Started my Fastlane Journey!!!

I have read Fastlane & am now halfway through Unscripted.
I have been a slow lane entrepreneur for many years now, having started multiple do what you love businesses. Before the corona fun I played music 2-3 nights a week making $150 a night as a do what you love venture. I became very picky about not wanting to play in certain bars, not liking playing with certain others, & it really started taking a toll on my love for music. I also train dogs out of my home so that I can be home for...

Started my Fastlane Journey!!!

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Thanks to MJ Demarco

@MJ DeMarco Thank you for your books & this forum

Because of you I am on the trajectory to ultimately changing my life for the better, on the day that I found The Millionaire Fastlane your personal writing style (coffee with a millionaire) really hit me hard, I was living broke and hungry constantly seeing fancy cars drive by like Mercedes and Porsches & Lamborghini's and whatever else thinking ''how''

Might be getting my first windfall shortly............ something that...

Thanks to MJ Demarco

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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...

Mon_fi's progress thread

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[PROGRESS] Bekit's Progress Thread

Three days ago, I introduced myself on this forum for the first time. I received a really amazing welcome and that created a rush of momentum. This led to two days of continuous "mind-blown" moments as I read various posts on the forum (and I'm conscious that I've only read a fraction of what's there). And I figured it would be helpful to others and motivational to myself to post...

[PROGRESS] Bekit's Progress Thread

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[PROGRESS] Bekit's Progress Thread

Three days ago, I introduced myself on this forum for the first time. I received a really amazing welcome and that created a rush of momentum. This led to two days of continuous "mind-blown" moments as I read various posts on the forum (and I'm conscious that I've only read a fraction of what's there). And I figured it would be helpful to others and motivational to myself to post...

[PROGRESS] Bekit's Progress Thread

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#1991 Leveraging Upwork to launch your startup

Joining me is someone who essentially launched his business on Upwork and made over $1M dollars on the platform. I had to fact-check that with other sources because I couldn’t believe it. I invited him here to find out how he did it. Evan Fisher is the founder of Unicorn Business Plans, which crafts compelling presentations that showcase the potential of your business to investors.

Evan Fisher is the founder of Unicorn Business Plans, which crafts compelling presentations that showcase the potential of your business to investors.

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Interview with James Jani (Emerging YouTube influencer)

I pulled this post out of James' main YouTube progress thread... (0 to 300K subscribers in a few months)

GOLD! - Creating a Thriving Personal Brand w/ YouTube - A Journal & A Personal Guide.

Let's get this started with a basic introduction. Hi, I'm James. 19 y/o from the UK, chose not to go university since there wasn't any subject I wanted to study that would suit my direction in life. The big goal is to be semi-retired by 30, but that's okay if I don't get there, I'm focusing on...

https://ift.tt/1Co5fxf

So many great topics discussed which I outlined below.

There are probably more but I was interrupted halfway in the video

Fox said:

Had the chance Monday to...

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Interview with James Jani (Emerging YouTube influencer)

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Kevin O’ Leary says investing $100 a week will make you a millionaire by retirement

Kevin O’ Leary says investing $100 a week will make you a millionaire by retirement

The FIRE movement is a ‘motivational platform’ to get people thinking about their future financial stability, he says

www.marketwatch.com

From the article:

MarketWatch: A lot of people in their 20s and 30s might not want to retire too early but they have a savings number in mind that would give them financial independence. How important is it to achieve financial independence and what does that mean for you?

O’Leary: It means that at the back-end of your life...

Kevin O’ Leary says investing $100 a week will make you a millionaire by retirement

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Building Personal brand for App Development Business

Hi fastlaners,
I am a Flutter Developer and also a college student from India.

building a personal brand using multiple channels.
the channels I am focusing on the next 12 weeks are

1. Youtube
2. Medium
3. Linkedin(using the same content I used on Medium with slight modification).
4. GitHub(as its a coding channel whatever I build I will upload it on Github)
5. Creating a Mailing List as a newsletter.
6. My website(put the same code as used in...

Building Personal brand for App Development Business

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Best way to sell this business

Hello all,

I have run my own business for 12 years and for the last 8 years
have been installing epoxy coatings. I want to move on to something
else and looking for feedback on the best way to sell it.

As a rule there is not a lot of repeat business. Customers are not put
on a schedule for future business as in carpet cleaning, snow removal,
lawn care etc..

I did talk to a business broker and he said people looking to purchase
a business want to see a cash flow due to repeat business...

Best way to sell this business

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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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2020: Growing A Digital Marketing Agency And Achieving Financial Freedom As Fast As Possible!

Hi, name's Simeon and I'll be documenting my goals, failures and successes in this thread.

I come from a lower class family in Bulgaria where money has always been about survival.

I was born with a dairy allergy and had my first introduction to willpower at the age of 4. I was in kindergarten at the time where naturally kids often ate chocolates, ice cream and other sweet stuff. I couldn't, so I was the outsider kid that got to watch and drool instead. Once one of the nannies...

