ROOTER RANGER - Got my plumbing fixed for $47 last night.

I felt compelled to write this because you just don't have good experiences in general with the service industry. Last night, while I was watching the NBA finals I noticed a smell in the house. At first I thought something died in the attic but when I walked into my bathroom, there was water in the shower drain and it stunk. In my second bathroom, there was also water in the bathtub. So I knew that the problem was house wide and that I wouldn't be able to fix this one.

I'm sure we all...

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Tony Robbins a cult leader?

I just bought Awaken The Giant Within since it's always highly recommended and is also in the Fastlane Bookstore, and a friend said that Tony Robbins is a cult leader who shouldn't be anyone's "guru". He then proceeded to share this article.

Here's Why Tony Robbins Should Definitely Not Be Your Guru - HeadStuff

Mia Doring deconstructs Tony Robbins' documentary from a therapist's perspective and tells us why its horribly inappropriate.

www.headstuff.org

Thoughts? Book still worth it?

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Lex DeVille's: 15 Days to Freedom - Make Money Copywriting in 15 Days or Less

15 Days to Freedom
Make money copywriting in 15 days or less.
(Without writing a hundred Gary Halbert letters)​

Everything you think you know about the way they’ve taught you to think about the way things are supposed to work…

…is a lie.

Consider what this sentence actually means.

Now think about whatever reasons (excuses) you've been verbally vomiting to yourself about why you’re not getting anywhere and why you’re not making progress. What...

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My at-home workout: 72lbs down in 8 months (March 2020-Nov 2020)

Salutations, fellow earthlings!

*Let me begin with a simple disclaimer: I'm not special, I have no formal training, so take my advice with a grain of salt. What I can tell you, with absolute certainty, is no matter what program/routine you choose, it's going to require 100% dedication.*

This journey for me began around March of 2017. I was at the heaviest I've ever been at in my life (I'm 5'9" and at the time, I weighed about 343 lbs). I've been in boxing and Muay Thai for most of...

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Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

This is a long, rambling story I wanted to share with you after I was troubled by something I saw the other night. It's almost written as a short story. If you don't like a little introspection, or are reading for a business plan, skip this thread. Someone out there needed to hear this message, and I hope it gets in the hands of the people that needed to read this. Many of us might see ourselves through the eyes of the main character below. - Vigilante

I stopped in with my kid a...

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Web Design as a First Step Towards Entrepreneurship

Hey everyone,

This will be a thread I am going to link from my Youtube channel to try get people to check out this forum.
This forum (and the books from @MJ DeMarco) have been the most pivotal content I have come across and I hope others can get massive value from it as well.

Thread purpose:
- Introduce new people to the forum (feel free to make an intro post)
- You can ask anything about starting a web design business and/or how to use it to get going with a...

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Andy's Courses

A lot of people and businesses are struggling at the moment so I've priced my original Google Ads course so it's more accessible, as well as adding more courses.

Currently those additional core courses include:

• How we report weekly on digital marketing campaigns (including a link to our template Weekly Trading Sheet).
• How we maintain...

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KAK's Kill Bigger Radio Show

As I am sure you probably have already heard on @Vigilante s Mind Your Business.

I too am launching a radio show! I have been a bit of a troll with the new avatar for a week.

EDIT! Here is episode ZERO for people that want to learn what the show is all about. Basically Ayn Rand meets actionable business content.

Kill Bigger Radio Trailer - Ep 0 by Kill Bigger Radio with...

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#2016 Turn a service into a subscription

One of the things that I’m discovering is companies are turning services into subscription products. Well, joining me is an entrepreneur who did exactly that. Johnathan Gryzbowski is the co-founder of Penji. It’s an on-demand graphic design service. It’s a better way to outsource your graphic design because you pay one monthly fee and then you get ongoing access to designers. We’ll find out how he found the business model that made it work.

Johnathan Grzybowski is the founder of Penji, which offers on-demand graphic design.

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Slowlane sales director / future fastlaner from Europe

Hi fellows,

greetings from Europe! Glad to be here and I have read MJ's both books which really made an impact.

A small intro: I have job as international sales director making around 170-200keur per year including bonuses (note that the taxman takes 50% here) in IT sector.

Some side hustles:
*A small manufacturing business with my friend with annual revenue up to 30-50keur (no profit yet, all is put to R&D + filling the stocks). Here we are selling to consumers but lost earlier 5meur...

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From Flat-Broke to Financial Freedom: How to Get Started When You Have No Money

I see this question a lot here, and posted in a lot of introductions.

How do I get started when I have no money and no skills?

I made a video to answer...

Also there's an update on my next book near the end of the vid!

Enjoy, and if you're broke with no skills, I hope it helps you!

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Tin Foil Hat Time: Are Aliens Here?

I consider myself open minded and today I'm going to admit that I'm leaning toward the idea that aliens are here and have been visiting Earth ever since the first atomic bomb went off.

While I'm not radically entrenched in that belief (I'd say it fluctuates between 60/40 and 70/30 in favor of aliens are here) I am becoming more acclimatized to the idea. Five years ago I'd say my belief was 40/60, in favor of them NOT being here.

Part of this belief probably evolved from being an...

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TFF CONSISTENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY COLLECTIVE TRACKER

Oh yeah.. It's about to get real..

