Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur

Hi there! My name is Blake and I’m starting this newsletter to document my journey about becoming an entrepreneur. I have always wanted to create something for myself, but I’ve never known how to do it. I’ve found myself briefly trying trends I find on social media, from an ambient sound YouTube channel, to an Etsy shop, to GoHighLevel marketing. With each of these, I’ll use a free trial, or upload a video, and after that video or trial fails to gain traction, I’ll move to the next thing. I believe there are a few problems with this process.

• First, if I’m doing something I found on social media, it’s likely a very competitive niche.

• Second, nothing as low effort as these will have great success.

• Third, I’m not passionate about any of these things.

I give up because I get no traction, I don’t care about what I’m creating, and the goal is simply to make money. I want to flip that on it’s head with this newsletter. I’m going to write, just for the sake of writing. If I grow an audience, great! If I don’t, hopefully I will become a better writer, and have some cool tidbits to share in conversations in the future.

So what is the plan for the newsletter?

I plan to write about the books that I read about entrepreneurship and business. I also plan to write deep dives on the failures and successes of businesses that I find interesting. I hope to write one article per week, and combine ideas I learn from books with the failures or successes of the businesses I investigate. I hope you enjoy this journey!