Mini-Company
“What you did was become a mini-LinkedIn.”- an observation by James Altucher to Lewis Howes
During a podcast called The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes, author James Altucher asked Lewis how he made his money. Lewis told a story about being hurt playing football, laying on his sisters’ couch and needing to make money. He worked for a friend who was inventor.
After six months he still needed money. What he did next was to create get together functions for LinkedIn people to get to know their connection in person in a particular town.
That is when James made the quoted observation. He said that LinkedIn was a few billion dollar company and by being a mini version of it he made a slice of that pie. James also said that his goal was to become a mini-Google.
Immediately light bulbs went off for me. Can this idea be replicated? What is a company that I admire for which I can create a mini version of it? It is very individual as to who you would target.
Lets play through an example. Suppose you admire Facebook. What Facebook does really well is to allow people to keep tabs on their friends and family on-line. Using Lewis' idea you could create a mini-Facebook by creating meetups in a city for all of your friends. You could be party planner for a group of someone's friends and family.
Today's question is:
"What company could you create a mini-company for yourself?"
“What you did was become a mini-LinkedIn.”- an observation by James Altucher to Lewis Howes
During a podcast called The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes, author James Altucher asked Lewis how he made his money. Lewis told a story about being hurt playing football, laying on his sisters’ couch and needing to make money. He worked for a friend who was inventor.
After six months he still needed money. What he did next was to create get together functions for LinkedIn people to get to know their connection in person in a particular town.
That is when James made the quoted observation. He said that LinkedIn was a few billion dollar company and by being a mini version of it he made a slice of that pie. James also said that his goal was to become a mini-Google.
Immediately light bulbs went off for me. Can this idea be replicated? What is a company that I admire for which I can create a mini version of it? It is very individual as to who you would target.
Lets play through an example. Suppose you admire Facebook. What Facebook does really well is to allow people to keep tabs on their friends and family on-line. Using Lewis' idea you could create a mini-Facebook by creating meetups in a city for all of your friends. You could be party planner for a group of someone's friends and family.
Today's question is:
"What company could you create a mini-company for yourself?"
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