I am making this thread because I personally believe every person (myself included) struggles with consistency and accountability.

Therefore, this thread will be for members of the forum to stay accountable and consistent through tracking whatever metrics they want about themselves and/or their business ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

Why is this important? Because consistency is...

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YouTube's recent TOS change - a perfect example of Control

YouTube (YT) recently provided us with a perfect example of what happens to people using something they don't control.

YouTube recently posted an update to their Terms of Service (TOS) stating that they were going to place ads on channels that did not yet qualify for the "Partner" program (i.e. monetized). YT stated that they've always reserved this option in their TOS but were making it clear as they moved forward. For those not familiar with YT they allow creators (the folks...

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What do you guys think of lead generation or "digital real estate"?

These are the types of sites the rank locally and generate consistent leads each month. Apparently a decent one is worth $500-1000 a month which is similar to rent payments in real estate. Do those of you now in physical real estate have any experience with "digital" real estate?

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Producing a Board Game 0-100 (Product dev, Crowd sourcing, Ecommerce, Ads)

Hi guys, this is my first jab at ecommerce and product development. I'll be chronicling everything that goes into this project, success or failure.

The plan is pretty simple.
Step 1: Develop my prototype.
Step 2: Create a video and do copywriting.
Step 3: Publish it on a crowd sourcing platform.
Step 4: Throw some facebook, instagram, reddit ads towards it.
---Hit Goal---
Step 5: Find best supplier and fulfill orders.
Step 6: Get feedback and apply.
Step 7: Create a website.
Step 8...

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A sculptor's journey towards the Fastlane

Week 1: FOCUS

Hi everyone!
I'll be documenting my progress here. As you might know, I'm a 30-year-old sculptor from Barcelona.
I've been freelancing for five years, and although everything is going better each year, it is hardly enough to cover my minimal living expenses.

I've never done any marketing effort seriously. All the customers have been people that know me personally, or acquaintances of them.
On one hand that's good because that means my product is good enough, on the...

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Anti-crisis measures for your production

An increase in inventory balances, a decrease in demand, and receivables are the reality of a business during a pandemic. One of the measures to support business is to increase the coverage of sales of finished products to other regions. This can be achieved in the following ways: transferring part of the business to another country with a lower level of competition, developing a foreign dealer network, looking for partners in barter deals, looking for foreign partners to help enter new...

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International customer service

Dabhorse is a foreign representative of the interests of a company and individuals abroad. Dabhorse makes a unique offer for its clients for the complex implementation of services in foreign regions.
Global support service for corporate and private clients in Russia and Eastern Europe

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I’m having a rough life

I’m prolly gonna be offline for a while. You all have boring problems. I’m right over here living with 2 drug addicts. My dead’s dead and my hand is broken bc I put it through glass and cut two tendons. I hate my life. It’s interesting but it’s a deep problem. Goodbye until I decide to come back. If u have anything to add go ahead and reply. I’ll get a notification

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Tax havens

So what do you guys feel about tax havens should an established entrepreneur get into it or is it some kind of fraud?

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AMA: Rehabbing & Flipping - Ask Me Anything

Given how often I still get contacted from people on this site, and given that I chronicled my very first real estate deal on this forum 5 years ago this month, I thought I'd take the time to come back and do an AMA (if anyone is interested, which they may not be .

A little bit about me and my real estate experience/background:

• My wife and I "semi-retired" from the corporate world 5 years ago and accidentally fell into real estate investing.
• In the past 5 years, we've done...

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Money Transmitter Licenses. Does Anyone Have Experience Becoming an Agent?

Obtaining a Money Transmitter License is no child's play. From what I gather, the more feasible and easier route (for starters) is to partner with a licensed company, as their agent.
I have spent some time searching for these online, but have only turned up a few potentials. I am trying to avoid partnering with a bank.

So does anyone have any experience with this? I'm trying to get a list of potential companies with streamlined partnership programs to operating under their license umbrella.

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STARTUP STRATEGY

Gday!
I have just finished the Fastlane book, and I am hooked. I am waiting on Unscripted now, but I have had a real shift in perspective on so many aspects of wealth. I have always been the "idea guy" and the "action guy" (Not process).
Based on the Cents framework, I have revisited and adjusted a business idea I had a year ago (Like the rest of them nothing happened about it). But it is an innovative product that would affect millions, be delivered via the internet and be a monthly...

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Progress Thread: Mobile Service Execution

Hello Everyone,

I am starting this thread to keep myself accountable. I have been distracted as of lately and need to get back on track and staying focused.

My Idea/Cents/Goal : Mobile Boutique, test markets, build and scale once idea has been confirmed by markets.

11/22/20 Current Goals and Progress:

Progress :Currently Building out Truck. The truck has been gutted and wallpaper completed. Inventory on hand.

Goals: To Complete by November -December 2020...

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Spot BS: Post your favorite MLM pitch...

I posted this in the failure forum because every once in awhile we get some guy here trying to pitch us Fastlaners a great revolutionary MLM that is making people tons of money! Some will even show-off their awesome $10K checks and their impressive Mercedes C-Class.

I've learned to spot the funny pitches and this thread will help you SPOT the pitches before you get roped into some low EV pipe dream.

Please post your favorite pitches, phrases, or word combos...

