How I Built a Million Dollar Business in Medical School - 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Ali Abdaal ยท Beginner ยท๐Ÿš€ Entrepreneurship & Startups ยท6y ago
๐Ÿ“š Pre-order my book to get an exclusive ticket to The Feel-Good Productivity Annual Planning Workshop! Website: https://www.feelgoodproductivity.com/?utm_campaign=bonus&utm_source=youtube_long&utm_medium=video_description&utm_content=bulkvidsbefore2021 Amazon: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/bulkvidsbefore2021 ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ’ป To learn how to code, along with lots of other courses, visit https://brilliant.org/ali and sign up for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription :) In this video, I talk through 10 tips that I picked up while building and running a business through medical school. My company 6med (https://6med.co.uk) does around ยฃ150,000 in annual revenue and was built by me and my friends while we were medical students at Cambridge University. We talk about the importance of not waiting for permission, standing on the shoulders of giants, learning to code and design, working with friends, starting small, doing things that don't scale, expecting and learning from failure, starting with why, but above all, just starting. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 00:32 - The Story 01:45 - Donโ€™t wait for permission 02:30 - Stand on the shoulders of giants 03:46 - Learn to code 05:41 - Learn design basics 07:51 - Do it with friends 08:55 - Start small 10:08 - Do things that donโ€™t scale 11:49 - Expect, and learn from, failure 13:26 - Ask yourself why 15:03 - Just start HELPFUL LINKS FOR ENTREPRENEURS Brilliant (computer science courses + others) - https://brilliant.org/Ali My video - 3 books that changed my life - https://youtu.be/hv1gOEY3cs4 (all 3 are entrepreneur / business-themed) Book - The 4-Hour Work Week (Tim Ferriss) - https://tim.blog/tim-ferriss-books Book - Anything You Want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur (Derek Sivers) - https://sivers.org/a Book - Show your Work (Austin Kleon) - https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/ Podcast - The Tim Ferriss Show - https://tim.blog/podcast/ Podcast - Indie Hackers - https://www.indiehack
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