Startup advice?

[richief]

I’m 15 y/o, working on a startup. Currently learning the technologies and would like any advice honestly. Some dos and donts.

Learning django as of now.

 

[carolcole]

@richief I should’ve learned a bit of marketing & sales. A lot more important than product and tech.

 

[richief]

@carolcole From where can I read this or learn. Some YT channel or book or any recourse. Open to learning

 

[zibi2392039]

@richief Also check "Zig Ziglar" on YouTube.

 

[richief]

@zibi2392039 Will do.

 

[zibi2392039]

@richief One Movie that comes to mind is The Wolf of Wall street for learning how to sell.

 

[richief]

@zibi2392039

 

[emmabean]

@richief Got a book recommendation: Lean Startup by Eric Ries - hammered home for me how important validating your idea is over building what you think people want

 

[richief]

@emmabean Currently going to read ‘Zero to One’ then will
Give this one a read tooo

 

[stines4fl]

@richief Besides the tech, I highly recommend learning marketing and get very good at networking, building connections and storytelling.

 

[richief]

@stines4fl By networking and connections you mean an audience?

 

[stines4fl]

@richief Building an audience [in a niche you like] would be great!

But I was referring to connecting with people, from different walks of life, and hopefully smarter and more experienced than you; so as you grow in your career and entrepreneurship journey, you'll have access to an invaluable network.

 

[richief]

@stines4fl Totally agree. One question: how do I make these connections? LinkedIn? X?

 

[stines4fl]

@richief I personally prefer meeting in person and establishing an acquaintance at meetups, events, and lunchclub; and then connecting on LinkedIn and keeping in touch.

 

[monorth40]

@richief Going to tell you soemthing I wish I knew that 15: if you want to go into entrepreneurship, marketing >>> development. If you can do both then you’re golden, and I would advise you to go in that direction. Look long-term, don’t think in 1 year, think in 5 years

 

[richief]

@monorth40 Totally agree. Any recourses on marketing?

 

[monorth40]

@richief Can’t think of any in particular. There’s Gary Vee but it’s not for every industry and it’s sometimes a bit meh. Otherwise mostly from medium, case-studies, and studying the competition (wording, ads, social presence).
Disclaimer: I’m not an expert

 

[richief]

@monorth40 Do you need a big audience to make a good product. Or scale it? I mean I have a twitter following of 2.6k but too lazy to go on

 

[monorth40]

@richief Big audience is great, especially for initial traction. I wouldn’t say you need it though. However if you build something FOR your audience (they need to have a common interest), then having the audience is amazing. E.g. your twitter is about football, and your product is something related to football.

 

[richief]

@monorth40 My audience is AI based and so it my product. So I’ll try to grow my twitter account but I must say Reddit here is also very helpful and would be useful in getting early attraction.

Thing is I get really lazy when it comes to creating content honestly.