Kickoff Note: We’ve Chosen the Business Idea.

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Kickoff Note: We’ve Chosen the Business Idea.
Dec 2nd: As promised, I’ll be updating this post regularly throughout the month of December. Click right here to jump down and start reading from my Kickoff Note.

Update #1: Elevator Pitch, 47 Email Subscribers, Generating Product Ideas and a Giveaway Idea.
Dec 8th: A lot has happened over the past week. Through manual reach out afghanistan phone number database to friends, old co-workers and acquaintances, I’ve built up a list of 47+ email subscribers (and growing) who are interested in learning more about my website. I’ve got my elevator pitch down, a few ideas for products I can sell from my future website and plans for a giveaway to scale up my list building efforts are in the works. Click right here to jump down and read more starting from Update #1.

Update #2: 305 Email Subscribers, Strategic Connections, Reddit, Launching the Giveaway and Influencer Outreach.
Dec 15th: I still can’t believe everything that’s happened with this project in the last week. The number of email subscribers I’ve generated for this (as of today non-existent) website is now sitting at a whopping 305. Because I’ve been sharing this idea with a lot of friends interested in hiking & photography, a few huge strategic connections with influencers and other well-established hiking-related sites have sprung up. I launched the giveaway, it picked up some momentum on Reddit and I reached out to a handful of photographers who shoot the California outdoors to ask for a share. Click right here to jump down and read more starting from Update #2.

(Final) Update #3: 565 Email Subscribers, Ending the Giveaway, Finding a Product Idea, Building a Proof of Concept, $108 in Book Pre-Sales, Holiday Vacation and a Big New Opportunity.
Dec 30th: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. The past couple of weeks have been a rollercoaster ride, but I’ve successfully validated this idea. Thanks to my gear giveaway making it onto Reddit’s /r/giveaways, my email subscriber numbers ballooned all the way up to 565. More later on why that’s not necessarily a great thing. I wrapped up the giveaway and shipped the goods to the winner, sold enough stuff on eBay and brokered a high enough rate on the extra freelance writing piece I took on, to more than pay for the giveaway items already. I spoke one-on-one with my audience and used their feedback to find a product idea with the goal of pre-launching to truly validate this business idea. Next, I built a proof of concept, asked for more feedback and generated $108 in pre-sales (so far). With the holidays, I powered down my computer for more than a week (family time is important to me) and this project led to an exciting new opportunity for both you and I, which we cover in the update. Click right here to jump down and read more starting from Update #3.