2020: Growing A Digital Marketing Agency And Achieving Financial Freedom As Fast As Possible!

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Web 3.0 (Ethereum) is happening, and most people have no idea what it even is.

Blockchain technology has been around since 2009. When most people think about blockchains, they think about bitcoin, a slow, expensive antiquated technology that is hard to scale, and is not innovating. Every now and again you will hear about bitcoin reaching new all time highs, yet nothing has really changed with the technology in years.

Then there are alt coins. Coins things like litecoin or dogecoin that are basically carbon copies of bitcoin, and coins like monero that are similar to...

Web 3.0 (Ethereum) is happening, and most people have no idea what it even is.

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Anyone have a sauna?

I am considering getting one to put in my basement. I used to sit in the one at my health club regularly before covid. Any must-have or must-avoid features? A lot of them seem to be infrared which heat your body but not the air, but I've only ever experienced the traditional set ups at the clubs.

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FBA for Financial Basis

I have a lot of amazing business ideas to build, but at the moment I'm pretty broke. I was thinking to start an FBA business to get some cash coming in for a financial basis and then move on to the bigger projects. Would you say that's achievable, even though FBA isn't necessarily a Fastlane?

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Competitor left bad review on my product - guidance appreciated

Hello people,

Yesterday and today have been emotionally difficult, a combination of disappointment and anger. I've been working hard on building this product (electric nail drill) on Amazon and yesterday I got a 2-star review saying:
''The electric plug is loose, has been like this from the start''.

I have several reasons to think that this particular competitor left this review, I don't think it's worth mentioning them.
Now in total I have 14 reviews with an average of 4.7 stars. What...

Competitor left bad review on my product - guidance appreciated

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Should I get a job?

I have one more month of rent and food left. I recently moved and looked for a quick job and got a job offer but the pay is incredibly shit ($18 an hour). I was thinking not taking the job would light a fuel under my a$$ because if i were to take the job I would be too comfortable with my position in the job. What do you guys think? Should I just take the job? How do I make sure I'm not complacent?

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Commitment to self improvement

I have started my self improvement journey when i was 17 by working out and reading. I fell off due to partying and drugs. Its a slippery slippery slope. luckily I stopped but my friends doing it now are in disastourous situations. I realized how much of my potential I f*cked up by my various habits. Im done. Im committed to being a complete winner. Habits Im removing are watching porn, partying, drugs, alcohol, smoking, any sugars, wasting time on bullshit sites, and anything not moving me...

Commitment to self improvement

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Political correctness and it's consequences for entrepreneurs

I am getting a very bad feeling about the state of the world currently.
Covid-19 is just a symptom of a very ill situation from my pov, let me elaborate...

• Approach to Covid-19 : governments have all these different approaches to the illness. Mortality rate has gone down and although I do agree it is a dangerous disease, I am somewhat of a 'let everyone use their own good sense' approach concerning this. It's a sad thing to see governments restrict every liberty and obligate the...

Political correctness and it's consequences for entrepreneurs

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CHECKLIST: How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency & Hit $5K in Less than 90 Days

I've been meaning to write this post for a long time. It's basically the story of how I started a digital marketing agency to be able to do cool stuff. And I would like to give you a nice little checklist that you could use as well if it interests you.

I started my business in 2010. Since then, I reduced my own work load to less than 10 hours a month, lived in Mexico for 4 1/2 years, traveled to 15 countries, and am prepping to head to Scotland for 6 months in Sept - all...

CHECKLIST: How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency & Hit $5K in Less than 90 Days

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Dan Lok failed 13 times in business? How did he recover?

Was Dan Lok not really, really broke?
How did Dan Lok recover 13 times?

Yes, willpower. But I mean financially and factually.

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Thoughts on Whole Life Insurance as an alternative to banking?

I've had term life insurance for almost 20 years now. It covers my wife and kids in the event of the inevitable. But the term is almost up and I met with a new insurance agent today. He really tried pushing Universal Life Insurance on me, which really confused me. So I came home and started researching. Seems Universal Life is a shit product. But then I came across strategies for using Whole Life Insurance as a great alternative to a savings account.

Your family gets a death benefit in case...

Thoughts on Whole Life Insurance as an alternative to banking?

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Amazon employees charged with bribery and fraud

"As the world moves increasingly to online commerce, we must ensure that the marketplace is not corrupted with unfair advantages obtained by bribes and kickbacks," said US Attorney Brian Moran. "The ultimate victim from this criminal conduct is the buying public who get inferior or even dangerous goods that should have been removed from the marketplace."

To see the full story of this shocking case that cost legitimate vendors about $100 million, see...

Amazon employees charged with bribery and fraud

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

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...

