Business ideas with no investment: The First Dollar.

I showed two classmates the design and said the only true thing I had, which was that it cost far less than it looked as though it cost. The first one bought a watch without hesitating. He barely paused. Something happened in my chest that I have spent the rest of my life trying to get back.

From chapter 5: The first dollar

The reason is the interesting part, because the error is not random. It runs one way, and it runs one way because of a thing you are doing right now without noticing.

From chapter 5: The first dollar

That is how the book looks at “business ideas with no investment”: one idea at a time, with a step you can take right away. Of course, this is only one idea from the book. So, if this passage speaks to you, the full chapter goes further, and it ends with an exercise you can do the same evening.

In short, the book has 11 chapters, and each one ends with a practical exercise. Therefore, you can read it in order, or you can go straight to the part about “business ideas with no investment”.

1. The data that destroys the "need money" myth
2. What actually kills undercapitalised businesses
3. The bird in hand: you already have what you need
4. Customers are better investors than vcs
5. The first dollar
6. The float: how to get paid before you pay
7. Why you will price too low
8. The service to product pivot
9. Money you did not know existed
10. The growth loop
11. How many days you have left

Finally, you can get The First Dollar: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent in the stores below. Because every title of this book shares the same text, you can simply pick the one you like best. Also, the book is available in 19 languages.

In addition, each title below highlights a different idea from the same book. So, pick the one that speaks to you.

• I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• The Float: How to Get Paid Before You Pay: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• Why You Will Price Too Low: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The Service to Product Pivot: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• Money You Did Not Know Existed: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The Growth Loop: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• How Many Days You Have Left: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The Data That Destroys the "Need Money" Myth: I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent: I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent

See all 19 titles. Go to the book page.