Incitement Presentation - Are you a Wantrepreneur

Are You A Wantrepreneur?

Eugene Hennie

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How many millionaires do we have here?

(Raise Hands)

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Ideas

Online Business

Business Owner

Millionaires

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Ideas

Why do we give up on these?

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Don’t be a Wantrepreneur

Definition of “Wantrepreneur”-Someone who “is gonna” start a business.-Someone who “will find the right idea some day!”-Someone who wants to “act” like an entrepreneur.-Someone who “thinks about starting a business” all the time. Yet doesn’t do shit.

-Guys at AppSumo

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My Promise to You

By the end of this presentation you will be able to:•Brainstorm an idea•Validate an idea•Build your blog/website•Get your first sale

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Plus, I will share some case studies

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A Little About Me

•Born and raised in New York•Blog @ EugeneHennie.com•I love business/entrepreneurship

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It’s cool to be weird...

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The pickle jar that changed it all

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I wanted toys...

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Made money to buy my sister a gameboy advance for

Christmas too

Wanted an extra toy for myself

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1.Brainstorm

•Review Amazon’s Top Sellers List•Think about what you do on a daily basis?•Think about what you complain?•Browse Kickstarter.com•Check Craigslist gigs for frequent requests•Check the Q&A section on LinkedIn & Reddit

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Tools You Can Use

•Evernote•Any mind-mapping software (MindNode)•Good ol’ pen and paper

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2.ValidateDo people want this?

•Use Google Keyword Tool•Create Simple website (30minutes)•Create a LaunchRock page•Create a survey using Survey Monkey•Create a Facebook ad•Create a Craigslist/Mudah posting•Ask people on Reddit (NSFW)•Ask people around you

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3.BuildIf they want it, give it to them...

•4-minute blog setup (Bluehost)•Free themes (Woothemes.com)•Product manufacturing (Alibaba.com)

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4.Get Customers

•Ads (FB, Google, LinkedIn)•People around you•Forums (Reddit, blogs, niche forums)•Free giveaways

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5. Scale•Buy more ads•Improve your product/service•Offer more products•Get Partners

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Case Studies

If they can do it, so can you!

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The C-Guard

One week after site goes live 1,000 strip order

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AppSumo

$60 to validate profitable in first week

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12 Hr Wordpress

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12 Hr Wordpress

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12 Hr Wordpress

59 People to validate and give me feedback

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Mac Dojo

Validated with co-workers created MVP in 6 hours

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Mac Dojo

Because Tharyn is awesome... 50% off the course for all Incite-trepreneurs

•EugeneHennie.com/Incitement for the link•Coupon Code: Incitement

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Words from Tharyn

Fellas, you oweme a beer

Ladies, a kiss will do

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Recap

•Brainstorm•Validate•Build•Find customers & make your first sale•Scale•Smile because you are awesome

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Links and Resources

•EugeneHennie.com/incitement

email me any time mail@eugenehennie.com

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Remember

There is no such thing as hard or impossible. There are only challenges. And we are all capable of winning the challenge.

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