The Unfair Advantage - Book Summary, Key Takeaways - mindset-changing book

Hey guys,



It's my first post after lurking for a while so I thought I'd give some info on a book I recently read and found pretty eye-opening (but maybe not to experienced Fastlaners)
It's called The Unfair Advantage by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba.
Anyone who thinks 'hard work' is all it takes to make it or thinks luck is inconsequential (OR worse, thinks they're unlucky) should read this book.
Real eye-opener on what it takes to be successful...

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A chat with a consultant about scaling by leveraging our high grounds

I just had a chat with @jb5150 about his no-fee counselling service.
Here's his semi-progress thread.

Robert is an auto accident counsellor in Canada.

He's been running his business for 6 years and gets a trickle of leads but it's not consistent and he'd like more.

We chat about what he could do, and what's worked for me to date...

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Thoughts on Specialized Skill to learn.

Instead of spending my free time playing video games and endlessly scrolling though twitter, I've learned that my time would be better spent learning a specialized skill. I've had an interest in copywriting for a while now, but I'm looking for input from the community on other specialized skills.

Thoughts?

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At what point did you decide to commit to a single idea?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the unscripted life and trying to overcome my introversion by plugging into this forum and wanted to know what made you decide to execute a single idea. I've been brainstorming for a few weeks and listening for opportunities to create value for others and I'm throwing them on my whiteboard and I am finding myself hopping from one to trying to find out which one I can pursue through the CENTS framework.

What made you decide one single idea while ignoring all the...

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Journey to top 20% as a solopreneur

Jumping from a Slowlane to Fastlane mentality has been hard for me. Why? Because I haven't had an FTE and probably never will.

I live a very comfortable life. I live rent free with my parents and I spend about $200/MTh contributing to utilities, food, and supplies. Not bad considering I live 90 minutes from the beach in California. Even with my low income of $2000 a month, I still manage to save $900. I'm not hurting.

I've thought about manufacturing an FTE by doing vanlife or living in a...

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Hello everyone!

Hello everyone,

I’m Doriana and I’m 24 years old.
I graduated from a bachelor's degree in business management in October 2019. Not having a clear idea on what to do and needing to improve my English, I moved to Chicago as an AuPair for a gap year. I live with an American family and take care of their children.

The father and mother of the kids work in management jobs and live a wealthy life, or at least what I thought it was a wealthy life. At first I was fascinated and thought I wanted...

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What Are the Dumbest Financial Decisions You Have Ever Made?

I will start.

1. I sank 80% of my net worth into stocks in May 2019, and sold when they bottomed in March 2020, 2 or 3 days before the Fed rolled out QE. Then I bought options with the remaining money I had left, and lost everything.
Lesson: read about the financial products you are buying, about the psychology of investing, and learn how the economy works, the relationship between central banks, governments, stock markets, and the value of currencies. Don't get financial advice from...

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Left my home country - 5 years later - $13-14.000 Revenue per month

Hello FTL forum,

I've had an account for a while here but after reading the millionaire fastlane and the rat race escape i decided to become active here, about me, I left my home country (German speaking European country) approximately 5 years ago after launching a drop-shipping store.

Moved to North Africa for 1 year and kept working on my drop-shipping store (selling hippie jewelry and clothing, traffic was driven via Instagram influencer shoutouts), did 80-$300 revenue per day at...

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Vegan / Vegetarians Only (Chat about lifestyle, opportunities, food, whatever...)

If you want to discuss VEGAN opportunities created by the movement toward veganism, please visit this thread.

The Opportunity of Veganism / Vegan Opps

This thread is to discuss the lifestyle itself for those interested.

This is NOT a thread to discuss your world-view on meat or veganism.

Please note: I steered clear of the word "diet" because most...

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The progress of Visionz

Hi guys,

this is the progress thread of Visionz.

Visionz is a webdesign agency my business partner (@Ole1) and I launched in November of 2019.

The current state of the business is, that we are both working full time at it and are earning enough money to cover our living expenses. Last month (December 2020) was our first month to make more than 10k in sales (A big success for us).

But it should not stay like this. These are the goals for 2021:
-...

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Influence: The Pyschology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

INFLUENCE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION BY ROBERT CIALDINI



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PLEASE USE THIS REVIEW FORMAT!

My Rating: 4 stars out of 5 stars

(The STAR/X emojis are under the emoji icon, under "commenting icons.")

Format: Audible

My thoughts/review:
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy...

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My road to freedom

Hi all,

Last month I introduced myself here in the community (INTRO - Had my cheese, saved my cheese, time to become the scientist)
It was time to make some changes and I was (and am) fully committed to make this happen. I decided to put my journey and thoughts in writing, and I hope that you can help me on my road to freedom.

First of all, I always considered...

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Présentation

Salut Fastlaner.
Je suis ravie de faire partie de ce très grand regroupement de personnes aussi brillante les uns que les autres. J'écris c'est ligne depuis le BURKINA FASO comme quoi le goût de la réussite n'a pas de frontières

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Humble Hustle & adding value via Web Business - Progress thread

Hi Seniors & Mentors,

A simple hustle to learn, grow and achieve freedom.

