David speaks with Rob Fitzpatrick, author of three books, including The Mom Test and Write Useful Books, both of which are among the most universally recommended books for early entrepreneurs and non-fiction writers. His books are used in universities such as Harvard, MIT, and UCL, and are also manuals for training at companies like SkyScanner and Shopify. He has led training programs at companies like HP and Sony Mobile, and has supported many startups and entrepreneurs.

They talked about:

🚀 Rob’s Y Combinator journey

🔄 Lessons learned from a failed pivot

💡 What to learn and unlearn in bootstrapping

✍️ The process of writing the Mom Test

⏰ Knowing the right time to quit in entrepreneurship

🌱 Embracing feedback for growth

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/robfitzpatrick-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/K6gtBxXFKhc

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Y Combinator | http://www.ycombinator.com/

Georgia Institute of Technology | https://gatech.edu/node/1

Hacker News | https://news.ycombinator.com/

BBC | https://www.bbc.com/

Sony Pictures | https://www.sonypictures.com/

MTV | https://www.mtv.com/

Golden Handcuffs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs

Bootstrapping | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(statistics)

The Mom Test | https://amzn.to/3UeADcN

Write Useful Books | https://amzn.to/3Vp1HYj

Seed Camp Week | https://seedcamp.com/

The Lean Startup | https://theleanstartup.com/

The Sunk Cost Fallacy | https://theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/

Useful Books | https://www.usefulbooks.com/

PBS | https://www.pbs.org/

Annie Duke | https://www.annieduke.com/

Thinking in Bets | https://amzn.to/44NWiQc

Angela Duckworth | https://angeladuckworth.com/

Workshop Survival Guide | https://www.workshopsurvival.com/

Alice Bentick | https://alicebentinck.com/

Why we use Edge to generate ideas | https://medium.com/entrepreneur-first/

👤Connect with Rob:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/robfitz

Website: https://www.robfitz.com/home

The Mom Test | https://amzn.to/3UeADcN

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