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  • AMA: I made $1200 from my first ebook helping people build profitable side projects

    Upen V
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    I have made profitable SaaS earlier, profitable newsletter and community too. This is my first time doing around an Ebook - https://zerotofounder.co/ The book is primarily for people to help build profitable side projects. I picked Notion by choice as this will more of a living document than a stale Ebook. There are some big content updates planned. Happy to answer anything. It's not traditional book though. It's a book with exact notes without any fluff. It covers below topics: - SaaS is not the only option to generate revenue/recurring revenue - How to launch on PH, Betalist and experiment faster - Where to find users - How to find some good ideas - List of places to post about your product - Marketing & Growth - Dev founder vs Non-Tech founders - and a lot of other topics too (roughly close to 200 varied questions)

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    Software Guy (Aarvy)
    Congratulations on this achievement, I read the topics, sounds like a good read.
    Upen V
    @software_guy Thankyou!! We are constantly adding topics and this book will eventually be the biggest source for anyone looking to help build profitable projects.
    Upen V
    @anton_pullem1 Thankyou!! Just checking Kern.ai. Really cool and Kern.ai has Enterprise customers using this?
    Mariam Yusuf
    As a founder, how do you know it's time to give up, accept failure and move on, versus staying persistent and not quitting?
    Upen V
    @mariamyusuf_ Experiment as much as you can and go by data. We shouldn't be assuming things. 'Not quitting' isn't right always. If the data shows something isn't working - either see a way to fix it or be prepared to quit. When something fails, sunk cost won't let you leave a project. Sometimes we need to let somethings go off. 'Start small but Think Big' is what I believe in. When starting something new, think what could be the maximum impact/reach it could have and then start experimenting in small steps. In this case, the Ebook is the base version and the bigger plan is building a bigger ecosystem for subscribers, bring a small community together for all subscribers and build a small Founder Fund from the ebook sales (and there is more story to it). But this is what I believe in - 'Start small but Think Big'
    Sam Hartmann
    Cool idea to launch this ebook. Where did you launch it and when did you start your indie journey?
    Upen V
    @samhartmanncom Thankyou!! I haven't done a much of 'launching' for this Ebook yet. Just made a few Tweets and a couple of posts on IH. Also, linked it from https://founderbeats.com since last week. On the Indie journey, I have been building multiple products for the last 2 years. I have built profitable SaaS, profitable Newsletter and community, and now working on this ebook.
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    Love the topics you covered Upen. Keep up the good work. ๐Ÿ‘
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