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27. Sahil Lavingia: The Minimalist Entrepreneur (A New Way To Build A Sustainable & Profitable Business)

2021/10/28
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Sahil Lavingia：本书的核心思想是将极简主义与创业精神相结合，专注于核心要素，简化运营流程，以更易于实现的方式追求财务自由和独立。他认为，互联网时代创业的门槛降低，人们可以通过最小化资源投入来构建成功的业务。他以Gumroad为例，阐述了如何从小处着手，逐步发展壮大，并强调了社群的重要性以及公开创业的优势和风险。他认为，先成为创作者，再成为企业家，可以帮助创业者学习必要的技能，并更容易地建立受众群体。他还分享了在Gumroad的实践经验，包括远程办公、兼职员工模式以及公开透明的企业文化。他认为，这种模式不仅可以提高效率和灵活性，还能增强员工的归属感和信任感。 Sahil Lavingia还讨论了公开创业的风险，例如商业机密泄露，但他认为，更重要的竞争对手是客户的冷漠和市场上的其他替代品。他强调了长期主义的重要性，以及如何通过透明和诚实的沟通来建立信任，并与客户建立长期稳定的关系。他认为，在当今信息过载的时代，透明度和真诚的沟通将成为企业竞争力的关键。 Alex：Alex作为访谈者，主要通过提问引导Sahil Lavingia阐述其观点，并对Sahil Lavingia的观点进行总结和补充。他认同Sahil Lavingia关于极简主义创业、社群的重要性以及公开创业的观点，并结合自身经验，强调了建立社群的难度和长期价值。他认为，Sahil Lavingia的书提供了一个构建极简主义业务的框架，并对未来工作模式的变革具有启发意义。

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Sahil Lavingia defines what it means to be a minimalist entrepreneur, combining the concepts of minimalism and entrepreneurship to create a more accessible and sustainable business model.

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My guest today is Sahil Lavingia, author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur.)

Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad and an angel investor. Before that, he was employee #2 at Pinterest.  

In this episode,  Sahil shares advice on building a successful business, why you want to be a creator before becoming an entrepreneur, lessons learned from Naval Ravikant, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS:

  • [00:20] - What is a minimalist entrepreneur?
  • [08:57] - How Sahil built his company Gumroad
  • [12:00] - Be a creator first then an entrepreneur second
  • [18:00] - Why community is vital for building successful businesses
  • [33:20] - The advantages of building-in-public
  • [45:20] - The risks of building-in-public
  • [50:50] - Workplace culture & the future of work
  • [1:03:00] - Lessons Sahil learned from Naval Ravikant
  • [1:08:00] - Two books that had a huge impact on Sahil’s life

Resources:

  • Twitter: @shl)
  • Website: minimalistentrepreneur.com)

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