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Reddit mentions of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A cheat sheet to The Four Steps to the Epiphany
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Serial Entrepreneur here. Some critiques since you asked for it.
@tiagopinto: i'm not from Seedcamp, but as a technical guy, I found this book as a great intro to customer development: http://www.amazon.com/The-Entrepreneurs-Guide-Customer-Development/dp/0982743602
That highlights great ways of thinking on your business like the ones advocated by Steve Blank. I'm sure Seedcamp will also have other great suggestions
LEARN, LEARN, LEARN, and keep learning. Afunnyfunnyman is right about the books. This is also a solid read The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982743602/). OnStartups.com is a great resource. I have mixed feelings on SCORE as my local area didn't offer the potential.
BY far the best means to finding excellent resources is Meetup groups. Search your local area and go to as many as you can(Unfortunately, many have alcohol and meet at bars because we, in startups, love us a cold beer). Search for startups, entrepreneurs, etc.
Most importantly go into your startup with this in mind... You know NOTHING about what you are about to take on. Listen and ask questions. Find a startup to go intern with to learn about business. I am 12+ years since I graduated high school and I am still learning about startups everyday. My ego and assumed knowledge use to be my biggest crutch. After I got my ass kicked in the real world and swallowed my pride, did I start to become successful.
What are are you in? If I know some people/organizations in your area, I will get you in touch with them. Also, feel free to ask me any specific questions you may have.
Yep. In fact, I feel like I should quit recommending that book to people, in case they turn out to be competitors!
Seriously though, it's a great book, and the Customer Development Methodology stuff is gold. Until I read that book I had NO idea how to work that aspect of a startup. To have a concrete plan for achieving product/market fit was totally eye-opening (and mind-blowing) for me.
Hmmm... This also reminds me that I've been wanting to get a copy of The Entrepreneurs Guide to Customer Development.
If you are really interested in learning to code, go checkout onemonth.com or codeschool.org.
That said, the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur in any new market is finding a problem/or pain point that customers are willing to pay you for. Focus on trying to solve a really big pain point!
Once you find a compelling pain point and have customers who are willing to pre-order, sign a letter of intent, or a purchase order. Take your company vision and start selling that vision and your early traction to people who can build your product.
So much of being successful in this game is being able to 1. solve a real problem, 2. inspire others (sell) to join you.
With regards to your major etc. I'd suggest going to work for a startup for a little while. Even for free as an intern. Find a company that you think has great leadership that you can learn from.
Go work there and hustle your face off. Create as much value as you can. This experience will help you learn what you really want to do and you'll find out what skills you need to build your own company and what skills you need in others.
It will also help you find other oportunities outside of the tech field. There are TONS of opportunities outside of "tech".
My favorite example of this is a company in Santa Barbara that came out of UCSB's life science lab called Apeel Sciences. It is science-based and technical but it's not a software company or app and it is going to literally change world.
There are some pretty big problems out there that need to be solved. Find an area you are passionate about, and go solve something really hard.
Books for you to checkout:
Traction By Justin Mares Great book on marketing
The Entrepreneurs Guide To Customer Development This will give you the low down on market validation, how to search for a problem to solve.
Hope this helps:)