To keep it short and not take much time of the reader, here is small intro and what i am doing currently:

In morning, I look for local clients to contact. I am targeting specific niches. Crafting a personal email for each of them (5-6/day) and sending.
Then i go to Job. At job, i try to find time and learn something new.

and then DO nothing.
I am action faking right now. I think stuck somewhere in DOD. :happy...

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Has anyone just used Facebook ads to launch their business that turned them a profit?

What was your experience?

How much runway ($$$) did you give yourself?

Did you hire an agency, take a course, get help with copy?

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Is it actually true as MJ claims that starting a business doesn't require much capital?

I don't get how MJ can say that you don't need much money to start a business when there are literally businesses that absolutely require capital to even get started. (Whether from your own money or investors). Starting an internet company is not the same thing as a manufacturing company. Where the former can be bootstrapped easily while the latter not so much.
While I understand that MJ can often oversimplify things to not have one overwhelmed by the details of everything to make the...

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Fastlane opportunities in board game industry

Hello to all,

In your experience, personal opinion, are there any fastlane possibilities in the board game industry? Is it a sector that can still be considered lucrative or already exhausted?

I do copywriting as a side hustle and have a huge passion for role playing and board games. I would like to write a script and create a game that combine the two worlds and I already have an idea in mind.

I believe I respect the commandment of control, as entry is not easy: you have to find a...

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Side effects from "recent jabs"

**** This isn't my post but it is from someone from the forums who asked for help.
They didn't want to post themselves for privacy reasons since their username is linked to their real name - so I am posting this on their behalf ***


About 5 months ago I got the shot (the one with the new technology) and for the past 4 and a half months, I’ve been dealing with some really challenging health issues, and I could use the help of the forum here, as I’ve gotten nowhere going to what...

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Signed a lease on a shop (Service Shop in the Auto Industry)

I been putting off this thread for a while already. All though I do keep a diary on this business journey, ideas, issues and solutions that comes along mostly everything gets documented in it. It would be nice to also have an execution thread here in TFLF.

If you go back to a few of my threads I have started in the past, none of them got completely followed through till the end. All of them were ideas that I started and gave up along the way. Ever since my last thread here, I have gone...

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What are people NOT talking about anymore?

Each year, a new get rich quick scheme pops up and everyone starts talking about it like it's the only way to make any real money.

The easy money dries up, the market matures, the conversation dies, and then money-chasers jump onto the next get rich quick scheme.

So, as an exercise to help identify "gold rushes" of the past, in order to help identify similar phenomena of the future, I wanted to make this thread where we can point out what people are NOT talking about anymore. It doesn't...

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Question: Millionaire Fastlane vs. The Great Rat Race Escape

I'm currently reading the Unscripted: Escaping the Rat Race book. Sorry, but it seems to be a rehash of the previous Unscripted book. But I don't mind. I like to have audiobooks playing in the background.

In this book, there's a scene where "Jeff" orders a bunch of custom tee-shirts.

And his wife "Sam" berates him for doing that. Didn't you read the previous Demarco books I gave you? (transcribed) she says.

Here's the crazy thing. After I read Millionaire Fastlane, I ordered 100 custom...

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Area with the Most Demand?

I've dabbled in several programming languages (HTML, CSS, Java, C++) over the years, and I had two questions.

The first, and I think I will probably get a lot of different answers, but which language gives you the most bang for your buck? Is there one that is absolutely worth taking a Udemy course and absorbing as much as you can? I was reading an old Graycode Gold thread that mentioned HTML, CSS and RoR. But what are you building with that? Don't you need Java these days for web...

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question re: Millionaire Fastlane vs. Unscripted Rat Race

I'm currently reading the Unscripted: Escaping the Rat Race book. Sorry, but it seems to be a rehash of the previous Unscripted book. But I don't mind. I like to have audiobooks playing in the background.

In this book, there's a scene where "Jeff" orders a bunch of custom tee-shirts.

And his wife "Sam" berates him for doing that. Didn't you read the previous Demarco books I gave you? (transcribed) she says.

Here's the crazy thing. After I read Millionaire Fastlane, I ordered 100 custom...

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Are you an ENTP and wonder why you can't get things done when working for yourself?

Hello friends, are you an ENTP? Are you struggling with finishing things? Are you wondering why you can't seem to follow the monk-like discipline you crave so much?

This post is for you. (ps: This post may also apply to INTP, INFP, and ENFP, but it's not guaranteed. It has been primarily written for my fellow ENTP in mind.)

If you are a bit like me, and you probably are, you...

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Left my home country - 5 years later

Hello FTL forum,

I've had an account for a while here but after reading the millionaire fastlane and the rat race escape i decided to become active here, about me, I left my home country (German speaking European country) approximately 5 years ago after launching a drop-shipping store.

Moved to North Africa for 1 year and kept working on my drop-shipping store (selling hippie jewelry and clothing, traffic was driven via Instagram influencer shoutouts), did 80-$300 revenue per day at...

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Read Rat Race!

Hey everyone! Just read The Great Rat Race Escape!

Brilliant book and I’m pumped to start putting these strategies into action.

I was wondering though, should I still read Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted since I read the latest book?

it seems like his latest book already covers everything in the previous two books, am I wrong?

