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What kind of business should you start first?

Services versus products versus apps versus education; easy-mode businesses.

Axis: services and education on easy mode … apps and physical products

Answers by date: 4 records in 4 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2020), never reversed, in these records.

date who answer source
2020-07-13 Ali Ali advises against starting a medical education company like SixMed: the market is saturated; only do things where you have an unfair advantage. What We Learnt In 2 Years of Being Doctors - Deep Dive with Molly Hunt 01:32:28
2020-05-19 Ali Digital products, from websites and apps to online courses and ebooks, are the ideal product category, Ali says: a one-time cost of production and zero cost of reproduction and distribution. How To Make Money Online - The 3 Levels 00:06:44
2020-05-01 Ali Affiliate income is selling other people's products; selling your own is better, but if you have none yet, Ali says, start by selling other people's. How Much Money I Earn in a Week as a Doctor & YouTuber 00:28:14
2019-10-09 Ali Ali says an internet business costs almost nothing to start: a domain, hosting and card payments for a few dollars, set up in a weekend for maybe 10 or 20, with a massive potential upside. How I Built a Million Dollar Business in Medical School - 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs 00:12:49