Justin Welsh - Learn the art of solopreneurship from a mastermind!
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- 👉🏼 About the Guest:
Justin Welsh is the writer of the Saturday Solopreneur, a weekly newsletter with 90K+ subscribers, as well as the founder of boutique advisory firm for entrepreneurs and creator of digital products for creators. He is also an angel investor, a mentor to entrepreneurs in LATAM with 500 Startups, and an LP at GTM Fund, a rolling fund investing $4 million per year into early-stage B2B SaaS companies.
👉🏼 About the Host:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
👉🏼 Description:
Listen in as Sharath and Justin discuss burnout, building alone, and the journey of being transparent as you build.
Timestamps:
0:00 | Episode highlight
1:46 | Intro to Justin Welsh
3:18 | Why become a solo entrepreneur, when building a team is possible?
6:01 | How burnout impacted Justin's life design
8:30 | What does freedom mean to Justin?
10:53 | What triggered Justin into his current path as a writer and product builder?
14:14 | What has Justin tried, failed at, and what has he learned?
17:43 | Blueprint on pricing yourself as a consultant or freelancer
21:28 | The balance between building a niche and building various products
24:39 | When was the Saturday Solopreneur born?
27:05 | If Justin could begin his entrepreneurial journey all over again, what would he do?
30:59 | How Justin built his "publish everything" mindset
33:41 | What is the best way of building systems as a solopreneur?
35:49 | How do you know you need to hire a virtual assistant?
38:49 | How Justin deals with being anxious for the next day
42:25 | Justin's method for dealing with self-doubt
46:28 | How does one access cutting-edge ideas from remote areas?
49:08 | What is Justin's source of inspiration?
51:34 | Justin's tips on the journey of being transparent
54:08 | Advice for people beginning their career journeys
57:36 | Rapid Fire 5: Favorite product, best recent book, and more!
1:03:36 | Outro
👉🏼 Resources mentioned in the pod:
Starbucks Method: www.oreilly.com/content/the-e...
The Saturday Solopreneur: www.justinwelsh.me/blog/
Virtual Assistant Site: academy.surgedigital.agency/
"How to Get Rich" thread: / 1002103360646823936
Growth in Reverse: www.indiehackers.com/product/...
Ooni Koda 16 - Gas Powered Portable Pizza Oven: eu.ooni.com/pages/explore-kod...
Die With Zero: / 52950915
4,000 Weeks: / 54785515
👉🏼 Shoutouts to awesome people:
Chenell Basilio: / chenellco
Dan Koe: thedankoe.com/
Jack Butcher: / jackbutcher
Daniel Vassado: dvassallo.com/
👉🏼 Where to find Justin Welsh:
Website: www.justinwelsh.me/
The Saturday Solopreneur: www.justinwelsh.me/blog/
Twitter: / thejustinwelsh
Linkedin: / justinwelsh
👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:
Twitter: / 5harath
RUclips: / @5harath
Website: 5harath.com/
Newsletter: 5harath.substack.com/
I love love love your name: the undefeated underdogs! really good
Aww thank you so much!
What a great interview!!
Thank you!
this is a good recent one!
The problem with this model is that you are 100% building yourself a job and not a business.
If you stop running on the hamster wheel and producing content the income also stops. Maybe not the very next day, but the revenue will stop when you do.
There was a lot of talk about freedom in this episode, but when you are the business the freedom is a false sense of security.
Self-employed people may not have a boss that they report to, but they just own the job that stops when they stop.
It’s no different than a real estate agent or solo attorney or gardener. If they don’t get up in the morning and go to work, the income stops.
He sells info products as his main source of income.
The content fuels the product sales, yes, but he isn't chained to consulting clients as you suggest.
Most people who own small businesses with employees are just as dependent on showing up as a solopreneur.
Such a small percentage of business owners ever make it to the "scalable business that runs itself."