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B2B Marketing Service w/Money Back Guarantee?

Does anyone know of a B2B Marketing Service that provides a guarantee?

(Eg. An agency that provides a Money back guarantee if X leads/calls aren't generated)

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Having to work on your 79th birthday

Today my family celebrated my grandfathers 79th birthday.

My grandfather is a dairy farmer. His name is John too. Ever since he was 20 he owned his own farm, ran it himself, had employees and hasn’t taken a day off. Every day he gets up at 4 in the morning and takes care of the hundreds of cows they have.

He is the hardest son of a bitch I’ve ever met. His skin is leather. He has more energy for work than I do. Thoroughbred farmer…

But he...

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Physician Intro

Hello,

Thank you guys for this forum. I just got done reading Fast Lane. It was an enlightening book and I found myself saying "yes!" many times during it. I want to start this post by saying I am not complaining in any way about my life. I have been very fortunate and make a great salary. This life however is not what I intended it to be.

I am an emergency physician 2 years out of my training and I am thoroughly a member of the slow lane. My wife is finishing her training and we are...

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#2128 Pulling yourself out of depressive times

Joining me is someone I’ve known for years and watched as he struggled with challenges with his business. But I also saw how committed he was. He’s here to talk about what that was like and how he pulled himself out of the hardest moments. Matt Ackerson is the founder of AutoGrow.co, which teaches entrepreneurs how to grow their businesses smarter and faster with an online sales funnel and digital marketing.

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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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Thoughts on the board game niche?

Hello Guys,

I am new here! I hope you could help me!

I am wondering or board game is the fast lane? I create board games because I like them but it's only homemade for me and my friends... Like - it's not solving any problem, just good for entertainment.
Should I focus here or do I need to think about something else? Any ideas??

Thanks a lot!

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Chinese Amazon Sellers Learning CENTS the Hard Way

50,000 CHINESE SELLERS' ACCOUNTS CLOSED.
In May, Amazon at last acted to deal with the fake and paid for reviews that have been the normal behavior for huge numbers of Chinese sellers. The reasons given in a public announcement by Amazon include "improper use of review functions", "soliciting fake reviews," and "manipulating reviews by giving gift cards."

Some of those who have been expelled had multi million $ businesses on Amazon. Some had turnovers of...

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Conquered Freelancing, Let's See How I Do Scaling an Agency

Hey FLF friends!

It's been a minute since I've last posted, and I think it's time to get back to it. My last trial, going from zero to hero freelancer status went swimmingly (which you can find here . Now it's time to take what I learned from my journey as a freelancer and apply it to an agency I can scale.

So far...

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Going fastlane in Legal (Lawsuits & more)?

Hi,

I'm wondering if some fastlaners are successful in Legal?

The reason I'm asking, somehow I get involved into legal action all the time. I'm not really looking for trouble but somehow it just happens. For example I got sued by an international top model once. Then this year I've successfully sued my employer (did it by myself without lawyer) and I noticed that they don't have any clue what they are doing and just hopping most people are lazy or stupid enough to take their BS...

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Working on your 79th birthday

Today my family celebrated my grandfathers 79th birthday.

My grandfather is a dairy farmer. His name is John too. Ever since he was 20 he owned his own farm, ran it himself, had employees and hasn’t taken a day off. Every day he gets up at 4 in the morning and takes care of the hundreds of cows they have.

He is the hardest son of a bitch I’ve ever met. His skin is leather. He has more energy for work than I do. Thoroughbred farmer…

But he...

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My introduction!

Well hello to whoever reads this!! I’m very excited to be here. My name is Cristina Vasquez and I am an 18 year old currently living in California. I am not even half way through Millionaire Fastlane and I am truly inspired and ready to make big changes to my life, I feel like my whole life has been a lie! I am going to apply anything I learn into my life from now on and could use lots of advice! I am an open book , ask away.

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Buying a home or renting apartment

I am looking into owning my own place. I am sick of sharing space with others. Is it best if I save up to pay off a house completely or rent an apartment? I have heard two sides as renting an apartment, when something goes wrong in the place the apartment building will take car of it but you still are offering a bit of control whereas if you completely pay off the house it is yours and yours alone but so are all the problesm that go along with it.

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Watering a New Brand - mdot's Hardware Startup and E-Commerce Progress Thread

Hi Fastlane Forum, since the beginning of the year I've been tying up loose ends on my existing projects (mostly hobby projects, no businesses) so that I can focus on my first business venture. I'll talk about the venture itself shortly, but first I'd really like to thank everyone on the forum - I've learned so much in the past year, especially reading the gold and notable threads, progress threads as well as following up on book recommendations that have further expanded my knowledge and...

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Phone based 100% commission B2B sales

Hey everyone, I wanted to get some thoughts on this as someone who has some basic sales knowledge and only little sales experience at the moment.

Do you guys think it's viable to jump straight in to this as a side hustle or would it be better to instead look at getting a proper sales job first and then branching out to this after I've learnt the ropes?

The biggest con I see to this is that it could take some time before I make any money as I work to build up skill and list of contacts. On...

