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Re:Ask HN: Suggest good books on bootstrapping a startup by mindhash on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:01AM (#25209272)
I was in similar state a few of years back. Read these, and used them to a good extent.

Lean analytics. (must read) Product-Led growth. (must read) 22 Laws of marketing (must) One million followers

If you like scientific approach: Influence by Robert Cialdini Contagious (Jonah Berger)

This resource is also gold: https://brianbalfour.com/essays/customer-acquisition

I am also documenting my learnings in a book [1].

[1] https://book.amols.blog/59decisions

Re:Ask HN: Suggest good books on bootstrapping a startup by Reebz on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:15PM (#25216269)
Brian Balfour is a good resource for growth topics. I took his Reforge program many years ago, and it was useful and quickly applied.
Re:Ask HN: Suggest good books on bootstrapping a startup by happy_pancake on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:38AM (#25210308)
So frustrating and upset to see another marketing funnel on what I thought was going to be a person sharing things on his personal blog. Must everything be monetized? Gross
Re:Ask HN: Suggest good books on bootstrapping a startup by mindhash on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @11:47AM (#25211188)
Sorry you feel that way.

I really enjoy teaching, to do that well - which requires full time focus - I would need some income atheist a percent of my salary (which was way in top bracket where I live). I do have a free blog, where I share my learnings.

A course requirs much more time than that but is much more effective in building habits, expressing ideas in visual formats. More effective in my view.

If you are still not convinced do check out patio11 s talk from micro conf on productive consulting

Re:Ask HN: Suggest good books on bootstrapping a startup by saran945 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:06AM (#25209963)
Thank you. great resources.