Courtland: 就书籍而言,其回报与投入的精力不成比例,并且很难达到播客的影响力。作者对写书的回报与投入的精力不成比例,以及写书是否值得等问题表示怀疑。
Rob Fitzpatrick: 写作本身就是一个令人享受的过程,如同编程或产品设计一样有趣。作者认为,如果设计得当,书籍可以带来真正意义上的被动收入,并促进作者对特定主题的深入思考。一位乔治城大学的创业老师让学生写书来深入思考未来的商业问题,这使得学生在创业过程中更加成功。作者通过将产品开发的理念应用于书籍创作,以实现书籍的长期增长和口碑传播。作者通过建立付费社群,观察其他作者的写作过程和成果,并从中学习。通过测试阅读和读者互动,作者能够更好地了解读者的需求,从而改进写作内容。社群能够激励作者创作更多书籍,并促进作者之间的交流与合作。
Rob Fitzpatrick: 作者的三本书每月总收入约为两万美元,这笔收入完全是被动收入。大部分收入都被用于其他业务的种子基金。写书并非所有创业者的最佳路径,但如果策略得当,它可以带来难以置信的回报。作者在短暂的“迷你退休”后,发现自己更渴望创造和建设,因此决定继续创业。有动力和创造力的人不太可能长期保持退休状态,他们最终会去做一些能激发他们热情的事情。专注于服务同一类客户,并通过不同的方式为他们提供服务,可以提高创业成功率。
This chapter explores the author's motivation behind writing books, addressing common doubts about profitability and the value proposition of book writing as a side hustle. It also highlights a Georgetown entrepreneurship professor's innovative approach to teaching business models through book writing.
The author enjoys writing and sees it as a fun activity.
The author views book writing as a product development process.
A Georgetown professor has his students write books about their future businesses.
Writing a book helps entrepreneurs think deeply about their business ideas.
Published books can enhance reputation and credibility.
In this episode I catch up with Rob Fitzpatrick (@robfitz) about his new book, *Write Useful Books. *We'll talk about how he approaches book-writing like product development and why the sales graphs for his books look more like a hockey stick instead of shark fin.