My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Helpful Community Member Lead Generation
Why It Works
Builds trust through helpful contributions, people check profile and discover business organically, targets people already discussing problems you solve
Prerequisites
How to Execute
Join groups where target customers congregate
Spend weeks reading and understanding community dynamics
Answer questions and provide value without selling
Let people discover your business through profile clicks
DM people privately for deeper problem understanding
When It Fails
When being too salesy too early, not understanding community norms, or solving wrong problems for the community
Real Example
“Follow-up Boss founder helped real estate agents in Facebook groups, people clicked his profile, discovered his CRM, and became customers organically”
Related Knowledge
Industry Benchmarking Data Platform
Business owners don't know if their key metrics (ad spend, payroll, profit margins) are competitive within their industr
Pivot vs Persevere Decision Framework
A structured approach to deciding whether to continue with current strategy or change direction using time-boxed milesto
All Content is Marketing Framework
Strategy where content creation and marketing become indistinguishable - every piece of content serves both audience val
Discover and validate business ideas through direct customer research
Identified pain point with paying customers willing to pay premium for better solution
Capture early value from new platform launches
First-mover advantage on new platform with significant user adoption before competition increases
Owner Psychology as Business Root Cause
All business problems ultimately trace back to the psychology, fears, and mental blocks of the business owner