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

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Exactly how I (anualized) am on track to make 300k-400k a year with software development (and you can too)

So this is one I really wanted to outline and get out of the way for all of the folks that are wondering exactly how I do this. There is no magic or secret sauce here. I frequently put in 80 hour plus weeks of work. And this work isn’t exactly the most mind-numbing thing like emails or phone calls(Not to say those things are not hard), this is coding work which can take a toll on your mental capacity. If this sounds interesting to you still please read on, it is by no means a get rich easy...

Exactly how I (anualized) am on track to make 300k-400k a year with software development (and you can too)

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How a broke 20 year old college dropout started making 6 figures a year with code ( and you can too )

Hey guys, this is my first post on any type of forum like this, so please forgive me if I begin to ramble.

That being said hello! My name is Zack. I don't claim to be a millionaire, though I am confident within a few years I will be there. I am currently heading toward ~400k a year as a programmer using a strategy I will outline in another post, this post is more about how I started. We all know how exciting it is to finally land a job and get coding doing what we enjoy. That first paycheck...

How a broke 20 year old college dropout started making 6 figures a year with code ( and you can too )

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Looking for an accountability buddy!

(Mods if this is in the wrong section i apologize)
Looking for a reliable accountability buddy where we check in with each other twice a week on our fitness, business, financial, and other life goals. Looking for highly motivated individuals! I am just looking for one. I am 24 years old and just starting my entrpreneur journey. I am heavily into self improvement and the belief that my top dreams can come true. If your like me DM me and we can make something epic happen.

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Growing a Pay Per Click Business (Agency?)

I've started a new progress thread that is going to be focused on scaling pay per click freelancing until it becomes a high income cashflow business.

I hate the term Agency, but what I do know is that I don't wan't to get stuck in the weeds being a freelancer. While there is nothing inherently wrong with that, it isn't going to allow me to separate my time from money and sell the business, which is what I would like to have the option of doing in the future.

In my last progress thread I...

Growing a Pay Per Click Business (Agency?)

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Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

I still don't understand why people here want to learn to code!

Spend that time learning to market and write sales copy. Spending 1000 hours to learn to code to spend 200 hours writing an app is STUPID.

Spend the 1000 hours learning to market and write copy, and you can use that skill for the life of the app, plus the life of the next app, and other peoples apps AND it makes you money. Writing code just means you have something, but it won't sell itself.

Here is how it...

Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

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Your Thoughts On Meditation?

I began meditating 2 weeks ago. The reason was because I realized my mind has been drifting with thoughts for a very, long time. I guess most of you know our thoughts are the starting point for how we feel throughout the day and consequently, for how we act.

I noticed huge improvements. I can't describe this improvement exactly, but I feel more "mindful", especially in social interactions. You become aware of your thoughts and stop them before they develop into a chain of other, negative...

Your Thoughts On Meditation?

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How many action fakes can the fastlane come up with??

First one - "lets make a pitch deck"

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Progress Thread- How bad do I want it?

Hey everyone, so from now on I will post my progress here a minimum of 2 times per week. I am at the point of ordering my products to send them to the warehouse of Amazon in the US. I want to be launched on 16.10.2020.

If it's that day and I still haven't launched, I will share a facebook post and explain people why I am lazy.

Anyone who wants to join me on this journey?? My goal is to work 2 hours SHARP on my business each and every single day (more on weekends, obviously)

Let's commit...

Progress Thread- How bad do I want it?

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How many of you use woocommerce, opencart, prestashop, shopify,magento for your Ecommerce business.

Hi Fastlaners,
I am in process of building my software development company, I need your feedback on one of my product.

would you guys purchase Mobile App(ios and android) with a future free upgrade to windows and mac?

I will charge
$1000 to customize the app UI with your logo, brand color fonts, and uploading its app store.

$2000 when you provide UI and we will customize it as it is, and $30 per hour if the change is not according to UI

$5000 a designer will discuss with you and take...

How many of you use woocommerce, opencart, prestashop, shopify,magento for your Ecommerce business.

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9 Writing Tips for a Killer Non-Fiction Book

A few weeks ago I read @Vigilante 's upcoming book and gave him a list of editorial suggestions. He thought it would be a good idea for me to post those suggestions here for all the writers as he found them incredibly valuable.

Keep in mind that this is for published non-fiction (not ad hoc writing here), but some of it could be relevant to works of fiction as well.

Here are those suggestions.

1) CREATE A FRAMEWORK EARLY FOR YOUR BOOK WHICH SERVES AS LOGIC...

9 Writing Tips for a Killer Non-Fiction Book

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How to find people to join my company on LinkedIn

I have a website that belongs to the social/media advertising industry. It targets small and medium-sized businesses in different industries, including international trade, retail, online business, and many others. It helps entrepreneurs connect and find business partners to expand their businesses internationally. I have a few new posts/members submitting their content almost every day. There are only a few people (me and my partner) who handle everything for now but we want to grow our...

