My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
Create extremely valuable content for niche audience who naturally shares within their industry
Why It Works
Specialized communities have high trust and frequent communication, making referrals highly effective
Prerequisites
How to Execute
Identify key influencers and early adopters in your niche
Consistently deliver value that makes them look good for sharing
Make sharing easy with quotable insights and clear value propositions
Never advertise - rely purely on organic recommendations
When It Fails
When content isn't genuinely valuable, when trying to scale too quickly, or when community is too broad
Real Example
“Van Trump Report grew to 40k subscribers across 45 countries purely through agricultural community word-of-mouth without any paid advertising”
Related Knowledge
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Midwest Agricultural Data Center Development
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Blockchain Farm-to-Table Tracking Platform
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Value vs Uniqueness Business Matrix
A 2x2 matrix plotting business opportunities on axes of total value (y-axis) and uniqueness (x-axis) to determine strate
Light User vs Heavy User Funnel Strategy
Strategic positioning framework where businesses deliberately avoid heavy users who demand low margins and instead focus
Systematically expose yourself to different worldviews to avoid becoming cynical and maintain fresh perspectives
Regularly discovering new business ideas, maintaining curiosity, avoiding the 'old bear' mentality, and finding unexpect