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A quick “one-sitting” read. The book contains a lot of “actionable” challenges to help you create a money-making machine as quickly as possible. There’s nothing Hagan writes that you probably don’t already know, so I wouldn’t say it’s the most insightful book. I think Zero to One is a better book, with better insights. I think this book has some really soggy appeal to ethos sections.

However, it’s a good read for mental readiness. It’s better to execute a vision than to be paralyzed by choice. By reading this book, I imagined a really simple business plan I can execute on, and I consider that as a win.

Some ideas that were useful to me:

• Always be shamelessly asking for what you want.
• Validate ideas by finding 3 customers as quickly as possible (in 48 hours).
• Quantity > quality.
• Visualize and be as specific as you can.

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