How to find people to join my company on LinkedIn

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A Successful Sidewalk (literally!) Spray-Paint Artist NEEDS help with e-Commerce

Hello everyone, FIRSTLY - if you do read this to the end - THANKS IN ADVANCE and DEEPLY APPRECIATED
in case you have not seen my intro;

I’m Simon, originally from London, since 1994 successfully made a good living creating skylines of the cities I’m in with spraypaints to music in a matter of minutes for mesmerized tourists and locals alike!

[ATTACH type="full" width="306px"...

A Successful Sidewalk (literally!) Spray-Paint Artist NEEDS help with e-Commerce

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AMA - Ask me anything about the esports/gaming industry (14+ years experience)

Hello everyone,

After checking out the gold thread of @eliquid called 'Ask Me Anything About SaaS ( I'm Building My 7th ), which is super valuable for many people, I came upon the idea to start this thread about gaming / esports.

Before we start: what is esports?
'Esports', also fully written as 'electronic sports', is the name of the industry...

AMA - Ask me anything about the esports/gaming industry (14+ years experience)

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Any Facebook Marketing Agencies You Guys Know That Have Grown From $0 to $100K In 24 Months or Less?

Fastlaners!

I'm currently building an eCommerce Facebook Ad agency and I wanted to see if anyone reading this could point me to an eCommerce Facebook agency (or they own one) that has grown from zero to $100K in 24 months or less.

My reason for asking is my goal is to learn and emulate.

Thanks for reading,

Carlos

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Freedom from the scripted life

Hi everyone not been on this forum for some time but I would be very grateful for your help and guidance.I am just going to start somewhere and say six years ago I had a midlife crisis where I lost everything including the clothes I was wearing.Fast forword a couple of years and I now have the mindset that I want more time and freedom to accomplish what ever I want.Which means the skills I have learned so fare is kiteserfing and paddle bording and researching and reading on different...

Freedom from the scripted life

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I'm "Officially" a Millionaire Now

If I take all my bank accounts, assets, and minus all debts, I'm now a millionaire.



I'm at right about $788,000 for income for the year and have over $100,000 coming in next month, so I should make a million dollars in profit to myself before the end of the year as well, which would be 1 million dollars in 1 year.

It's never been all about the money for me (I never buy anything and actually need to be coaxed into spending money on myself...

I'm "Officially" a Millionaire Now

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My Personal Warning Alarm On Coronavirus - 1 MILLION+ Deaths

I want to get this out there as soon as possible and I will go back and post into the thread some of my supporting perspectives but...

1 Million+ people will die from Coronavirus after it's all said and done. Please please take ACTION.

Here's what ACTION means... it does not mean wash your hands and bullshit (yeah do that, but we are past preventative stage), to increase the chances of not dying or being sick as a dog for weeks... we must play Offense.

Right now, it's...

My Personal Warning Alarm On Coronavirus - 1 MILLION+ Deaths

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I'm Bribing Three Novice Marketers to Join Me in a Money-Making Experiment

I've been testing this for a few months and am tweaking what has already been moderately successful, so you won't be starting something that is ...

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Using Pivot-Tables to analyse Google Ads data

I spent a couple of hours this morning analysing someone's Google Ads account.

Below are the main slides. There's no surprises... it's what I expected to see anyway. The only caveat is that I'm not sure how well conversions are being tracked.

This just shows the power of being able to download data into Excel and slice-and-dice with pivot-tables.

...

Using Pivot-Tables to analyse Google Ads data

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Dressing For Success... Stop looking like a fool.

It has come to my attention that few people give this enough thought.

A common theme of my posts is thinking big and leadership. Both of these REQUIRE interaction with other people. Sure you can build some onepreneur super outsourced company and make good money... But the VAST majority of the extremely wealthy got that way by making strategic deals, establishing influence and leading others.

Which brings me to LOOKING THE PART. It's popular, and often considered a badge of honor, in...

Dressing For Success... Stop looking like a fool.

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Here's my story

My name is Jordan from Alberta Canada. I am currently a farmer and truck driver. I used to have my own dumpster rental business for approximately 3 years. The business was basically a break even and i eventually decided to sell. It was a great learning experience though not a major success by any means.

After i sold my business i decided I wanted to learn about the stock market as i have always had interest in how it worked and how to invest in it. At that time I really...

Here's my story

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A small taste of freedom....kind of

Starting this week and through next week I am off work. Two weeks of freedom. For the longest time, it feels great to not be in a rush. It feels great to get away and have time to myself. I am so burned out at my job that I feel like I've lost all control. My job is taking the joy out of my life. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't wish for a better life. Is this really what my life has become? Stressed out, burned out, unhappy? Just to pay the bills? I keep telling myself...

A small taste of freedom....kind of

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Moved to Scottsdale, Growing a Web Design Firm

Hey everyone,

It's been about one year since I joined the forum and thanks to the great advice of some members of the community, I've been able to completely change my life and move in a better direction.

