Sahil lavingia biography books

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Growing up, I worked in my parents’ small businesses.

From packing and shipping books for their vintage bookstore to taking pictures and editing videos for their real estate companies, I learned what it was like to be a bootstrapper before I even became one myself.

Now, I run my small businesses this website and Kingdom of Pavement, labors of love meant to bring writing services and scripted podcasts to people everywhere.

I read The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavignia in part because months prior, I had considered raising VC funds or going after investors for my companies.

However, the lessons my parents had taught me about business were ones that I would return to, ones that mirrored what I had read in this book and in Sahil’s Twitter threads and blog posts about