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Marc Lou

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204 total appearances

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

I think the mistake we do, and I think it's kind of natural because you open YouTube and you see videos with million views of, I don't know, Alex Hormozy, who is telling you five mistakes you're making as an entrepreneur. Like there is this teacher mindset and you're like, I'm going to copy that. I'm going to imitate. I'm going to teach them what I know.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

I think the mistake we do, and I think it's kind of natural because you open YouTube and you see videos with million views of, I don't know, Alex Hormozy, who is telling you five mistakes you're making as an entrepreneur. Like there is this teacher mindset and you're like, I'm going to copy that. I'm going to imitate. I'm going to teach them what I know.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

I think the mistake we do, and I think it's kind of natural because you open YouTube and you see videos with million views of, I don't know, Alex Hormozy, who is telling you five mistakes you're making as an entrepreneur. Like there is this teacher mindset and you're like, I'm going to copy that. I'm going to imitate. I'm going to teach them what I know.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

But at the beginning, you don't know anything. So you want to start by using I and not you. So I did that. I learned that. And then maybe later in the journey, when you start to have a bigger following, you've learned a lot. Then maybe you can start teaching and telling you should be doing this or stuff like that. I think it's a good idea. finding the right medium.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

But at the beginning, you don't know anything. So you want to start by using I and not you. So I did that. I learned that. And then maybe later in the journey, when you start to have a bigger following, you've learned a lot. Then maybe you can start teaching and telling you should be doing this or stuff like that. I think it's a good idea. finding the right medium.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

But at the beginning, you don't know anything. So you want to start by using I and not you. So I did that. I learned that. And then maybe later in the journey, when you start to have a bigger following, you've learned a lot. Then maybe you can start teaching and telling you should be doing this or stuff like that. I think it's a good idea. finding the right medium.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

So Twitter, like YouTube, Instagram, whatever this is, and finding the formats on how you tell your ideas. I think this is, this is very important here. Took me. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

So Twitter, like YouTube, Instagram, whatever this is, and finding the formats on how you tell your ideas. I think this is, this is very important here. Took me. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

So Twitter, like YouTube, Instagram, whatever this is, and finding the formats on how you tell your ideas. I think this is, this is very important here. Took me. Yeah.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

Those are good questions because I can really retrace the beginning of the journey. I'm like, hey, I was actually thinking about that. I think it comes to... finding, consuming content, and picking the little things you like from each creator. For instance, I like the mindset of Peter Lavelle to say, I did that, and having lots of little projects.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

Those are good questions because I can really retrace the beginning of the journey. I'm like, hey, I was actually thinking about that. I think it comes to... finding, consuming content, and picking the little things you like from each creator. For instance, I like the mindset of Peter Lavelle to say, I did that, and having lots of little projects.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

Those are good questions because I can really retrace the beginning of the journey. I'm like, hey, I was actually thinking about that. I think it comes to... finding, consuming content, and picking the little things you like from each creator. For instance, I like the mindset of Peter Lavelle to say, I did that, and having lots of little projects.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

And I copied that, and I put it in my head, and now it's part of me. Maybe some of your audience know Justin Welsh, a really good writer on Twitter. I like the way he writes. Like it's very clear, concise, super simple to understand. I was like, okay, I love that. I took the way he writes and I put it in my head. I'm like, now that's part of my identity. And I mix those ideas

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

And I copied that, and I put it in my head, and now it's part of me. Maybe some of your audience know Justin Welsh, a really good writer on Twitter. I like the way he writes. Like it's very clear, concise, super simple to understand. I was like, okay, I love that. I took the way he writes and I put it in my head. I'm like, now that's part of my identity. And I mix those ideas

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

And I copied that, and I put it in my head, and now it's part of me. Maybe some of your audience know Justin Welsh, a really good writer on Twitter. I like the way he writes. Like it's very clear, concise, super simple to understand. I was like, okay, I love that. I took the way he writes and I put it in my head. I'm like, now that's part of my identity. And I mix those ideas

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

creators in my head and it becomes my identity so my identity is not really my identity actually it's like a mix of lots of things I found everywhere plus what I've discovered along the way but at the beginning there's literally nothing and if you go back to my Twitter you really see that things have changed a lot from the very beginning yeah so it's interesting we were talking about Mount Rushmore earlier

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

creators in my head and it becomes my identity so my identity is not really my identity actually it's like a mix of lots of things I found everywhere plus what I've discovered along the way but at the beginning there's literally nothing and if you go back to my Twitter you really see that things have changed a lot from the very beginning yeah so it's interesting we were talking about Mount Rushmore earlier

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

creators in my head and it becomes my identity so my identity is not really my identity actually it's like a mix of lots of things I found everywhere plus what I've discovered along the way but at the beginning there's literally nothing and if you go back to my Twitter you really see that things have changed a lot from the very beginning yeah so it's interesting we were talking about Mount Rushmore earlier

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

Oh man, pricing could be a, could be an entire YouTube video of one hour for, for that. I think you want to start with a paywall. You don't want, you want to avoid launching free things. Unless you're passionate about, unless you have a really good idea and you think it could work, otherwise you want to have a paywall because that teaches you a lot of things.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
How to become a solopreneur (3 $1M+ startup ideas)

Oh man, pricing could be a, could be an entire YouTube video of one hour for, for that. I think you want to start with a paywall. You don't want, you want to avoid launching free things. Unless you're passionate about, unless you have a really good idea and you think it could work, otherwise you want to have a paywall because that teaches you a lot of things.