Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
4 Hour Workweek for Hackers
Search
Marc-André Cournoyer
July 28, 2012
How-to & DIY
7
800
4 Hour Workweek for Hackers
Marc-André Cournoyer
July 28, 2012
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Marc-André Cournoyer
See All by Marc-André Cournoyer
How I validate, launch and sell my ideas
macournoyer
1
380
The #1 job of your sales page
macournoyer
13
650
Other Decks in How-to & DIY
See All in How-to & DIY
LEGOでRecord Playerを作った話 #LEGOrdPlayer
keicafeblack
0
130
240420MapillaryMeetup2024Tokyo
tosseto
0
190
enebular Update for the second half of 2023
taokiuhuru
0
180
LT(Lightning Talk)のドキドキ感を共有する IoT ぼっとを作った話
scbc1167
1
160
電気工事士を取ったら一瞬で元が取れた件
bicstone
3
4.9k
AWS Community Day 2024: Using AWS to build a launchable knowledge rocket 👉 Organize knowledge, accelerate learning and understand AI in the process
dwchiang
0
160
音に負けない!子どもが騒いでいる脇でも快適オンラインMTGの秘伝
kaitou
0
330
銀座線・半蔵門線から、ふりかえりカンファレンス2024現地会場への行き方
pokotyamu
0
250
骨折と入院とIoT #iotlt
n0bisuke2
1
250
Dirbtinis intelektas dizainerio gyvenime
lekevicius
0
210
わたしと技術コミュニティとキャリア
kotomin_m
2
1.1k
チームビルディングを受けてみた
harukahosokawa
2
120
Featured
See All Featured
Statistics for Hackers
jakevdp
797
220k
Fashionably flexible responsive web design (full day workshop)
malarkey
406
66k
Building Your Own Lightsaber
phodgson
104
6.2k
Dealing with People You Can't Stand - Big Design 2015
cassininazir
365
25k
The Invisible Side of Design
smashingmag
299
50k
How to train your dragon (web standard)
notwaldorf
89
5.8k
Sharpening the Axe: The Primacy of Toolmaking
bcantrill
38
1.9k
The Pragmatic Product Professional
lauravandoore
32
6.4k
Code Reviewing Like a Champion
maltzj
521
39k
How to Think Like a Performance Engineer
csswizardry
22
1.3k
Testing 201, or: Great Expectations
jmmastey
41
7.2k
Product Roadmaps are Hard
iamctodd
PRO
50
11k
Transcript
for hackers
SHAMELESS SELF PROMO TION! http://createyourproglang.com
http://owningrails.com « I thought it was thoughtful and well presented
[...], helpful and very interesting! » - Frederick Townes, CTO at Mashable
http://proglangmasterclass.com « Phenomenal. » - Bryan Weber « It was
an amazing experience. [...] Enjoyed every moment of it. » - Rajesh Pillai
http://dresssed.com/
4h /week ~
workstuff you have to do to make a living &
pay the bills.
4tips
1 #
Start with ... - The End -
1$ 40 000+ copies - Expenses = 35 000$ /
year
80 000$ / 12 months / 30 customers = 222$
product 30$/month X 222
Less customers Less selling Less support Less costs More time
for you
2 #
Sell information
CODE
More features More bugs
Subject: URGENT!!! There’s a bug in your app, you need
to fix it NOW! - An angry customer
Subject: Typo There’s a typo on page 62. - A
happy customer
3 #
Focus on a niche
Coffee mug for programmers who love to talk like a
pirate and wear a cape.
Less competition Less selling Less support Less costs More time
for you
Coffee mug buyers Programmers Like to talk like a pirate
wear a cape
4 #
validate, validate & validate
Find customers before you do anything
Squeeze page Gimme your email and I’ll let you know
when my super awesome product is available. Spam me
Dry test My pretty pet puppet poopidoo store BUY -
200$ P.S. Product doesn’t exist yet
Pre sell Order now and get in 30 days BUY
- 200$
5 # BONUS
Learn to sell
None
None
http://j.mp/4hww4h-links
http://j.mp/4hww4h-links
http://j.mp/4hww4h-links
The woman & the best-selling author
- The End -
1. Start with the end (your salary) 2. Sell information
3. Focus on a niche 4. Validate your idea 5. Learn to sell SUMMARY http://j.mp/4hww4h-links