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Creating a Simple Dashboard Using Google Sheets

A few people asked about simple dashboards in Google Sheets. This could equally be done in Excel, but I prefer to use Sheets as it's saved in the cloud and can be shared.

This might not be what you're expecting. I want to see numbers, not fancy graphs (and especially not pie charts!).

This video shows how the data was formatted to be uploaded into this sheet:

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Ocean Man's Journey To Earning A Bachelor's Degree

Similar to @Lex DeVille's thread on a journey to earning a PhD, EXECUTION - Lex DeVille's - Journey To Doctor

I too, for the longest time haven been contemplating going back to school. Actually, spending some time out of school for a few years to think about whether or not I actually wanted to attend college was in fact helpful. Personally, after reflecting I know that...

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Starting a robotics company

Hey Guys,

This is my first post here, and I am really excited that there are so many like-minded people in this group.

Just a quick background of myself: I am 22 years old and have been into self-development for around four years now. This year I will be finishing my Masters degree in mechanical engineering (free education in Europe, which means I have no college debt ).

Currently I am developing a robot (more exactly a series of robots) for the sports sector, that shall change the way...

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Unlimited IT Support

Would you pay a monthly fee to have unlimited home IT support? I find myself constantly helping in-laws and my parents with little issues they have with their computers and/or phones.

Instead of having a bill every single time you are called, I was thinking more of the approach of a membership. Could scale up if the client load is too much.

Perhaps a premium tier that has home visits as well?

Not sure, just throwing it around a bit.

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Find Customers First Strategy (Before working on the problem/solution/product/services)

Find Potential Customers first before you even decide what exact need to work on.

Sounds a little strange and absurd? Not really. I will explain.

Traditional Path : Identify Need, Design Solution, Make a prototype, Market (costly paid advertising), Receive feedback and modify product/alter marketing message/pivot to a another more hot need in the same niche...

Find Customers First Strategy:
1)Create Content to have followers or build communities (whatsapp, forum, facebook group) first...

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Old friend hit me up with stunning news $$$$$

I wasn't sure where to put this so decided to place into the relationship forum because it all revolves around friendship.

Ten years around this time I first got into Bitcoin when it was really low, below $5. I wish I could say I had some foresight, but in the end it was to fund my poker account. I ran through a lot of BTC for about a year, gambling, trading and even giving away. I forgot about it as I was living abroad making great cash and having the time of my life after giving a second...

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To reach the most people, mobile application or website?

Hi everyone, I am 16 years old and I come from France.
After reading The Millionaire Fastlane by Mj I was very inspired like most of you and i'm really determined to change my life.
My long term goal is to create a startup on the internet that answers a problem to help the maximum of people.
I have some basic programming skills (html, css, python, javascripts) and this is something I enjoy.
So I have plans to learn more in depth.
I was wondering between a mobile application and a...

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Should I become a partner?

I've been asked if I want to buy a third of the business I currently work for. I joined shortly after the company was started and there are just 3 of us at the moment working on it full time. If I buy in, it would be an even third equity owned per partner. I'd take the same pay as I currently do which again is the same for the 3 of us.

I'm not sure how to go about valuing the business in order to put a number forward to the 2 who are currently running it.

I do have access to the financial...

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A Story to Inspire (From drug addict to entrepreneur)

Hey Fastlaners,
I wanted to briefly share my story thus far to hopefully inspire those who are younger or struggling.

3 years ago, I was a struggling drug addict. I was addicted to cocaine, pills, codeine, and dabbled in many things I probably should have never dabbled in. Then, I got arrested with possession charges. The best and worst day of my life. The worst, for obvious reasons, but the best, because it changed my life forever. I was a college student living in Atlanta at the time...

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Introduction

I am coming from South West of France. I have been traveling to United States, Africa, Europe, Asia is unknown to me apart from three towns in India which are Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai. I am found of foreign cultures, meeting with people from different backgrounds. My studies were specialized in international business and entrepreneurship. There is no denying that being connected with one another is needed in order to achieve one life's dream. I am looking forward hearing your stories...

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Help Me Understand Web Designers!

Hey everyone,

I know a lot of people on here do web design and I'd like to better understand what typically happens AFTER the web design process.

If you're a freelance web designer, own an agency, or even work for an agency, I'd greatly appreciate hearing your experience thoughts in this quick survey (takes less than 2 minutes): Web Designer Survey

All responses are anonymous.

Thank you for helping out with this and best of luck with your...

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Andy's $15/mth Google Ads Bootcamp

Yep, $15/mth!

That includes Version 3 (!!!) of the course I created to help people get up and running as soon as possible. (I've kept redoing the course because Google keeps changing the interface and now tries to force people to create "Smart Campaigns" when they create a Google Ads account.)

For the minute, it also includes an active Facebook group where you can ask questions in a Weekly Q&A thread and I'll answer them at the end of the week.


Here's a link to the bootcamp:

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[JOURNEY] I made a list of 100 money-making fastlanes (with monthly revenue displayed)

Hi,

Since a lot of people (including me) are looking for business ideas, I figured I would build a leaderboard compiling all the famous money-making fastlane out there.

The revenue metrics are made readily available by the founders (Stripe-verified revenue).

Here it is : MakerLead - Discover new startups making real revenue

Would love some feedback from the community!

