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robfitz

4,331 karma · joined February 26, 2007

Before: went through YC in s07, loved the journey, and been running little bootstrapped businesses ever since.

Now: chipping away usefulbooks.com to support indie authors and maybe solve some pet peeves with the industry.

Also wrote three books about stuff I've learned along the way:

1// The Mom Test about how to talk to customers and learn what they care about when everyone is lying to you (momtestbook.com)

2// The Workshop Survival Guide about designing and delivering better educational workshops (workshopsurvival.com)

3// Write Useful Books about how to design and test nonfiction books as if they were a problem-solving products built for back catalog recommendability (usefulbooks.com)

X// Book-in-progress is about Outcome-Oriented Communities (early ideas on that at robfitz.com)

rob@robfitz.com

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I did a Mixergy interview so bad they didn't even release it

robfitz.com·87 pts·robfitz·
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How to introduce yourself without making everyone hate you

medium.com·3 pts·robfitz·
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Wealth narratives

thestartuptoolkit.com·1 pts·robfitz·
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Tool and resource list for new founders

thestartuptoolkit.com·2 pts·robfitz·
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Why he is there and I am here

thestartuptoolkit.com·64 pts·robfitz·
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Ask HN: Would you share your sales proposals? Do you have a standard template?

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The Startup Toolkit series

thestartuptoolkit.com·54 pts·robfitz·
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Startups for Startups: Top B2B Tools Used by Startups

vccafe.com·5 pts·robfitz·
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A co-founder's guide to Biz Dev

soundboy.tumblr.com·41 pts·robfitz·
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The 10X Hustler

soundboy.tumblr.com·55 pts·robfitz·
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What Startups Should Do Before They Get Into The VC’s Office

techcrunch.com·8 pts·robfitz·
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How to attract a tech co-founder - Stephen Rapoport

stephenrapoport.posterous.com·6 pts·robfitz·
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Patterns for thinking about strong network biz models (thoughts-in-progress)

blog.thestartuptoolkit.com·4 pts·robfitz·
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How to do (and what to expect from) early stage customer development

blog.thestartuptoolkit.com·32 pts·robfitz·
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How to do (and what to expect from) early customer development and sales

hackfwd.tumblr.com·2 pts·robfitz·
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Succeeding at the default metrics will kill you

thestartuptoolkit.com·4 pts·robfitz·
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$100bn is Right if Facebook is the New TV

simplyseven.net·4 pts·robfitz·
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"When I see a business model with 5 revenue streams, I know they really have 0."

galondon.com·68 pts·robfitz·
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Rarest language? Objective-C has highest job posting to developer activity ratio

generalassemb.ly·49 pts·robfitz·
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How to date a supermodel (or get dealflow or find cofounders)

thestartuptoolkit.com·176 pts·robfitz·
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How to make failure sustainable (and career entrepreneurship possible)

thestartuptoolkit.com·54 pts·robfitz·
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A man, a mop, a year, and an app

thestartuptoolkit.com·257 pts·robfitz·
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Blogging for your business is worth it even if you get no traffic

thestartuptoolkit.com·52 pts·robfitz·
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A blind, forceful kick toward the sphinx

thestartuptoolkit.com·3 pts·robfitz·
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The problem isn’t you. The problem is the problem.

thestartuptoolkit.com·53 pts·robfitz·
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A man, a mop, a year, and an app – Joseph Hill on Aeir Talk

blog.thestartuptoolkit.com·4 pts·robfitz·
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How I come up with (and kill) new startup ideas

thestartuptoolkit.com·49 pts·robfitz·
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Choose wars based on strengths & battled based on weaknesses

blog.thestartuptoolkit.com·20 pts·robfitz·
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Cooking up a startup (plus a bagel recipe and a game about peaches)

blog.thestartuptoolkit.com·3 pts·robfitz·
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What I learned from a month of blogging and 250k visits

blog.thestartuptoolkit.com·135 pts·robfitz·
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