To keep it simple, I was working at an investment bank in NYC and absolutely hated my life / how I was treated.

This week I just moved into my apartment in Scottsdale after making the cross country drive solo. A few months back I started my web design business with the help of Fox's...

Moved to Scottsdale, Growing a Web Design Firm

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Advice into breaking into data analysis/science freelance

Hello everyone,

First post on the site.

I watched MJ DeMarco's video on going from no money and skills to wealth and it makes a lot of sense. I currently have a somewhat specialized salaried job as a data analyst. I am looking to continue that process by free-lancing.

However, I am finding it challenging finding freelance gigs, so I am...

Advice into breaking into data analysis/science freelance

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Building a web design business & trading stocks | Monterey, CA

I read the the posts from @Get Right and @GuitarManDan and they motivated me to start my own (thanks for sharing guys).

So I'm starting, or have started on two journeys for the last 2 years; for trading it's been a little less than a year. It's been an up and down time on my own and luckily I haven't quit when times got tough.

My intention with this post is to share my journey, tools I come across and as a way to hold myself accountable. The other...

Building a web design business & trading stocks | Monterey, CA

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Another way to find a need

The last decades I knew many students, who looked for a job.
And I actively helped or tried to help them to get a job using my connections and my know how as an ingenier.

When asking for interviews at big businesses or public offices, they often got tasks to solve, which were so spacious, that I found it outrageou. More because these employers never gave the aspirants a job.
I found out, that often different candidatesgot different tasks to solve.

That seems a way to save costs and let...

Another way to find a need

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#1990 HeyZap cofounder launches bank for startups

Four years ago today’s guest sold HeyZap for $45M. It was a long journey which we’ll talk about in this interview but I also want to find out about what he’s building now. Immad Akhund is the founder of Mercury, a bank that helps startups scale. I tweeted out before this interview looking for negative stories about the company. I couldn’t find any. I want to find out how he’s grown a bank that’s for tech-savvy entrepreneurs.

Immad Akhund is the founder of Mercury, a bank that helps startups scale.

Sponsored by

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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...

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

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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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How to know if a business idea / product is possible?

I was thinking about business ideas and realized that in order for a new innovative technology to really supply needs in this time it has to be great. This is what led me in to thinking what do I do if I have random products or idea that I don't know if it is good or not and before I do anything else I want to test them so I can see if they could even exist.

For Example:
Elon Musk was talking in an interview about neural ink and was getting asked about some futuristic type...

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Anybody use (legal) mushrooms?

I'm not talking about the illegal stuff (psilocybin) but the stuff you can buy in the stores...

Reishi, Lions Mane, Cordyceps...

https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=mushroom+powder&ref=nb_sb_noss_1&tag=tff-amazonparser-20

I've been taking a mix of the mushrooms daily and I can honestly say I feel a bit of a difference in terms of focus. Also, I had some age spots on my skin that literally fell off and disappeared, leaving new flawless skin.

Anyone also use mushrooms and have an...

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Health Insurance Options when leaving employer

Hello all,

In Q1-Q2 in 2021 I will be quitting my W2 job. I am planning for worst-case scenarios for health insurance costs. If I keep my employer's insurance, it will be around $450.

• Is there any cheaper options or am I better off keeping it? I have savings for high deductibles, I just want insurance for catastrophe (accident, cancer, etc.).
• Should I expect the costs to be around $400 dollars a month or in your experience any cheaper options?
• Any recommendations on how to...

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Why are consumer electronics a bad idea?

I have an idea for an electric hair tool and receiving proposals for design.
I am going through the forum and it seems the general consensus is to stay away from consumer electronics .

Can someone in the industry explain some more?
Thanks

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Ecom Youtube Challenge - Building a channel with 120 videos in 120 days

Ok I've been planning this challenge for the last 3 weeks and I'm finally doing it. @Fox pointed me in the right direction with a course on Youtube SEO and now I'm taking the dive.

Here's a summary of it before I get into the details:

• Post a piece of content every single day for 120 days (in my case a Youtube video)
• Help as many people as much as possible and don't hold back on the value
• Answer every single comment/question
• Systemize this as much as...

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Ebook Scaling - second edition and audiobook

Hi,

I have a bit of a problem with finding the right path of how to deal with the second edition of an ebook.

I mean in a way it is like with any product, bring it to the open field, test it, get responses, adapt, improve, repeat. I would like to go second edition with my ebook and then bring it into an audiobook. However, the platforms themselves are a hurdle for going on. Personally, I think that the audiobook is better suitable for my target audience (young adults) and sales would...

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I'm starting! Told all my friends and family

Hey everyone,

Super excited, I'm actually starting. I just turned 20, four days ago, and joined Rob's FoxWebSchool. I read The Millionaire Fastlane about a year ago, and have been fantasizing about becoming an entrepreneur ever since, but had no idea where to start. So I'm starting with Rob's course, to gain experience and momentum. As a lot of you might already know from here, that program is about using webdesign as a stepping stone into entrepreneurship.

