The $100 Startup
by Chris Guillebeau
Fifty case studies of people who started businesses for very little money and made a living from them, organised into a method: find the overlap between what you love and what people will pay for, launch fast, and grow by offering more to the same customers. Encouraging and practical, with one-page business plans.
Read it if…
you want a side business and need proof it can be done small.
Skip it if…
you want venture scale; this is about freedom, not unicorns.
Three things you will actually use
- Convergence: what you love and what people will pay for.
- Launch before you are ready; adjust after.
- Freedom is the goal; revenue is the means.
Do this first
Fill in the one-page business plan for the simplest idea you have, then test it with ten people.
Our verdict
Proof it can be done small.
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