Above all else, I wanted The Path to Pivot to be a Useful Book. So I turned to an expert. @robfitz is the author of The Mom Test, which has helped tens of thousands of founders validate their ideas better. He wrote another one on workshops that I highly recommend. But it's his third book, titled: Write Useful Books That really influenced how I wrote mine Ever the entrepreneur, Rob advocates extensive beta reading. He even built a piece of software (HelpThisBook dot com) to track how people move through your book. It looks just like a product retention curve so of course I love it 🤓 Through Help This Book and the Useful Authors community, I collected 503 pieces of feedback. From "love this so much" to "the words aren't wording" (for real) Iterating over 6 versions of the book give me confidence that I have a might have a reasonably Useful Book on my hands. But ultimately that's for you to decide. My ambition is that in 10 years, The Path to Pivot is the book every seasoned founder, investor, or advisor recommends to someone considering a pivot. (Make no small plans) Thanks Rob, for showing me the way. -- This is Day 5 of #30daysofpivoting for The #PathtoPivot—my recently published playbook for founders looking to reboot their business and find exponential growth. Link in bio In this series I don't just talk about the book's ideas, I talk about the journey it took to get there and the people who helped me. I’m @JasonShen the Outlier Coach. I help founders and execs master hard pivots so they can put their dent in the universe.