Here are mine:

1) I...

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In case of emergency, buy red lipsticks.

One of my friends, working in beauty products company, just told me that from the beginning of the lockdowns women have been buying red lipsticks vigorously, which led to company running out of it. Last time when similar thing happened was in 2008 (take it into account that my country was also in war, in addition of global financial crisis).
What would be some psychological tendencies leading to this phenomena and has anybody in other countries seen anything similar?

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What is your support system while you are on the Fastlane?

I am just curious about who all of you Unscripted folks turn to for support when the going gets tough. I know MJ mentioned in his books that his mother lost faith in him, so did his girlfriend, and others around him that made snide comments about him working dead-end jobs with 2 college degrees while he was on his fastlane journey.

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Building a subscription box business

Hi All,

I had an idea for a subscription box business, so I thought I'd document my progress and process. The idea isn't groundbreaking, but if done really well it could work and help a lot of people.

At a very high level, my plan is this

1. Market Research
2. Validate and test my ideas
3. Source suppliers
4. Develop branding, design and packaging
5. Build a prototype box
6. Build a shop (using Subbly or Shopify)
7. Build a limited run of boxes
8. Sell those first boxes...

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Acquisition Entrepreneur questions

Hello, I am very interested in the Mergers and Acquisitions arena. However, I am would need to start working on no money down deals. I have started reviewing business listings from online brokers. I will need to find a seller willing to carryback a portion of the sale and find a preferred SBA lender.

Does anyone here have any experience in this field? Especially starting off on a shoestring, like I am.

Wade Pennell

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Going Off-Road, Finally - Starting A Web Design Business

So I finally decided to take a plunge into the unknown. I've been dreaming about this for the longest time now.. Since maybe 17 years old, I'm 24 now.
Too much reading and no action. So I finally decided to sign up to the program: Fox Web School

I have a full-time job at the moment (web development), I have enough money to quit at any moment or live with...

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An idea but no idea how to execute it.

I recently came up with an idea, that I really believe could benefit millions of people out there, but I just have no idea where to begin in this venture. Does anyone have any advice, on where I can get help, to better understand where I need to be?

Thank you for your time,
Salah Issa

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How to Raise Funds for Program without Existing User Base

Hi I have created a data backup / file folder sync program. I put 10 years of IT experience into the program to make it the ultimate program of its kind; I know exactly what I want in such a program.

The program is almost complete, it just needs two or so months of work to complete. I need to renew my Qt subscription (a tool for making the program) to continue programming for $948 for another year. Once I complete the program I plan on submitting to a first page Google review site and get a...

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Pay down debt before cash and dividend yields

Hi Forum, first I am a huge believer in Millionaire Script having read both books Unscripted and Millionaire Fastlane. I still am working full-time but I have a side hustle which will soon be my main hustle. The side hustle pays out a consistent residual payment that my family can almost live on, but still working full-time to improve my cash position.

After reading and rereading the chapters that are relevant to this discussion I am still confused about the allocation for...

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Any of you run the lead generation model as your primary money maker?

I'm beginning myself. I have 10 sites built so far. some ranked and getting calls, some still ranking and getting calls here and there. What are some of your lead generation model stories / experiences?

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Intro - how i just lost $8k/month because of CONTROL

Hello all,

Happy to share my first post here, while I am still reading "Unscripted." I read the "Millionaire Fastlane" a few months back and wanted to hear more of what MJ has to say. Have a little story that might be relatable:

One of my main streams of income has been coming from a skateboarding Facebook page. I create videos featuring skaters from instagram that give me permission to use their clips. The page has grown quite a bit over the past year and has reached over 1 million views...

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University has killed my vision

Long story short, I started studying CS this year (after having dropped out from economics) and initially I was very excited. My vision was clear.
However, 3-4 weeks ago the decline has begun. I started feeling less and less enthusiastic and realized that 85% of the things I was studying didn't really seem to match my vision.

I live in Italy and I'm studying in a small city. This is making the whole thing worse. I have no friends here, no networking whatsoever. I read a lot about people...

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The road to becoming Free

Hi Fastlaners.

Time for me to finally start my progress thread.
I’ve been a lurker for too long and it is now time to share my experience and engage this amazing place.

Before I start with a quick intro, I’d like to thank @GuitarManDan , @Fox and @Valier for how inspiring they are. Can’t believe how much work Dan has put over the past few years, how Rob’s course is helping me going forward and for how incredible humble James is.
Here...

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New to the Forum, and new to the Fastlane mindset

I just finished The Millionaire Fastlane and about to re-read it. It blew my mind.

I’m a successful slowlaner, making well over a half-mill per year, but indeed I am not free. I do a 60-hour workweek as a finance executive, but struggle to save money. I’m already quite late in my career, but am desperate to build passive income, and working on just that.

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1 Year of Process: All of Myself

Today, November 1, 2020, I have decided to be selfish with my attention. I realize now that I have been extremely prodigal with my energy, time, and attention and my default state has been to direct these finite resources to things that yield little benefit.

Hello, Fastlaners. My name is Royal Function and I am from Nairobi, Kenya. I am 28 years old -- male. This thread will serve as my progress thread over the next year and I request that you hold me to account. I will be updating my...

