How to change your mindset from coder to entrepreneur in 9 steps
These are the 9 steps I’ve learned on how to become profitable as an entrepreneur who was previously a software engineer at Microsoft.
The process reminds me of writing efficient code:
- CODE: Understand the requirements
ENTREPRENEUR: Understand your offer and targets
2. CODE: Strategize solutions given the available APIs
ENTREPRENEUR: What software do I need that will make this process seamless?
3. CODE: Create test cases that could break the solutions
ENTREPRENEUR: Think about loop holes in the strategy and how they can be mitagted efficiently.
4. CODE: Write the code for a particular strategy
ENTREPRENEUR: Put the software together into a workflow that can be repeated. Given you can do this, when you scale, you’ll be able to automate this process.
5. CODE: Run the code against the test cases
ENTREPRENEUR: Gather a few samples from your target audience and perform the strategy
6. CODE: Review how many test passed/failed
ENTREPRENEUR: Review the flow of interactions and their outcomes. What were my successes and what were my failures?
7. CODE: Update the code and test again…this is an iterative process
ENTREPRENEUR: Based on insights gathered by reviewing your data, which comes from the debriefing session in step 6, update the strategy and then gather more samples to test. Each test run is still a potential sell, remember that.
This testing isn’t done in vain! You are updating for efficiency…higher profitability. You want great returns for your efforts, and its very easy to achieve with this process.
8. CODE: Once the code is good, prepare it for production. That means DevOps work.
ENTREPRENEUR: Now that the strategy has proven worthy, you have to prepare to scale. You have to manage the backend! You now will become asynchronous as you’ll be working with/on multiple clients at the same time. You want to be able to manage yourself, your human body, very well.
This is your physical hardware. Find the right tools and communities to help you stay afloat in the lake. A pond is all you need to be super profitable. Actually, even a nice puddle will make you a 6 figure entrepreneur. Obtain the puddle, then the pond, then the lake. Each step helps you build the confidence you need for the next step.
9. CODE: Perfect the code even more by adding better presentation layers, more efficient algorithms, etc…
ENTREPRENEUR: Make sure to master the soft skills. Present yourself well. Have great communication and make your content super captivating that your target audience have to engage! Strategize with your content. AI already has already made creating content super simple. Now you just need to strategize and take off!