Help define company values and culture for a minimalist business. Use when someone is setting up their company culture, preparing to hire, or wanting to codify what their company stands for. Also use when the user mentions "company values," "company culture," "core values," "team culture," "hiring culture," "remote culture," or "what we stand for." For sustainable growth, see grow-sustainably. For reviewing decisions, see minimalist-review.
Help identify and evaluate communities to build a minimalist business around. Use when someone is looking for a business idea, trying to find their community, or wondering where to start as an entrepreneur. Also use when the user mentions "find my community," "who should I serve," "niche selection," "target audience," or "community-first business." For validating an idea once a community is found, see validate-idea.
Create a strategy for selling to your first 100 customers using the minimalist entrepreneur playbook. Use when someone has a product and needs to find customers, or is struggling with early sales. Also use when the user mentions "first customers," "early sales," "cold outreach," "customer acquisition," "how to sell," "finding customers," or "go-to-market." For setting prices, see pricing. For scaling with content, see marketing-plan.
Evaluate business decisions through the lens of sustainable, profitable growth. Use when someone is making decisions about spending, hiring, fundraising, or scaling their business. Also use when the user mentions "sustainable growth," "profitability," "bootstrapping," "fundraising," "burnout," "hiring decisions," "runway," or "default alive." For marketing strategy, see marketing-plan. For company culture, see company-values.
Create a minimalist marketing plan focused on building an audience through content, not ads. Use when someone has product-market fit (~100 customers) and wants to scale with marketing, or needs a content strategy. Also use when the user mentions "marketing plan," "content marketing," "build in public," "social media strategy," "email list," "audience building," or "organic growth." For early sales (pre-100 customers), see first-customers. For sustainable growth decisions, see grow-sustainably.
Review any business decision, plan, or strategy through the minimalist entrepreneur lens. Use when someone wants a gut-check on a business decision, wants to simplify their approach, or needs to decide between options. Also use when the user mentions "review my plan," "gut check," "simplify this," "is this too complex," "minimalist approach," or "decision review." This skill references principles from all other skills in this pack.
Guide building a minimum viable product the minimalist entrepreneur way — manual first, then processized, then productized. Use when someone is ready to build their first product, struggling with scope, or over-engineering. Also use when the user mentions "MVP," "minimum viable product," "what to build first," "scope creep," "ship fast," or "launch weekend." For validating the idea first, see validate-idea. For turning it into a manual process, see processize.
Help figure out pricing for a product or service using minimalist entrepreneur principles. Use when someone is setting prices, considering price changes, or struggling with what to charge. Also use when the user mentions "pricing," "what to charge," "price point," "freemium," "free trial," "tier structure," "value-based pricing," or "cost-based pricing." For early sales strategy, see first-customers. For scaling with content, see marketing-plan.