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Pakistan

I am from Pakistan and among few people who like to be better than anyone. I am 21 and tbh i sometimes regret of not developing skills by this age.
In my country there's rising trend of Amazon courses and people being hired as virtual assistant for Amazon.
I have been looking for this job myself but what i always think is
When everyone is buying shovels, sell shovels.
I have been looking for the best skills to develop in 2020 and read more. I just love reading. But as I have come to...

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Power Platform connector

Have been thinking of creating a Power Platform connector for a cloud system used where I work. It would probably meet (E)NTS, the main component missing here is Control.
Anyone care to take a guess if you can monetize a power platform connector, more specifically, monetize it without being the owner/part of the cloud system you are creating the connector for? Would it be Microsoft denying that possibility or monetization or the cloud system company? What would be the odds of that company...

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27 and life feels heavy!

Hello!

Quick intro about me, I am 27 and female from the UK. I did terrible at school as I came from a very dysfunctional family so I ended with very bad grades which I thought was the end for me because school, society and parents drilled it into my head that bad grades meant bad job/ bad life FOREVER. So I ended up being a waitress for many years and did other jobs in between like office work which was 9-5, driving cars for people who are too drunk to drive, looking after animals (well...

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Can't Hurt Me: by David Goggins, Review and Discussion

Let's roll! Now a big best-seller, what do you think of the book?

While I'm not shocked, I was unable to find a suitable format to discuss the book using this software, Xenforo. Another reason why I don't recommend Xenforo as forum software. So instead of discussing chapter by chapter (which will probably clutter the front page) I decided we should try using this format:

My Rating: 3 stars out of 5...

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Reddit accounts/pages that support thr Fastlane?

I just recently made a Reddit account just as another tool to hopefully find some decently useful stuff but I have no idea where to start. Those of you who used Reddit on here, what kind of accounts/pages or whatever to you find give you the most value?

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Don’t forget sports! What did you do today?

Want to remember you all to make any kind of sport!
Now the days become colder and as it gets harder for me to start any outdoor activity, I feel, how my body suffers under not doing enough.

So I aks you all to make anything regularly.
You will improove all over.

What did you do today?

I ll write mine in the evening

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Self-Promotion Thread: Post Your Offer, YouTube Channel, Your Service (Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec)

Have something to sell? Want to do a little shameless self-promotion?

Like to post a video from your YouTube channel?

Want to promote your design service?

Like to link to a company that you'd like to recommend?

Have a book to promote?

Blog or a landing page you'd like to mention?

Amazon product you'd like to link and sell?

SELL-ME SATURDAY is your opportunity to self-promote whatever you'd like on one central...

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Not Fulfilled? Depressed? Maybe You Need An Alignment

I'm sticking my neck out here because I know that SOME people will consider this topic along the same lines of "action-faking", "passion following", and other guru life coaching BS.

Yes this will be a massive post, covering several posts actually. It gets deep and gets into tapping emotions sometimes. When you think you know what I'm talking about, I might actually spin it around on you later. If you really like what you read, make sure you pay attention.

My aim is not to convince...

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For web design builds...how do you guys keep your pipeline full?

Since web builds aren't necessarily a recurring source of income...how do you keep your pipeline full?

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Why does it sometimes take you a long time to do important things?

I know this question seems quite simple but I have struggled with this a lot this year...

- You got something very important that needs to be done
- You want to get it done
- Weeks/months go by and it is still there

You don't feel any particular reason you can't do it, you are doing your best to stay focused, you mean to get it done.
Yet it never gets fully done.

Usually I see this problem the most in people between 100k and a million.
They have already made a lot of progress but...

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Mon_fi's progress thread

Hey,

Here's my progress thread. I had been looking forward to writing it for a long time now. I will journal here about my journey from graduation to fastlane business, applying the principles outlined in TMF. In order to take pressures off my own shoulders, I will only talk about what I have done, and the next step I need to take.

Context
I graduated in June 2020. In September 2020, I came to Poland for holidays, loved it, found a job and decided to stay. I will start my...

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An Educational Business In The Gaming And Esports Industry

Hello everyone,

I often find myself being inspired early morning by reading execution threads on TFF after my alarm goes off. I already had the idea of starting my own thread for a while and today is the day. I'll do my best to provide you with lessons I'm learning, some golden nuggets, insights in mistakes and things that went well, and more.

If you want to know more about the industry that I'm in, please jump over to my thread...

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On the path

I am a mechanical engineer by profession. I liked the job when I was on a learning curve. I still do like it - sort of. But, lately, I experienced too many people who hire you for your expertise and help, and then do not listen to you, blame you for their own stupid decisions, blame you for over-designing the projects, blame you for contractors mistakes and how come your plans didn't show how to install this or that... I got sick of all this. So one day, I started looking for an opportunity...

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Tony Hsieh, former Zappos CEO dies at 46

This is so sad. You never know how much time you have. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few years ago. His book Delivering Happiness is a must read for entreprenuers.

Tony Hsieh, former Zappos CEO and 'tremendous visionary,' dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a spokesperson for DTP Companies, a Las Vegas-based enterprise for which Hsieh served as the visionary.

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Its been one year of FLF for me. This forum will change your life and Ill prove it.

I joined this forum one year ago, I got the alert today and I had to sit back and look at what I've done and what I havent done.