Dropped out of high school at 16...

I'm starting! Told all my friends and family

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Hi from Argentina!

Hi there!
My name is Federico, I'm from Argentina and I'm 30 years old. As someone from down south where saving power is impacted by the always regressive politics and economics, I've always managed my way to keep on the mov. I've done maaany things in order to achieve my goals, but I always get stucked in a midle point. I created my own businesses (events, merchandising, IT), I got graduated in Finances, I studied coding, I worked for small companies and multinationals. This year I've...

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Seeking your feedback on my event registration page copy please

Hi!

I'm hosting a 2-hour, online summit in just over a month for communications professionals in the not-for-profit sector (like myself). These summits will aim to plug a gap in our training and development as this tends to drop off for us. My aim with the summits is to generate a list of interested and engaged professionals in my sector with the goal to extract mass problems from them via surveys and the summit that I can solve.

The first summit will focus on Google Ads, which is a...

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Launching digital attendance software during COVID-19?

I recently listened to an interview by one of the CEO's of a company called EduSign.

EduSign is a SaaS that makes 'attendance sheets' management simple online.

The CEO is about 19 years old and the company is generating $27.8k per month with over 300 users.

I'm fascinated by a number of opportunities opening up as a result of the pandemic. One of the industries I thought would be heavily impacted is Education. However there haven't seem...

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New Entry

My name is Lufa I'm from Angola, Africa I just joined the FastLane Forum recently

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Book recommendation: How I built this by Guy Raz

I'm sure you all know of the podcast How I Built this, where Guy interviews some of the biggest founders in modern history. It's one of my favourite podcasts, hearing about the journey people have taken to get to where they are now.

He has now put his learnings of his interviews in a book (surprised he hasn't done this earlier to be honest), it's really well written and easy to read. I found myself finishing it in 4 days which is a near record for me.

My 3 biggest takeaways:

1. ...

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Recommended courses/books for b2b email copywriting?

Hey guys,

I want to improve my b2b email copywriting skills, not email autoresponder but manual 1 to 1 emails designed to persuade and get prsopects to the next step in the sales process.

Any recommended books besides the classics. obvious (Cashvertising, Breakthrough Advertising, Scientific Advertising )

Cheers!

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Can't Trademark

Hi Guys,

I have a domain name and website which apparently according a trademark expert is too generic to protect.

Now i honestly don't care about registering a trademark, I'm more concerned with a competitor registered the trademark and then tried to sue me for my website or something.

Just wondering could this occur? Or am i being too paranoid.

Also since i can't seem to get a trademark is there any other protections i could implement?

Cheers!

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Has anybody had this issue (sleep related)

Every morning when I awake, I almost feel completely paralyzed for a period of time before I can physically get out of bed and start my day. This morning was one of the longer ones, maybe 60 minutes. I'm not actually asleep at this time, and I can still toss and turn and adjust my covers, but my body getting out of bed is out of the question. It feels like physical fatigue but I don't really suffer from anything AFAIK, as I'm a healthy person who doesn't partake in poor diet or drugs. I...

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Late to the party

Hi all,

I've been a slowlaner following the script for almost 40 years. I've worked hard and achieved a lot but never quite reached financial freedom.

I've tried corpo, smaller companies, even bootstrapped startups, hoping to find... something. And it ticked many of my boxes. It was fulfilling, exciting, demanding and taught me a lot. I've met many great people, lived on several continents, been to places and done things many probably only think of from the comfort of their homes.

Yet...

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Who has invented a product and brought it to market?

Hey everyone!

I'm interested in connecting with those who have invented a product and brought it to market, this is what I'm doing and would value your insight.

Thank you!
Lisa

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Any tradesmen in here?

Hi there,

It's been a year and a half since I joined the forum but I haven't come accross any thread about construction.

I'm a plumber myself and my plan is to turn my existing customers into annual maintenance contract, outsource it, etc.
I have already asked a couple and they are more than happy to sign up.
That's the only fastlane model I can see in this trade.

If is there any tradesman in here that have done something similar or have any kind of fastlane idea feel...

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100 Unsexy Business Ideas: Name as many as you can!

Something that cannot be stressed enough on the Fastlane forum is that people would be better off pursuing businesses in UNSEXY industries. Industries that FEW people are talking about because they are boring, unpopular, or possibly even unlikely to be discussed among the general public, and etc..

This is a good thing.

Many entrepeneurs don't want to run an UNSEXY business!!!!!!!

Nobody wants to run a fish cannery in the middle of the alaskan wilderness. Most aspiring...

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Don't let the Fastlane become a slow lane echo chamber.

Sorry folks, this might ruffle some feathers.

But get plucked.



I joined the Fastlane in 2015 after finding the URL from The Millionaire Fastlane.