Cheers,
Lamine

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You can copy business ideas and still be original in execution

Too many people get hung up waiting for the right idea to start a business I reckon. But especially if you're just starting out in business/Fastlane, having a great idea isn't nearly as important as executing right. Innovating by execution is probably going to give you more success than innovating through an idea.
Here's some ways you can copy existing business ideas and still be original.

Choose a different business model/pricing strategy​

The same product/service can...

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I'm building a tool to make brands viral without paying ads

Hello I’m Charly The Rabbit and this is my journey as an Indie Maker.
Indie Maker: Person building a software idea that can generate revenue.

The Project (Work in progress)
Viral Quotes (viral-quotes.com) will allows small business owners to viralize their brands without paying ads

What exactly is a Viral Quote?

https://imgur.com/d9t3RYQ

This type of content is highly shareable on social networks because it makes people feel intelligent...

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Post a Picture: Your Favorite Places to Spend Free Time

Wanted to post a fun off-topic thread...

What are your favorite places near where you live where you tend to spend a lot of your free time? It can be anything: a beach, a restaurant, a desert, a local landmark, a mountain trail where you ride your bike, old town, your own backyard, etc. Just curious how and where Fastlaners spend their free time.

I'll start with two places:

1. A lake where I swim a few times a week in the summer.

...

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Hang out in Google Meet while I show you real-world programming skills

If you want to see what it's like to work as a senior developer and get some exposure to the skills that can earn you a healthy six-figure income, you are invited to hang out with me on Google Meet while I complete real-world programming jobs. This is something I do regularly with co-workers and sometimes with friends. I've gotten great feedback from people who have improved their programming skills, and from people who have been exposed to programming for the first time.

I don't want to...

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YOU HAVE NO CHOICE

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE
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What am I talking about? We like freedom round these parts. We choose what we want to do & when. No boss breathing down our necks. We always have options. We're not beholden to anyone.


Ah.

There it is though.

The first of the unfinished sentences we pretend is complete.


We're not beholden to anyone... else.


Once busyness & distractions & all the nonsense has stopped - even if it takes being laid up ill in bed to do it - we all eventually...

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Are Embassies and Consulates Good Middlemen For Exporting?

First, a little bit about the situation. I partnered up with a producer of high phenolic olive oil and long story short we found that this kind of product is rare to produce and in many countries around the world (Scandinavians, Eastern Europe and others) it cannot be produced at all, or at least not in good quality. Basically, our biggest trump cards are location and expertise.

We got a certification for the phenolic content because the rules and regulations say that the olive oil has to...

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LLC or S Corp?

Hi all. I currently am a real estate agent with a photography side business and a web design business. My plan was to merge all 3 under one umbrella. Obviously I'm looking for tax benefits, liability protection etc, but was wondering what's the best to get into?

In books I've read, namely Rich Dad, it says to pay yourself first then your taxes (if I remember correctly it allows you to pay a lesser tax rate?) Not sure if true or if I got it mixed up.

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I bet you won't get behind this, except MJ DeMarco

Hi guys,

quick question: Does anybody know what I´m referring to in this picture?
Comment your ideas, I bet you won´t get behind it (except @MJ DeMarco hahaha)

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Is a market crash coming? Or massive hyper-inflation?

Hi All,

Recently I have been doing a lot of reading around historic market crashes, current state of affairs across a myriad of industries and economics in general.

I am interested in discussing with my fellow Fastlaners their views on the state of the economy both nationally and globally and their future predictions of what they see unfolding. I am writing from the perspective of someone based from the UK.

My research to date has highlighted the following:

1. It is clear...

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I bet you won´t get behind this- except MJ Demarco

Hi guys,

quick question: Does anybody know what I´m referring to in this picture?
Comment you ideas, I bet you won´t get behind it (except @MJ DeMarco hahaha)

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It can be lonely.

Today there was a little family get together, everyone talking about there jobs, and how they were going, and also asked me about the job I work at now. I explained why I have this job and my purpose, for gaining capital for my business start up. I've always been iffy about talking about my personals goals and thoughts on life like working the 9-5, but I have been reading much more and listening to pod cast, and I understand you have to be confident, in your goals and desires. So questions...

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Progress Log: Investing for Passive Income

Hi, my name is Colton and I’m a dividend growth investor.

It’s been a long time since I posted on this forum and I’m starting this thread to create an additional layer of accountability for myself.

It would also be nice to provide some value to others on the forum, as well as engage in conversation with other people who are interested in passive income. I don’t discuss my investments with friends or family, so this is my chance to share this journey and show what I’m doing.

(I don’t know...

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My 28 year old cousin asked for a life decision

My cousin recently asked me for help. A life decision or what should I do question.

He is 28 years old. Lives with his parents still. He is in debt. Works part time for a big box retailer. He is massively obese. His expenses are $500 a month.

His boss gave him the opportunity to go full time. Right now he does side jobs. Mowing and pressure washing.

This is his debt:

1. $4,500 Credit Card
2. $2,250 Car Loan
3. $2,500 Dentist

By him going full time. He would be working a...