Im prepared to completely dominate the rest of the years that were gifted to me.

I joined at 19 years old. In fact, I turn 21 in 13 days. To be honest, I literally had nothing going for me back then. I have always been driven and passionate through my competitive lifting and sport background but I graduated high school and seemed to venture aimlessly in multiple...

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How to deal with the frustration of not moving forward?

Hello Fastlaners,

maybe it's the winter weather or my life just sucks I don't really know, but my mood went just down in the last weeks.

I understand the concepts discussed in the book in theory very well and even build my own models to analyze other businesses, KPIs and so on ... However the real problem for me right now is that I don't move forward and I feel stuck.

While I have taken action and created value for others I have seen very little return for myself so far. I worked for...

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[Daily Update] Watch me go from Freelancer To Entrepreneur

Hi everyone,

They say that writing your goals down increases the chance you take action. That's why I'm starting this daily thread. Hopefully, this will serve as inspiration for others to take action as well.

I want to introduce this quickly. My name is Max and I'm a 19-year-old freelance writer. I want to create a Saas company around gamification, which is my passion. First, I want to do eCommerce to create a cash-flow business that scales up to 6-figures per month. I will work as a...

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Invented Product: Testing Market w/ Amazon Product Listing and Facebook Ads

Hey all,

I recently started a new ecommerce business venture. When I moved to a new house and installed by weight room in the basement. I realized the I-joist ceiling was the perfect place to hang pullup bars & monkey bars. I came up with a design that allowed me to create a pull up bar product with a piece of steel pipe and some 3D printed parts.

I have since filed a provisional patent, generated a ton of marketing content, and listed on amazon FBM and PPC the next day. I have...

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Can I afford it? - Question about The Millionaire Fastlane book

Hello everybody,

I was reading The Millionaire Fastlane book and I was wondering if somebody can give me any feedback on my question.

MJ mentions something like you shouldn't buy anything if it makes you think if you can afford it more than a pack of gum, something along those lines.

Now I changed careers from working in a warehouse to being a self taught developer abouut a year ago.

I've been saving some money and in a few months to a year I would be able to put down the deposit for a...

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Complet Newbie, Where do I start learning Marketing and Sales?

I'm 19 and is starting a consulting business. I really want to build a solid foundation for the company to succed. I only want the informati.

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Old man tries to start

I nearly refused to start an execution thread because of several reasons.
- i m 54 years old now, I have good slowlane job,
-with rising age my endurance with a business working decreases.
-I see my remaining time being endless,
- I have much fun living, working, making sports and I have good friends for drinking beer, too.
-because these reasons I want and will not spend 60 hours working and thats the reason, why I refused to make a such promise to me or others.

since I fell over the FLM...

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I paid my mentor £10,000

My business was stuck.
Annual turnover was stagnant.
I knew something was missing.

Then I heard a talk from an energetic, smiling, inspirational speaker that changed my life.
It all made sense.
Get the right mindset, the right product and the right strategy and you've got it made.

I was hooked on personal development events. Motivational hits every few weeks. I mixed with hundreds of youthful, dynamic souls eager to live the dream. I was finally in my element.

Every self-help book told...

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How to price your product?

Hello dear Fastlane community,

I am building a little business that is supposed to sell food supplements. The supplement is sold as powder-capsules in 400ml plastic bottles. I've thought up the design of the bottles together with my wife and we love them, they're quality. The next step is to determine a price for the bottles.

This is a rough calculation of the cost for one bottle:



As of now the shipping is paid by the customer. That would...

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Should I quit?

Hi all,

I set up a sports nutrition company in 2015. I had never run, set up or even managed a company before doing this, and took the plunge after my F U Moment when on a '2 weak' (notice I didn't say week) family vacation in Portugal from my corporate Microsoft recruitment job.

I was doing great in my job, over 250k billings and managing a team of 4 to build and develop a new marketplace (at the time, it was MS Azure and cloud based technologies). I was working 7.45am - 7.30/8.30pm...

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Do you think social proof makes a difference for facebook ads?

I'm curious about this, so my dropshipping store is doing crap in terms of profitability, my margins were to low to cover my costs. Even with a really high average order value it wasn't enough to save the campaign. So I raised the price and have had a few people buying a different price points. I now have a 2.5x markup. Does anyone here think if my facebook page has zero likes and same with the advertisements that it makes much of a difference?

I feel like the product and the marketing...

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Lex DeVille's - How I Bought a $4k Laser and Started an Engraving Side Hustle for Free (super easy)

Earlier this year I bought a brand new $4,000 laser engraver. Then I started a laser engraving side hustle business. I did all of this without paying anything out of pocket. Here's how...



Step 1 - Choose a Laser (I chose Glowforge)

Step 2 - Get Financing (I used a USAA personal loan)

Step 3 - Order Laser

Step 4 - Learn the Fundamentals of Engraving (practice on free materials they send)

Step 5 - Find Niche Forums/FB Groups and create products they will...

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Ask me anything about eCommerce (Ongoing)

Alot has changed since my Ask me about Ecommerce AMA from 2012, so I thought I'd do an updated AMA as some of the answers in the previous thread are now outdated. The online marketplace has shifted greatly in the past couple years. Some examples of what has changed:

• Google Shopping is now at the top of your search results, so ranking #1 for a specific term is not as valuable as before. I don't do anymore SEO.
  