At the time, I was young, dumb, and full of misguided advice.

I'm still young, dumb, and full of misguided advice.


Over the past few years, I've watched the site change.


Forum changes for forlorn users who post repetitious emotional masturbation with no impact to themselves or...

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In the fastlane and looking to go even faster!

My Story

I’m 38 years old, married, 2 kids and have been driving in the fast lane for about 2-3 years (for the previous 4 or 5 I dicked around in the slow lane while admiring the fastlaners going by).

Despite first reading the millionaire Fastlane a few years ago, it kind of got mentally lost in a sea of self help and wealth books I was tearing through at the time. I recently rediscovered the audio version 2 weeks ago and listened to it twice through (now almost through unscripted as...

In the fastlane and looking to go even faster!

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Ebookstore

Hi guys I recently bought an online ebookstore and I would like to know on the strategies on how to market it.

thanks,
Oliver

Fast Book Store – Ebooks

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3PL Recommendations in the US

Hi All,

I'm looking to expand my business into the US after having identified a supplier and I am now in the middle of looking for a company that can help prep stock to be sent into Amazon. I'm sure there are countless options and so I thought it would be best to see if anybody has any recommendations.

Do you work with a great third party fulfilment company that you would recommend? I'd really appreciate a nudge in the right direction. I'm based in the UK so I need to be totally...

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Desert of Desertion

8 years ago, I decided to give entrepreneurship my everything.

And it worked out: 3 years ago I finally chose one business model (web design), and made around 15K total from that.

However, it's really not that much after all, not nearly as much for the sacrifices that I made:

For the past 8 years, I've stopped meeting new people, going to the gym, forgot about my hobbies... all just to have the time and focus for business.

And it makes sense to me: It's not clever to go to the gym, when...

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If you think your college diploma is no longer worth it, do this

Earlier today, I came across an article online that says a man burned all his certificates including his diploma. Talk about "I'm done with all this sh*t" and means it.

My reaction, coming fresh from reading The Millionaire Fastlane, was "Damn right dude!".

But I cannot find anything that supports my enthusiasm and happiness for this man - after all, he's now coming to his senses! He's being awakened! He's now escaping from the Scripted world! Isn't that supposed to be celebrated...

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Interview with James Jani (Emerging YouTube influencer)

I pulled this post out of James' main YouTube progress thread... (0 to 300K subscribers in a few months)

GOLD! - Creating a Thriving Personal Brand w/ YouTube - A Journal & A Personal Guide.

Let's get this started with a basic introduction. Hi, I'm James. 19 y/o from the UK, chose not to go university since there wasn't any subject I wanted to study that would suit my direction in life. The big goal is to be semi-retired by 30, but that's okay if I don't get there, I'm focusing on...

https://ift.tt/1Co5fxf

So many great topics discussed which I outlined below.

There are probably more but I was interrupted halfway in the video

Fox said:

Had the chance Monday to...

Click to expand...

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Critical thinking reference to UNSCRIPTED book

I am reading UNSCRIPTED 3rd time now and this time I look more consciously and critically at every paragraph of this book. In the introduction, MJ says that he didn't hire a PR agency and spend nothing to promote this book. I wanted to verify it just because of curiosity, but I couldn't find anything about it on the web. Is there any proof that is true? Like I said, I am asking, because I'm curious...

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Former Insurance agent want to get control over his life

Hi There
My name is Dominik and I am 22. I finished school 2 years ago and started my career as an Insurance agent. I was paid well, had good sales scores, so I led a lavish lifestyle. I was buying useless, expensive gadgets, going to parties, using drugs. Now I realized that those things have never made me happy. When Pandemic was starting I lost many customers, and couldn't find new ones, and consequently, I lost my job as an agent, then I found a new one as a telemarketer. However, I...

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E-Commerce Brand Kick-Started By The Pandemic

Okay, so I deliberated over creating this thread for a few minutes. Then, I thought - just do it. Everyone needs accountability, right?

I'm a 25 year old social media and marketing freelancer and long time entrepreneur/business enthusiast. I've tried my hand at many things including selling t-shirts from my bedroom at 16 to owning a pizza restaurant in my home city. I now earn a comfortable living having built up a pool of good clients who trust and rely on me to help them grow their...

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StoryBrand. 10k for this certification?

Become a StoryBrand Certified Guide

When you become a StoryBrand Certified Guide you'll get new qualified leads, use a proven framework in your consulting, and grow your business.

storybrand.com

Has anyone bought this? To become a StoryBrand Certified Guide takes 4 days of intensive seminars for the grand sum of ten thousand dollars.

Now, I understand the importance of clarifying your idea and I get that most ppl have no idea how to communicate their message but.. 10k???

This company has clearly positioned itself to marketers. That in and of itself is genius. But.. 10k???

Seriously???

I kinda want to just tell those ppl to...

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Which Personal Growth Sub, Sub Niche is the best?