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Ask Me Anything - Facebook Ads [2M+ Ad spend]

Hey guys,

I am here to answer any questions you might have about Facebook ads.
I have around $2M+ Ad spend experience on Facebook (85% agency, 15% personal). Total paid ads experience of $7.2 M+ if you include Google Ads.

I am here only to talk about Facebook ads, as my experience with Google Ads is extremely one dimensional and I cannot give you any advice on that despite it being the majority of my ad spend.

I have run all types of ads on Facebook from app installs to dynamic...

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Guys I need help to make $2K/mo

I hate my job, and I really want to be able to quit my job and work for myself within a year or 2, but I can't seem to find a way. Any side hustles that are working for people? I just need a place to start at least. Is coding still a viable option? I honestly don't care what it is, just something where I can make $2000 a month within one year ish. Any help is greatly appreciated

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How to profit from Brexit?

With great change can come great opportunity to find niches, room for growth and profitability.

What would you say are the biggest opportunities with brexit?

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Start up Money for beginners like me

Hi there, How do beginners like me get startup money for the various entrepreneur ideas we've got. Please I candidly need your help. Let's do this together. Help a brother

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I made bank writing. My account was shadowbanned after rising popularity.

Just another reminder not to rely on other platforms folks.
For the past year I've been making side money writing.
I have no intention on making full-time income from writing and did it just bring attention to issues
I did not rely on this income nor do I intend to in the future. Writing is not my Fastlane goal in the slightest.

132k Views on one article. 22k on the next one and a rehash of my article posted on Eurogamer the next day.
I wrote about privacy and security, data...

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What to do with a lot of land on the island in Croatia?

Hi everyone,
I hope you are doing good.
I want to start a discussion
First of all, I'm from Croatia, and I'm 29 years old. I'm an entrepreneur, and when my dad died in 2018, I went from being dad's son to a man that needs to handle a couple of businesses.

My family owns a big piece of land on an island named Žut, which is near National Park Kornati and close to the place where I'm from, Murter. ( see the attachment)
On that island, many families own land and what they do is this: either...

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Bowflex Adjustable Dumbbells being knocked off?

Hey guys. I wondered if someone would be so kind as to take a look at a patent that has been enforced for a product i was selling. I knew bowflex had designed the initial concept but stupidly didn't think they would have an active patent in place. So of course naturally I am no longer able to sell the cheaper imports from China. Even although they are dam good quality!

Bizzarley I have just been reading up on design protection and patent law for my own product due to be released soon. So I...

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Generational wealth is the rule? How to break the barrier.

From what I have seen generational wealth is about an 80% predictor of future economic standing. Children of executives became upper class. Children of managers, engineers, etc. become middle and upper middle class. Children of blue collar workers become lower to middle class. I believe that it is not the cost of education which is the barrier but the "know-how". This is profound in that most anyone, regardless of economic background, can acquire this know-how and break the generational...

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Have you had your "FTE"? (Or Was it an FTM?!)

So this is an open call for everyone to share their "FTE" story, otherwise known as their "f*ck This Event."

A "f*ck this event" is an incident in your life that pushes you over the ledge of a SCRIPTED existence. It is a pejorative "I've had it!" or a "I can't live like this!" moment that screams it's time for you to change.

Interest moves to commitment. Thinking moves to action. Desire moves to obsession.

I described mine in both books -- getting stranded in a limousine on the side of...

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I Built A Worldwide Business From Broke.

Good morning from rural Australia,

In a nutshell, my partner and I design and make textile products that are simple solutions for difficult problems. We have 400,000 customers in 30 countries around the world who think our products are the best thing since sliced bread. The icing on the cake is that all our products are made with love and care in rural Australia by men and women who have a disability. We are renown for our simple solutions that work. When others don't.

That's the event...

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60 Days of 60 Minutes of Meditation - Let's Not Do Anything Together

Do you feel overwhelmed by the incessant mind chatter? Do you struggle to focus? Do desires rule your life? Are you dealing with recurring mental issues like anxiety, feelings of guilt, shame, fear, inadequacy, stress, etc.? Do you find it impossible to just stop and relax?

As entrepreneurs, we're all about taking action. We may mask our inner issues with endless hustle. We may tell ourselves that we can't afford to take a break because our competitors will get ahead. We may use solutions...

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What are your maxes on the big compound lifts?

Here are my maxes:

430 lb squat
500 lb deadlift
265 lb bench press
165 lb overhead press

I was detrained for a month before hitting these numbers due to lockdown since mid-October.

What are your stats?

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New Country in case America can not be redeemed

So, I was a little debated on whether I should post this, because me and my friend started this just last week,


Basically, sometime at the begining-ish of the month, I was like "man....america is getting s**tier and s**tier everyday, where can people go when everything is this shi**y(or is gonna be in a few year)", so BAM

The Idea of a new country was born, then I contacted my mate on discord and luckily, he didnt like the way the world was goning either, so for the past week-ish, we have...

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LF feedback on my new business :)

Hello everybody, I recently graduated (amidst the pandemic) and decide to embark on an entrepreneurship journey. While in Mexico I worked in a digital marketing agency and I decided to applied what I learned to a rela estate website (think Zillow or apartments.com). After returning to my home country (Honduras) I decided to try my luck at being an entrepreneur.

