing all that if

I can just get you know a sense of like

worthiness having a job I started to

have time for me on weekends because I

didn't allow myself to take time off in

the past it made me prioritize other

parts of my life that I haven't touched

previously from sleep to reading books

to working outs and the overall

happiness everything like the burst I

had previously everything started to

fade away and I started to feel much

better 6 month after getting the job

lockdown started to disappear and my

wife and I decided to go back to belly I

started to feel this little desire of

Freedom that I didn't crave previously

because I had 100% freedom but 0%

worthiness but now the fact that I had

to show up from Monday to Friday within

2 months I was already thinking like

sometimes I don't want to do this

meeting I don't want to go there I don't

want to do that and I was seeing some

tweets from from other software

Engineers who either got fired who

pursue their passion whatever and I see

that there are some guys who have a

totally different approach to

entrepreneurship they don't raise money

they don't work with the team they do

whatever they want they build tiny

project they make it

fast maybe I want that a little seed is

planted in Mark's mind yet again that

maybe he can actually do this but he

remembers all of the failures he's gone

through plus he's got a great job and

he's not ready to quit right away then

one day he receives a phone call that

would change his life around this time

in Bal like couple month after we're

here I just received a call they're like

hey it was nice working with you bye and

so when I got fired it was totally fine

because I was I was already thinking of

going back to the entrepreneurship world

to get that uh sense for Freedom

fulfilled

again the moment I get fired I build my

new identity I'm going to be an

entrepreneur again but these times I'll

do things differently I will never spend

month on a product I will never raise

money I never have employees I'll never

do all the things that frustrated me in

the past I started to realize that each

failure is not a failure if you don't

give up each failure is a learning or a

frustration for a future success and

unless I quit in the middle all those

failures will bring the success later

it's just making a matter of making

small bets small bet here small beted

there and maybe something will work out

I also decided to at the same time I

build stuff I'm going to try to share

this publicly so that people can see it

so that if my app goes wrong if nothing

happens then in the worst case maybe

I'll have created a little following

that's for the next project that I can

use to get some eyeballs and not

starting again from zero with a

reignited passion and a new approach to

entrepreneurship Mark starts to ship the

first app I build is called mood to

movie it's basically an app that match

your mood and recommend you movies based

on how you feel and then habits Garden

it's like a little habit tracker I got

around 10,000 users which I was super

proud of because it's like also like

it's helping people to get better in

life I was so happy I worked on a tool

that ranks productivity tips I built a

landing page generator so you input some

text and it's going to create an entire

website for you with text images and

buttons I created a link in BIO tool for

entrepreneurs where uh you can show your

entrepreneur resume Mark launched six

projects in 7 months but he was still

facing a big problem income he was only

making $1,000 a month and he needed to

figure out how to crack the code to make

more money I start to make painkiller

apps where it's actually solving a

problems like I try to focus on that and

I also try to focus on apps that that

are not free that like users at some

point have a pay wall the fact that I

was shipping painkillers means something

people know their struggle they know

their pain so I come up with a solution

so it's much easier to sell than a

vitamine where like the Habit tracker

for instance where it's fun but you

don't necessarily need it I try to get a

new approach of like launching viral I

would focus on the launch part try to

get as many ice balls as I can and I

started to make those like skit where I

would go on a podcast with jogan or I

would be on a movie with Leonardo

DiCaprio and this did really well like

people felt that I was having fun and

that's where my Revenue went from like

around $1,000 per month to I think it

was around

$4,000 in 2020 3 mid 2023 I had built

somewhere around 10 to 15 products and I

realized I was doing the same thing over

set up a landing page deploy it add a

button for people to pay send them an

email create an account I was like What

if I just create a little code base that

I can reuse for every new project that I

create so whenever I have a new ID I can

make it faster I can ship it faster I

did that I built it I think in like less

than a week and I was like this is super

cool why not just putting a price tag on

it and offering it to other developers

if they want to use it but I remove

expectations from anything that I would

launch I told my wife like hey you know

maybe we'll make 100 bucks that would be

nice I shipped the product went skating

and I came back home opened my dashboard

my strap dashboard like after 2 hours of

skate I was like I made 500 bucks which

is what I would make in like a week an

entrepreneurship before in 2 hours I was

like something is going wrong like I I I

really couldn't believe it and then the

next day I had made somewhere like

around3 to 4,000 and I was like what the

is going on like I would make my

best monthly salary in one day it's just

insane I think the first month I made

around 40,000 us the second month on

November for the Black Friday that day I

made S I think $8,000 I very surprised

it was steady around like $50,000 a

month except in November where there was

like a burst at 65 and I realized one

thing is product Market fit when it hits

it's like it's there you can you can

feel it I would receive messages from

people that say like hey I cannot pay

using your credit cards you except

crypto like you would have people like

ask me like to give me money it's the

first time ever never usually I'm trying

to convince people to give me money for

my product I felt so happy I couldn't

sleep at night I was awake looking at

emails looking at the stripe dashboard

going up I don't know it's a pure blee

feeling it's just insane and receiving

those messages from people who's like

thank you you changed my

life for me is like it was I don't know

if I can ever be happier than that

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so the launch gave it an initial boost I

also did uh lots of like free tools

marketing so I would build this like

logo generator and then on the right

side you would have a banner that says

like uh are you building a startups ship

it fast with ship fast and there's

obviously the YouTube episode that came

a little bit later added lots of Revenue

to the product ship fast so it went from

like $50,000 a month to somewhere around

$85,000 on the first month then 135 in

the second month 135 in the third month

and now it's slowing down a little bit

to somewhere like around $80,000 a

month okay so I do believe there are

multiple people living up there and

there is one that's very strong and that

always thinking is telling you stuff is

overthinking it's blocking you from

making the first step it's going to find

a good excuse for this idea to not work

it's going to tell you that the idea

you're working on is not perfect enough

enough to be launched so my advice would

be to it's cliche but it's start

anything start make the smallest version

of your app as fast as you can and the

second part learn where you're

comfortable sharing your ideas if it's

text go on Twitter if you're comfortable

with videos go on Tik Tok if you're

comfortable with images and you know how

to tell beautiful stories with one image

go on Instagram and learn how to blend

those two things together and see how

things react I failed 30 startups around

that but if you don't quit then at some

point you'll win it's just a matter of

not quitting before you win start now

and ship fast that's Mark's formula for

being a successful online entrepreneur

but here's the problem when you're

starting out and when you have an idea

for something you don't really know a

whole lot about what to do you don't

know necessarily if the idea is good you

don't know how to validate it and you

don't know how to monetize it well the

best way to learn is to talk to people

or study people who are a few steps

ahead of you that's what starter story

is for it's a library and community of

inspiration practical advice and stories

that you can apply to your own business

to give you a sneak peek of what that

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