I knew nothing about fixing iPhones when I opened an iPhone repair store in college.
($2,400/month 5 year lease with a personal guarantee.)
When a customer bought in a broken phone I'd use YouTube to learn how to fix it while they waited out front.
My tuition for such reckless behavior was 4 broken iPhones that I replaced for about $2,800 total, plus a few gray hairs.
After a couple months I was an expert.
A smart, rational person would spend months learning the ins and outs of phone repair before ever opening.
I saw that time as tens of thousands of dollars worth of lost profits. More importantly, the longer you take to start the higher the likelihood of you ever launching.
Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast
I knew nothing about fixing iPhones when I opened an iPhone repair store in college.
($2,400/month 5 year lease with a personal guarantee.)
When a customer bought in a broken phone I'd use YouTube to learn how to fix it while they waited out front.
My tuition for such reckless behavior was 4 broken iPhones that I replaced for about $2,800 total, plus a few gray hairs.
After a couple months I was an expert.
A smart, rational person would spend months learning the ins and outs of phone repair before ever opening.
I saw that time as tens of thousands of dollars worth of lost profits. More importantly, the longer you take to start the higher the likelihood of you ever launching.
Time = friction and friction = inaction.
Impatience is a superpower.
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