How do I get started?

I can't tell you how many times I've answered this questions for entrepreneurs at the earliest stage of building something, so I find it quite comical that I asked my friend the exact same question this morning.

"How do I get started?"

In my case, my friend is a content marketing gangster working with super high profile people. When people ask me, it's normally in regards to how do I take this idea that I can't stop thinking about and make it real.

It could be about starting anything, and the answer is almost always the same.

So I had to laugh when my friend gave me the exact same advice that I've passed along so many times.

"Who are the people and companies who have already done this?"

We are this beautiful time in human history where no matter what we want to do or accomplish, there's almost always someone who has done something similar enough already. And even better, that origin story is available somewhere on the internet.

Find the people who have already done what you want to do and learn everything you can about what they did when they were at the stage you are at now. No need to reinvent the wheel. It's all out there waiting for you.

If you want to get started and you're not sure where to begin, look to those who have been there and done that.