I read Million Dollar Weekend so you don't have to

A short review of Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours by Noah Kagan. I read the book so you don't have to, here's what I learned...

LIFESTYLETRINITY O MCINTOSH

9/17/20242 min read

a green poster with the words million dollar dollars
a green poster with the words million dollar dollars

Are you an aspiring or current business owner who's tired of looking at the numerous amounts of business books that will help you get rich quickly? Have you been reading book reviews to know which book is best to spend your money on? Let me save you some time...

Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours by Noah Kagan

Just start: The book is mostly centered around people's obsession with wanting to have their business together before making sales. They are too hung up on the hows of the business instead of just starting. One short saying I will always remember: "Now, not how!" This line deeply resonated with me as an aspiring entrepreneur. I've always been focused on what, when, where, and how of my business that I never actually start selling. You will never be fully ready to start a business so you might as well start and learn along the way.

Learn to love rejections: Getting rejected will be the most common response you will receive as a fresh business. It's important not to let rejection stop you from going after potential clients. If you get over your fear of rejection, you will learn to stop being afraid to reach out. Noah Kagan's dad set rejection goals for himself. He shot for a hundred rejections each week because he knew if he worked so hard to get those no's, there would be a few yes's. Here's a tip: "The trick is to desensitize yourself to the pain by repeatedly exposing yourself to it. Embrace the discomfort—actively seeking it out—and use it as your compass."

Your business idea: "Customers don’t care about your ideas; they care about whether you can solve their problems." It's sad, but very true. If you want to start a business, make sure it is something that can solve people's problems. If you want to sell something that nobody needs, who will buy it? To help you find a profitable business idea, take note of the problems you face daily. What irritates you? What hasn't moved off of your to-do list all week? What do I regularly fail to do well? Keeping track of these daily life problems can be key to helping you come up with your business idea.

The number 100: Too many of us are quitters. We quit hobbies, goals, relationships, etc way too early. Whatever you decide to do, give it 100 tries. Do it 100 times before you decide to quit. Want to start a YouTube channel? Publish 100 videos. Want to start a newsletter? Write 100 emails. Want to learn an instrument? Play 100 times. Want to start a business? Pitch to 100 customers. By following this rule you will allow yourself to not be dependent on results.

"Achieving your dreams comes down to one question: How often are you willing to get back up after falling? Entrepreneurship is the ability to come up with ideas and the courage to try them out. To experiment, experiment, experiment. To fail, fail, fail. Until you succeed, just start. And then . . . start again."

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