Blogging is definitely a great way to get traffic and build a loyal following which can lead to sales and possibly Advertisement. Sub niche for example in ...

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Introducing... WEALTH EXPO$ED, A Short Story By MJ DeMarco

Finally!

I just launched a short story on Kindle (FREE if you have Kindle Unlimited)! After several weeks of modifications, I put my short-story up on Kindle. You might be familiar with it -- it is the heavily modified (and extended) version of the argument I overheard as a limousine driver. (This Kindle version is 4 times longer with 4 times the smackdown!)

Here is the synopsis:

Can a short 18-minute conversation I overheard from a millionaire make you a fortune...​

Introducing... WEALTH EXPO$ED, A Short Story By MJ DeMarco

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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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Second-Order Effects - The big lesson 2020 taught me

To run a great business, you need to be a great leader.

And part of being a great leader, is having the ability to foresee and prepare your company for the future.

Your employees and their families are depending on your ability to do so.


It's easy to think your Nostadomus when everything is going great, and the growth chart is up and to the right.

Everyone's a genius in a bull market... as they say.


But when crisis comes out of nowhere and leaves a giant bag of shit on your...

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Targeting Facebook Groups

This is a 2 part question.

Is there a way to target facebook groups with ads on Facebook? Did a google search and saw there was companies that do this, but was curious if anyone had a personal recommendation.

The second question is what are some things I should be looking for when hiring a marketing firm to run online ads. Id be running ads for my tiny home business and curious of the things I should look out for.

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Feedaback for an app Idea

The most difficult thing is this entrepreneurial stage (in recent months) it has definitely been changing my habits, I was someone who wasted 60% of his time on fb, youtube, etc, and the other 40% in porn (ugh shit I said it), result, I invested some 15min a day really in entrepreneurship, (I was in shit, I know) after reading some habit books and really struggling for months trying to change these "addictions" so to speak,I have become someone who barely consumes networks and who only...

Feedaback for an app Idea

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Learning how to live the Fastlane lifestyle!

Hello everyone!

My name is Michael. I’m 32 years old and have been a Sidewalker for most of my life. I grew up following the advice, “Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.” I never really had financial goals or dreams, and the idea of making millions was never on my radar (which I can say didn’t quite please the Father-in-law!). The only way I saw of making it big in life was if I got some lucky break... which I had no clue how that would even happen…

Then, about...

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I Will be Crossing the $500,000/yr profit threshold by end of 2020 (Insight to my Jan 9 Conference Call)

Hello All,

Just wanted to drop a quick update on my execution to hold myself accountable.

I've unfortunately not grown my business properly over the last year. Specifically: I've let passive income become the non-priority.

I own two GREAT services, one a digital menu board business for automotive shops and the other an intranet communication service. (I'll be talking a bit more about these businesses in my insiders conference call next month).

As a SAAS entrepreneur -...

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How can we increase our chances on the journey?

This is something I've thought about for a while.

Whether you have a service or product, our biggest problem could be obscurity. Imagine a magical world where you can quickly verify an idea or business asap.

Well........ how do you get as many eyeballs on your business? And how many people need to support your business to enter the realm of Unscription? I can't speak for everyone, but a few hundred customers would establish a baseline for me which is eye opening considering its so close...

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Come and watch me make FU money: Over $100K/mo now.

I’m starting this thread to document my journey from “good money” (you can read my intro story here) to FU money.

I aim to do this in the next 5 years by getting my online salon supply business to the stage where it’s profiting 7 figures a year and then hopefully selling it for several million. I’ll then have enough money invested to live comfortably off interest...

Come and watch me make FU money: Over $100K/mo now.

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HOW DO I SERIOUSLY GIVE UP GAMING

Hi guys.. I have a real big problem. I can't do anything or finish anything unless I quit games. I know it's not a serious condition that I have, but it does get in the way with a lot of things that I do on my computer because I get way to distracted. I end up playing 1 game then another then another......again and again. It's really just frustrating at the end of it all. I realize I haven'y gotten anything done at all. And minutes of gaming have become hours and it's really depressing.

I'm...

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From Idea to Reality: Progress Thread

Hey guys, newcomer to the site (intro HERE). Thought I would start with a progress thread to keep myself accountable and so anyone interested can track progress.

Where I started:
So I've been a flight instructor for a couple years now and was set up to fly for the airlines. It's been a dream of mine ever since I was a little kid. That was supposed to happen back at the end of...

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Best Fastlane Business Model for Digital Media Side-Hustle

Hello, I'm new to the Fastlane Forum, I finished the book and enjoyed it as definitely one of the most clear cut books on the logic behind business scale and impact.

I've been a manager of a digital media business that grew from a few thousands in revenue to ultimately multimillions in revenue. That said, I've moved on to other work, and much of what was done in that business was not replicable to today's world since the media industry has changed at a rapid clip.

I'm working on a smaller...

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