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Poosarla Sai Karthik

Tech guy with a busi...ย โ€ขย 8m

โ€œBuild something useful. Not something big.โ€ Just finished reading Anything You Want by Derek Siversโ€”and itโ€™s a solid read. No motivational fluff. Just clean, straight-up stories from someone who actually built something real (CD Baby), made millions, and gave it away like it was pocket change. Here are some things that hit me hard (and honestly, I feel more founders need to hear this): Business isnโ€™t about chasing money. Itโ€™s about helping people. Moneyโ€™s just the side effect of solving a real problem well. You donโ€™t need a 5-year plan to start. He just fixed a small problem for some friends & himself, kept improving it, and boomโ€”business. No mission decks, no โ€œletโ€™s raise seedโ€ mindset. Just doing the work. You can make your own rules. No meetings? No investors? Fully async team? Do your thingโ€”as long as it helps you actually serve people better. Customers donโ€™t care about your grand vision. They care about whether your product works today. A lot of folks forget this while chasing unicorn dreams. If it doesnโ€™t fit, skip it. Not every opportunity is worth chasing. Stay focused. Shiny distractions are still distractions. The bookโ€™s basically a reminder that itโ€™s 100% okay to build something small and niche, as long as itโ€™s genuinely useful. So if youโ€™re building something right nowโ€”donโ€™t stress about being the โ€œnext big thing.โ€ Focus on being the right thing for a small group of people. Thatโ€™s where the magic starts. Anyway, big fan of this book. Super chill read. If youโ€™ve read itโ€”or are building something coolโ€”drop it here. Would love to check it out.

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