• Big box stores like Amazon, Walmart and Target now dominate the...

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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey

Hello, guys! My name is Ovidiu. I am 26 yo, living in Romania. I am currently employed as a developer. In my spare time, I built a portfolio for myself to attract clients for freelance work. I am sick of being employed. My goal right now is to quit my job, get freelance clients to build apps and websites, find a need in this market and then create a business around that need.

I would start a business right now, but I don't really have an idea and I...

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Personal challenge - no porn, no coffee, more discipline!

Hi I am chronicling my challenge.

Background: I am a 35 yo entrepreneur in my 7th year of tech-hood, business are going well and expanding, and there is a chance we can be something bigger. Right now, the firm's limit is my own ability to handle the business and myself, and I've come to realize that personal discipline will be most people's demon, at least it is mine. I want to create the ultimate habit of good life.

No Porn (7th day)
This sounds perverted, but it's something...

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2 hours of cold calls a day

I know,

is not that much.

But I have decided to commit to 2 hours of cold call 5 days a week.

I hate it. I can't wait for the weekend. But at the same time, I feel different.

I am more spontaneous in talking to people, I feel like I am doing something meaningful for myself.

I feel empowered.

I will use this thread to just post like once a week saying that I actually did what I said.

I am selling an SEO software for a company from Italy, where I come from.

I don't know what will...

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New Here! What Vehicles Are You Using For The Fast Lane?

Hey guys I'm new here. Freshly out of college and ready to get hustling! I have a CS degree so I'm more than well versed in building websites which might be a way to make some money quickly. However...something I picked up on in the book was this idea of recurring income/ multiple sources of income. Out of curiosity, what are the vehicles that have led to success for you guys personally?

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Have you helped someone lose weight? How?

I saw a younger family member earlier who put on a significant amount of weight seen we'd last seen each other.

I plan to intervene, but I want this family to get better. I don't want to just run my mouth.

Could anyone who has helped someone lose weight chime in?

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The road to wealth is simple: Drive a crappy car

Very rarely do I agree with Marketwatch's personal finance tips but I agree with this one.

The road to riches is this simple: Drive a crappy car

Buying new cars is like taking $40,000 and setting it on fire.

www.marketwatch.com

Early in my entrepreneurial journey, my lust for fast cars really set me back in many ways.

Each time I was burdened with payments which forced me to work crappy jobs. All for an above average car that was merely a mask to an identity that I haven't yet achieved.

The nice car...

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Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (great book for difficult times)

I feel like sharing something that someone might find helpful. I have written a review so will just copy and paste it here:

"This is my first review on Amazon and I don't write them because I am not easily impressed...

And Humankind has impressed me deeply. Touched my soul even.

Moreover this is the second copy I have bought within a week of buying the first one. Why?

Without disclosing too many details, Humankind is a beautiful story about us - people. Rutger Bregman takes on different...

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Prototyping

Been going through Unscripted again but applying the words as directions instead of just reading it through. I highly recommend it. I'm gaining a whole new level of understanding as a result.

Spent a day or two planning and creating a process path. Now I'm on the prototyping step of the 7 P's of Process. My search for crafting a prototype led me here:

View: https://youtu.be/JMjozqJS44M


I've...

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E01 Progress Log

Hey guys,

I posted my introduction and am now posting an execution thread here.

As before I am working towards entering the top 20% and subsequently the top 4% of the company I'm working for, and from there build (multiple) businesses and earn my freedom. Ultimately when I'm walking around processing after a long day, I imagine what it would be like to completely break the game and be earning 100k per month passively.

That being said, for execution here are some things.

-I have about...

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Savour the Pain

Wasnt sure if I should post this in Health and Fitness or General mindset.

Yesterday was fitness day, had a very nice workout, but nothing memorable.
Today I had to really strain myself because I`m busy with furnishing an apartment from scratch.
Check my original thread: REAL ESTATE - Buy with garage or without?
If anyone wonders, I ended up buying it without the garage and good thing too, new...

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$5000 to $30,000 per month - eCommerce Progress

I'm from England and I have a part time e-commerce business which has grown from a bedroom operation to what it is now in a short space of time.

I also have another monthly subscription business start up and I work full time for the family businesses (for now) I do okay. But the family business isn't my dream so I'm working on the fast lane businesses.

What Happened In 2015?

In 2015 my business went from just me in my spare bedroom to a commercial unit and a part time employee...

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What supplements do you take?

In the past I have been the guy that calls supplements “snake oil” a bunch of too good to be true BS... I couldn’t have been more wrong about fish oil...

Evidently I had a deficiency in omega 3s because I started taking fish oil a few months ago and it has, without a doubt in my mind, given me energy and mental clarity.

Speaking of mental clarity, I have only just realized how badly eating poorly effects me. As someone who used to get brain fog. Eating clean helped, fish oil blew my doors...

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FBA - restricted product

Hello,

Hoping someone with FBA knowledge can help me. I have made a rookie mistake on my first product and chose one on Amazon's restricted list. I can't believe after all of the videos and information I read on it (to the point that I was taking no action because it was so much information) that I missed this part. I remember videos talking about gated products, but I totally missed restricted.

I was at the stage where I was about to order 100 units from China's supplier to start...

