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Idea, Execution, Hustle

“Things may come to those who wait … but only the things left by those who
hustle.”

Anonymous

There is so much business advice out there that it’s hard to cut through what’s
needed to get a startup going. Consider the following popular maxims:

Work on your business, not in your business—impossible and impractical
when you are bootstrapping a new idea.
Optimize your funnel—pointless when you have no leads.
Hack your growth—difficult before you have customers.

The goal of this book is to get you from wantrepreneur (someone who wants to
be an entrepreneur) to entrepreneur. From someone who has an idea to someone
who has a startup.

I chat with wantrepreneurs about their ideas all the time. Almost every time they
are failing at one of three things, almost in equal measure. On the flip side,
successful startup companies excel at all of them.

I can’t think of a single entrepreneur that I’ve met who does all of these things
well. This is part of the reason why the vast majority of successful startups are
teams not individuals. Be honest with yourself. If you can’t do all of these things
alone, it’s time to find a co-founder.