Basically, we pool together properties from many different agencies and showcase them. When we close a deal we charge a commission...

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#2127 Turning an unlikely product into a service

Today I’m talking to two cofounder about this unbelievable service they have created. It’s a fascinating model solving a very specific pain point for a very specific group of people. I’ll ask them about it all in this interview. Erik Rico and Oscar Llarena are the founder of BatCLubUSA, a subscription service for baseball and softball players.

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Building a Beauty Empire. From 0 to 180k profit in 8 month and beyond

Hi all.
So this year has been a ride and Im thinking about writing a progress blogg to get input but also to organise my days. Maybe I will get some good advice and maybe others can get some ideas.
This all started in june last year with my first business which was a beauty clinic where we rented a room in an existing clinic with just my partner who did treatments, turnover was about 5k a month and 1k profit. In december, I got the idea that I could sell machines to beauty clinics to...

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Real Estate Property Evaluation

Hey Everyone,

I'm trying to conduct some research to better understand how you use technology to evaluate a potential investment property. If you have 5 - 10 minutes and wouldn't mind filling it out I would greatly appreciate!

Evaluating Properties Questionnaire

Thanks!

P.S. I'm hoping this helps guide me in a product I would like to develop and anyone who fills out the questionnaire will have free access to the beta when it's ready.

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New to the forum

Hi there!
My name is Michelangelo and I'm a 24 years old Italian guy who read TMF and UNSCRIPTED.
I wanted to thank you @MJ DeMarco from the bottom of my heart for inserting in my soul all the directives to reach my goal and for changing my mindset.
I feel I have all the guidelines to achieve my goal and would like to share my mission with all of you in this forum.
My idea is to create a monthly subscription service that will automatically send every month the number of...

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Buy Home With Cash VS Getting A Mortgage (for well off, self-made 34 year old)

Hi FastLaners,

I have a “good” problem to work through but am really wavering on this one. I would love some advice from folks who have been in my shoes or have experienced this or thought through the scenario:

I just had my cash offer accepted on a home. The closing is in about 1.5 months and I am now debating if I should close with “all cash” or try to get a 15- or 30-year fixed rate mortgage in the next 1.5 months while I wait because of how low rates are and the opportunity costs...

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New Country in case America can not be redemmed

So, I was a little debated on whether I should post this, because me and my friend started this just last week,


Basically, sometime at the begining-ish of the month, I was like "man....america is getting s**tier and s**tier everyday, where can people go when everything is this shi**y(or is gonna be in a few year)", so BAM

The Idea of a new country was born, then I contacted my mate on discord and luckily, he didnt like the way the world was goning either, so for the past week-ish, we have...

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What are the compounding funds MJ and the rich use to live off of the interest?

Where do the rich park their 10 million to live off the interest? I know MJ mentioned trying to get 5% interest/mo. in his book but he never mentioned the funds he uses or an example of what exact funds the rich use?

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New member here

Hey guys
I’m Adam, I’m a 29 year old who always undercut my own potential and got fed up. I’m seeking to thrive instead of merely feel better, and while I don’t know what I want to do in the entrepreneurial field, I do know that making an impact is imperative

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A domain I registered in 2006 just sold for US$89,500!

In these uncertain times I just wanted to share my excitement with you all.

I have to say the catalyst for this outcome is partially due to me following a thread a while back here:

NOTABLE! - Need Help - Someone offered to buy my business domain (6-figs!)

Someone through Godaddy's domain broker service offered to buy my business's domain and I am indecisive on if I should consider it. Their initial offer was only for $1000, and I told them they would need to pay a lot more than that as I use this domain for my business. They said the buyer is...

https://ift.tt/1Co5fxf

It's a good read if you haven't yet.

Shortly after that, someone sought me out and offered $250 for a domain I had recently registered. I didn't have any immediate...

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Anti-microbial body wash - good idea?

I know there is one anti-bacterial (anti-microbial) body wash on the market today but I think there's a room for another one. Anyone else agree?

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Manufacturer's representative - Anyone have good experience? Million per month?

Does anyone have any good experience being a manufacturer's representative. Like you just put on accounts and the commissions roll in? Commissions like a million per month possible?

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My Journey to Freedom, Entrepreneurship and Impact (eCommerce)

Hi! I'm Liel, 20 years old from Israel.

Before I start, I wanted to say that I feel like this community is amazing and I'm grateful to be a part of it. Although not being an active user for long, I already got tons of value here. This is my attempt to give back a little, hopefully inspire someone and share my journey to freedom here

I am probably going to rant a lot here and although most of you won't be interested in most of what I write, I'd like to come back to this in a few years...

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Question

hello book for the mistakes i use google translate. I said I bought your Millionaire Highway book. I read them and it is great but there is one thing that I do not understand. Who exactly is the millionaire's highway for? because I remember talking to you about rental system, content system etc ... but for example to have real estate you need money, to create a website an application or even to run your own business you need money and I think it takes large sums how to do without necessarily...

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The AI Entrepreneurship thread. Code AI? Interested in AI? Data Science? Machine Learning?

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are likely going to be the biggest boons of the 21st century.

Possibly one of the biggest technological boon the world has ever seen.