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Andy's Courses

A lot of people and businesses are struggling at the moment so I've priced my original Google Ads course so it's more accessible, as well as adding more courses.

Currently those additional core courses include:

• How we report weekly on digital marketing campaigns (including a link to our template Weekly Trading Sheet).
• How we maintain...

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Custom sneakers

Hello, ive been interested in designing custom sneakers (particularly air force 1s) you can buy for around £70 and sell for £90-£100 easy. I dont really know what i want from this post apart from some business minded feedback? Thanks

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Starting a lawn care service business

21 and currently selling cars at the moment. I’ve got some money to throw at something. I just bought a used trailer and have some lawn equipment.

Got a pro website, branding, and I have decent copywriting skills for posting ads. Started with craigslist, Google AdWords and I’m on yelp and google maps. I posted just a single craigslist ad and in a couple hours had jobs booked for $200 for a few hours of work. I got 4 of them within a couple hours. I did this to test my market. (I bought the...

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What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

How this thread works... when you start reading a new book, you update it here. It’s nice to have a log of what everyone on the forum is reading and i’m sure it will spark discussions and recommendations.

I’m also creating the Fastlane Bookclub on Goodreads where you can share what you’re reading, add your favorites, and talk about books. I haven’t explored all the features, but I’m sure there’s a bunch of...

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An at home workout routine you can do right now

Hey everyone, hope everyone is doing well during this time. Im an online personal trainer and i wanted to give away a free routine and advice for anyone who has questions that need answers. (I did an AMA on reddit as well). I am happy to help others out, any questions you may have feel free to ask:

At home routine:

Chest - Push ups
Back - Pull ups
Shoulders - Pike push ups
Legs - Squats or walking lunges
Biceps - Chin ups
Triceps - Dips between chairs

3 sets total, 3 times a week (M,W,F)...

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You're from where??

This site is about networking its also nice to know whose in your area. This may help lead to future friendships or business deals. If I can I will try to keep this list updated, want off the list, lemme know as well. I will only put your name on this list if you ask me to in this thread.

I have now linked this on google maps. It has public access, but please only edit your own dot if need be. I put the dots in the closest frame of reference you gave me...

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Elevator Pitch Help: Explaining What I DO For Work

Hi everyone, I was hoping for some input on framing my elevator pitch regarding what I do for work. For the last couple of years I've been publishing ebooks via Amazon. I focus mostly on a particular genre. I make good money (but obviously not polite to say in an intro) and have a team of X full-time writers, and a couple of freelancers (Editors, designers, etc).

When people ask me what I do for work, I tend to say, "Uh... I run a book publishing company" and then they ask "oh, which one"...

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Elevator Pitch Help: Publisher

Hi everyone, I was hoping for some input on framing my elevator pitch regarding what I do for work. For the last couple of years I've been publishing ebooks via Amazon. I focus mostly on a particular genre. I make good money (but obviously not polite to say in an intro) and have a team of X full-time writers, and a couple of freelancers (Editors, designers, etc).

When people ask me what I do for work, I tend to say, "Uh... I run a book publishing company" and then they ask "oh, which one"...

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[RANT]: Raise the minimum wage! This is so unfair!

I see people posting this picture and similar ones all the time on my Facebook timeline all with the same message, but for some reason today it irritated me more than usual.

The simplest delta between the Slowlane/Sidewalk lifestyle and the Fastlane lifestyle is:

***Drumroll**


Mindset

Wahh wahhh boo hoo.


The 99% needs to shut the f*ck up and get off their a$$ and create value so that you can be that "CEO" guy.

Technically, the...

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The Alchemist

So I decided to rejoin TFF as my "business ideas" from 2 yrs ago didn't gain traction and I had a long period of stagnation; now I am ready for take-off.

This year, I suffered from an autoimmune disease (psoriasis/eczema/whatever it happens to be - the doctors I visited never seemed to get it right), which is still problematic but I am ~85% recovered now. This experience was a true FTE moment, when I realized delaying what I NEEDED to do would spell disaster in the future.

To put it...

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Long Time Lurker

Hey everyone! I've been a long-time lurker on the forums. After all the events in 2020, I truly see how important it is to put yourself in the driver's seat to control your destiny for financial independence. You can't depend on anyone but yourself. I am here to learn and take action. Happy Turkey Day!

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Having Children...Pros and Cons?

Hi Fastlaners

My wife and I are trying to decide if to have children. She's 28 and I'm 26, so her remaining children bearing years are limited.

On one hand, we have a vision of a beautiful family and family culture etc. On the other hand, friends are warning that we'd be giving up our lives to take care of another human etc. We already know all this, but...

If you can:

• Share advice/things we should consider
• Share stories about your experiences, the good and bad, the pains and...

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Excited for this new journey!

Hey there,
New here, so thought I would introduce myself.
Early in life I was very successful, working for several large firms and making (And spending) a decent amount of $, and flew more than my fair share on private jets.
When I was 26 I got diagnosed with cancer, and everything sort of fell apart - exposing the delusion I was living in. Now I don't have that job, every day is a challenge with pain from complications from the surgery, and I live with the regret that I didn't spend the...

