My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Anti-Business Billionaire Framework
A framework identifying five core traits of entrepreneurs who build massive companies by being contrarian to typical business advice: high disagreeableness, extreme self-confidence, product obsession, total control retention, and refusal to sell at any price.
How It Works
These traits create sustained competitive advantage by enabling founders to maintain long-term vision, resist market pressures, and build differentiated products that others won't attempt due to difficulty or unconventional approach.
Components
Develop extreme disagreeableness - refuse to compromise on core vision even when everyone disagrees
Build unshakeable self-confidence before having proof of concept
Obsess over product quality to the point others consider it irrational
Retain total control of company decisions and equity
Commit to never selling - treat company as family heirloom
When to Use
When building a company you want to own forever, creating highly differentiated products, or operating in markets where conventional wisdom leads to mediocrity.
When Not to Use
When seeking quick exits, building easily scalable tech products requiring massive teams, or operating in winner-take-all markets requiring rapid capital deployment.
Anti-Patterns to Avoid
Example
“James Dyson spending 14 years and creating 5,127 prototypes for his vacuum, refusing all acquisition offers including multi-billion dollar approaches, while personally approving every product detail at age 75.”
Related Knowledge
Maintain freedom to work on what you love while building a successful business
Ability to work exclusively on projects you're passionate about, declining lucrative distractions, and having money follow from doing what you love rather than chasing money directly.
delegation_trap
Edisonian Principle of Design
A product development approach focused on rapid experimentation, immediate feedback, and constant iteration rather than master planning.
Family Heirloom Business Model
Viewing your business as a family heirloom to be passed down through generations rather than an asset to be optimized for sale.
Go Slow Now to Go Fast Later
Deliberately limiting initial growth to deeply learn fundamentals, enabling exponentially faster growth later when you apply accumulated knowledge.
Most products in the world are mediocre and this mediocrity offends truly great entrepreneurs
Product quality obsession isn't just about customer satisfaction but about personal values and standards.