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In this video, I talk through 10 tips that I picked up while building and running a business through medical school. My company 6med (https://6med.co.uk) does around £150,000 in annual revenue and was built by me and my friends while we were medical students at Cambridge University. We talk about the importance of not waiting for permission, standing on the shoulders of giants, learning to code and design, working with friends, starting small, doing things that don’t scale, expecting and learning from failure, starting with why, but above all, just starting. Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
00:32 – The Story
01:45 – Don’t wait for permission
02:30 – Stand on the shoulders of giants
03:46 – Learn to code
05:41 – Learn design basics
07:51 – Do it with friends
08:55 – Start small
10:08 – Do things that don’t scale
11:49 – Expect, and learn from, failure
13:26 – Ask yourself why
15:03 – Just start
HELPFUL LINKS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Brilliant (computer science courses + others) – https://brilliant.org/Ali
My video – 3 books that changed my life – https://youtu.be/hv1gOEY3cs4 (all 3 are entrepreneur / business-themed)
Book – The 4-Hour Work Week (Tim Ferriss) – https://tim.blog/tim-ferriss-books
Book – Anything You Want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur (Derek Sivers) – https://sivers.org/a
Book – Show your Work (Austin Kleon) – https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/
Podcast – The Tim Ferriss Show – https://tim.blog/podcast/
Podcast – Indie Hackers – https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast
Podcast – Y Combinator – https://blog.ycombinator.com/category/podcast/
Podcast – Seth Godin’s Startup School – https://seths.blog/podcasts/
Blog – Paul Graham – http://paulgraham.com/articles.html
TOOLS OF THE TRADE:
🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear – https://kit.co/AliAbdaal
⌨️ My Keyboard – Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) – https://go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard
📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector – Paperlike – https://go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike
🎒 My Desk Accessories + Todo List – Ugmonk – https://go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk
📚 How I remember what I read – Readwise – https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise
🎵 Where I get my Music (amazing for YouTubers) – https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound
👻 Where I get my Website Themes from – https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-themes
👻 My personal Ghost Website Theme – https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-theme-ali
What I Use For Analytics – https://go.aliabdaal.com/tubebuddy
🌐 My website platform (Ghost) – https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost
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WHO AM I:
I’m Ali, a junior doctor working in Cambridge, UK. I make videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. I also have a weekly podcast with my brother (https://www.youtube.com/c/notoverthinking), and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (https://aliabdaal.com/newsletter/).
PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜