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SEO implications of 301 Redirects

My site at Compucademy was chugging along OK with it's SEO, but then it got blocked on FaceBook. I also felt it was not focused on quite the audience I wanted, so I decided to remake the site on a new domain: Compucademy - Python Programming and Computer Science Education . The new site contains new posts and also modified versions of some of the old posts.

I've put 301 redirects on the old posts to the versions...

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Want to create a business but don't want to do all the marketing and set up?

There's a company that I used to help me to set up my business called Done For You Services, they were honestly really great and I didn't have to do anything. They created the website, facebook ads and did the overall marketing for me including SEO tactics. I just want to help someone like me who isn't very tech savvy and would like to run an online business. The set up can be challenging but that's why you seek help for that part. The daily operations are good though and manageable for...

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The Wealth Trinity - Freedom, Health, Relationships

Fellow fastlaners,

In TMF, MJ discusses the Trinity of Wealth which is formed of freedom, health, and relationships, which together create happiness for us. And while TMF is great at addressing the Freedom bit through Fastlane entrepreneurship, I was wondering what other impactful writers, books, podcasts, blogs, or resources you know of which address the other two - health, and relationships? I find that the other two are closely related to our entrepreneurial pursuits, and even to our own...

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Started a business with no sales

Let's clarify...we started a business but to date have no sales. This is not what we intended or wanted.

Let's back up and start from the beginning.

I joined this group a few years ago after having read TMF (which I have subsequently read twice more) and enjoy reading the posts and replies in this forum. I appreciate people’s willingness to discuss and offer helpful recommendations. Other than my initial introduction I haven't posted up until now because I did not have a business...

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How do you decide to leave work to focus 100% on your business, and should I?

Hi all.
So as some of you know, I opend an advanced beauty clinic in august of which I own 25% and 10 weeks ago I opend a new business focusing in importing and selling machines to such clinics.
So far, Im just the middle man for some agencies but I am taking most of my profits and investnig in developing my own brand so I can increase profit by up to 600% per unit I sell, a webpage, more ads, marketing material etc.

Things are so far going well and I have so far had a turnover of 74k and...

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Wyoming LLCs - Agents and Feedback?

I'm thinking of taking one of my niche eCom things to the next level, in order to do that I need to register an LLC somewhere or potentially risk all the legal bullshit that might come without doing that.

My question is this; has anyone got experience registering one of these companies? I thought I'd found the perfect agent, under $200 usd, some minimal mail forwarding and all the good stuff, but then after a deep dive, it seems the true reviews of them are pretty bad.

Then I found another...

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The "Half Baked" Ideas Thread

So insiders has "Fastlane Ideas: Executioner Needed" and we have "
100 Unsexy Business Ideas: Name as many as you can!"

I thought it might be interesting to have a freeform / brain dump thread for just ideas in general. Remember no crying foul if someone executes on something you post. I'll start.

1.)Outsourced agriculture / crowdfunding :
So outsourced agriculture is a thing, its...

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10+ Years IT Contracting at €300-900/day (Learnings)

I was an IT contractor for over 10 years, earning €300-600/day (with the occasional €900/day short-term gigs).

I've had a few AdWords jobs and contracts since 2009 (and am currently still in one long running one).

In that time, I've learnt how to:

1. Build relationships with recruitment agents.
2. Build a network of other contractors.
3. Get my "name out there".
4. Craft CVs that get interviews.
5. Craft cover letters that get the CVs read.
6. Get recruitment agents to " . just ...

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I've made £610 in 16 days using Etsy in a brand new sector.

I thought I had better pop on and give you lot a little update about my current wares.

So our lovely Prime Minister announced that none of Event industry folk are going to have any work until around March 2021.

This left us pretty screwed - with emails asking for refunds on a daily basis.

A whole family unit, no income whatsoever (apart from the lovely government grant for self employed of £2k for 6 months..)


I had been messing around with Cake Toppers for a friend who had started...

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Fox Web School "Legend" Group Coaching Program 2020

This year has been quite crazy so far, and a lot of people have reached out to ask me if web design is still a good option. While this is a marketplace post about my coaching program, it will also be a good general guide of the web design opportunities that exist right now.

Is web design still a profitable business in 2020?

You may be thinking, “Sure, web design was great when...

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I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

Now that there's several hundred out there in the wild, guess it is time to start a thread for those of you who have read (or listened to!) UNSCRIPTED!



Hope everyone enjoyed it and found it to be a good "big picture" supplement for The Millionaire Fastlane!

To download the first (5) chapters: HERE
To learn more (website) visit...

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How to get Foreign Clients(US, UK, Canada) for App Development Projects?

Hi Fastlaners,

My background
I am 21 y/o software engineer with expertise in app development and little knowledge of web development from India.

It's been 2 years since my self-improvement journey and got stuck in the tutorial or next book hell, think high and mighty but in reality, got nowhere.

I have some long-term strategy to build my Fastlane business and slowly chipping towards it, I will also try IceCreamKid's and MTF's method of solving the problem but that's long...

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Organic Cosmetic products - Advise

hello everyone

I am from the southern part of india which is known for its culture and traditonal food and beauty methods etc.
People here are turning to organic food and other cosmetic related products which are using natural herbs. And i have seen this industry is booming in india

Inorder to share the good will and to give others the idea of organic products , Im looking to start an ecommerce site for Organic cosmetics and other organic related products primarily
in US...

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