#1218 - Q&A: I'd like to sell a toolkit to sole proprietors ... what do you think?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2020
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today’s listener has an idea to sell a toolkit to help sole proprietors become more efficient. What are the pros and cons of this idea?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, what's up and welcome to Citadel School. |
| 0:08.2 | Only show bringing daily analysis, daily stories, daily tips, question and answer from people |
| 0:12.9 | out there who are working real jobs, busy, trying to figure themselves out, especially in a |
| 0:17.4 | changing world order, so much is shifted in the past two months. |
| 0:21.1 | But what these people have in common, perhaps even you, they want to invest in themselves. |
| 0:25.5 | They want to create more security for themselves because they recognize that the world that we live in is not secure. |
| 0:31.3 | And trusting your future to a corporation or to the government or to an organization, even if it is a good |
| 0:36.4 | corporation, government or organization is not wise. |
| 0:40.1 | Even if you love that job and want to keep going to it, you also want to build something for yourself. |
| 0:44.3 | That's what it's about. |
| 0:45.5 | So today's listener has an idea to sell a toolkit to help sole proprietors become more efficient. |
| 0:52.1 | And he wants to know what are the pros and cons of this idea. |
| 0:55.9 | As a reminder, I too can fall into the habit of asking if something is a good idea, quote unquote. |
| 1:01.5 | I'm in generally speaking, I don't think that is the most important characteristic when considering ideas. |
| 1:06.3 | So first of all, you don't want a good idea, you want a great idea, you want the best possible idea for you at this time. |
| 1:13.7 | There are lots of good ideas out there. |
| 1:15.2 | In fact, there is a surplus of good ideas, definitely not a shortage of good ideas. |
| 1:19.9 | And second, good, that adjective good is a little bit generic. |
| 1:24.2 | So when you're considering side-ass ideas, you want to focus on feasible, profitable ones, which doesn't sound as pithy as saying a good idea, but still. |
| 1:32.5 | Do you see a clear path from where you are now to how this idea could make money in a relatively short period of time? |
| 1:40.2 | That's what you want to consider and look for. |
| 1:42.0 | So we'll apply that thinking to this listener question from Yai Year. |
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