The Entrepreneurship opportunities are going to be endless.

I wanted to make a space for those pursuing AI or interested in AI to share resources and any type of AI related

So are you pursuing AI? What's your story? What interests you about AI? Have any resources to share?

Or feel free to just talk about...

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Lessons I learnt as a failed writer

Hi,
My name is Daniel and I from Nigeria, basically I am writing this on my phone and you might find some errors, so bear with me

Have you ever had that feeling you are doing something right and this will work no matter how, but it turns out it didn't.

A feels like anything you tried won't just work out. That how my story started at the age of 13.

I was drawn in the world of internet at the Early age of 4, but I never thought people really earn from the world wide web( by the way I...

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Why don't manufacturers sell directly to consumers?

Why don't manufacturers sell directly to consumers at retail prices?

If you are a manufacturer that makes lightbulbs for example, wouldn't it be much better to sell to consumers directly instead of selling to Philips?

If you make clothes, why selling to Primark instead of selling to people?

Why does Foxconn manufacture phones for everyone, but don't sell to consumers?

Manufacturers fascinate me. You always read about brands, marketing and sales, but you rarely hear about the company...

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Introduction

Hello everyone I'm Daniel from Nigeria.My goal of joining this forum is mostly to learn from other entrepreneurs whilst using their experiences to chart a course for my life

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Angry? Irritable? Anxious? Depressed? You're Probably Magnesium Deficient

Over 80% of Americans are Mag deficient: 80% of Americans Are Deficient in This Mineral That Controls Sugar Cravings | Eat This Not That

Deficiency is especially true for heavy coffee drinkers, as it affects Mag absorption (or so it seems):

Does drinking coffee interfere with magnesium absorption?

I heard often that coffee deplete magnesium in your body, both in ads for magnesium supplements, on so called "wellness" websites but also on some scientific papers. Some sources claim that it's b...

skeptics.stackexchange.com

Magnesium Deficiency can cause many mental...

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Testing my idea of becoming a seller

Hello Fastlaners,
I'm currently working in a big consulting company (one of the big 4s) and i'm about to start my trail as a seller for a business.
My idea is to learn selling while finding the determination to start a business.
When my income will be on par with the consultancy job, i will drop out and be focused only on selling.
What do you think, is it a sound plan?

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Real Estate Agent or A Multi Cafe business

Hello all,

I have read both TMF and Unscripted of MJ. The content is really great.

I need some advice from fellow entrepreneurs about which business is better when it comes to CENTS framework.

I am really passionate about real estate and always learning about it from great real estate people like Grant Cardone, Graham Stephen etc. from YouTube. Now real estate investing is a strategy for building passive income but actual wealth can be created by selling real estate. So I am wondering...

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Anyone around Frankfurt?

I am living not too far from Frankfurt, Germany.
I'd be keen to meet and network with members of the community living in Germany as well.
Let me know if anyone is interested!

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Just wondering: Affiliate marketing and copywriting to get started?

Hey I have been tossing ideas around my head.

I have tried (and currently trying) affiliate marketing to make money to fund other ventures.

I am struggling with it and was wondering what all you good people think of this.

I am a novice wood carver and have been thinking this might be a better way to fund future ventures.

To give an idea I can carve about 1 6 inch figure in a couple hours and then another 30 minutes or so for paint and detail.

From what I have seen a 6" figure sells for...

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I start my idea today (eCommerce + POD)

Hey !

So, I was wandering online, searching for a business idea for weeks, when I found a cool ad this morning. Basically, it's some kind of POD (Print on Demand), with additional value.
The ad was in english, the website too, and in USD. Since I'm French, I quickly checked if there was any existing business like this one in France, and found none.
For obvious reason, I'm not disclosing anything about it yet, but once it will be implemented (if it works), I guess talking about it won't be a...

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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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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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Passive Real Estate Syndications

Hello, I'm a new subscriber, first time poster and just found MJ through a podcast, ordered his books and am hooked (still can't believe how I've NOT come across The Millionaire Fastlane until now but better NOW than NEVER).

I'm looking for others to connect with that have invested in passive real estate syndications (we're currently in 8 deals).

As a doctor, this investment strategy has completely changed our lives and given us options (we're mid-40s) instead of investing for 40 years in...

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NI and Ireland Meetup

Hi guys,

How many of you guys would be interested in a meet up somewhere near the NI and SI border?

I could organize a time, place and other necessary things; I just need to see how many of you would be interested!

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Recommendations for a business bank account/credit card for e-commerce

Getting the infrastructure built out for an e-commerce website. It will be all digital transactions. Any recommendations? So many options out there now especially with all the fintech companies popping up. Any help would be much appreciated!

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How the 'type' of business influences its success

All other factors aside, how effective can the 'type' of startup business be? (some start ups seem to have the propensity to be more successful than others).
Locally I see a handful of tech businesses offering various everyday services that makes the customers' life easier. Essentially they all offer a bring me home service to your home.
However, as an example, I see the mobile app based grocery delivery services do much much better than the mobile app based car wash service.

I would love...

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What are your experience & advice in getting your first customers?

I would love your experience, advice & lessons learned in how to get your first customers?

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