The Best Boss: February 2021

Sunday, February 28, 2021

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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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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Habits to go ALL-IN on learning something new everyday and helping people.

Hello everyone. I've been reading ATOMIC HABITS for the second time, and I'm curious as to how it might help with building relationships, growing a business or just helping people. Are there any habits or routines that might be helpful in any of the above scenarios? I currently am implementing a habit starting today. I tend to use my phone a lot when I'm freshening up and getting ready for work in the morning. I've decided to reply to at least one thread on reddit/answer one question on...

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Silver Spoon with a terrible taste.

Hey Guys,

While I have been blessed in my life with great parents the life hasn't been all that sweet. And todays story has been motivated by another gut wrenching blow, but on that more shortly.

I come from a little known country Latvia located in Eastern Europe where the rough weathers, corruption, gangs and what not have thought me to be street-smart and sometimes bold in my actions. Most of my childhood has been supported by a single bloody hard working mother that have thought me what...

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Starting Time

Hello FLF

Getting ready here to start a journey building my fastlane. I have a few ideas on what I want to do, but cannot decide between them. It is going to be tricky as a father of 3 and I recently started a new job after my previous industry (selling wine on the LV Strip) got CORONAED. This situation of spending nearly all of 2020 theoretically unemployed (I was getting a paycheck until Q4 when I was laid off).

Through misfortune, I am coming across seed money to start a business...

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How to Become a Data Scientist?

Hello Everyone, I am 25 years old and I want to build my career as a data scientist. I have 3 years of experience in python programming Can anyone know the essential skills for becoming a Data Scientist? Or is any cons in a data scientist?

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Just quit my job in the middle of my shift. thoughts?

Sorry that this isn't business related. But there are a lot of great people on this forum who have helped me get through hard times and I trust this place. Thank you for taking the time to read this. anyways...

Here's what was required:
-Sell parts
-Direct customers
-change batteries
-change wiper blades
-answer phone calls(a lot of them)

That's it. your starting pay is 10$ an hour.

The thing is, I only took this job because I had bills to pay. I hated being there every second of every...

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How to start?

I recently watched a video published by MJ on YouTube called "How to go from flat-broke to filthy-rich". It was a very practical video and I was just wondering how to apply this to my own life. I'm a 18 year old guy from Sweden and I'm just about to finish high-school. Since I still live with my parents and have basic needs such as food, shelter and so on covered by them, should I start at learning a specialised skill or start from step one ? ( which would be a basic job for those of you who...

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Project was completed and executed

Over the past few months Inhave been creating my program. There has been a lot of down time and a huge amount of energy going into this. I'm just getting started but here is my current thinking.

I am in the process of building awareness. I have revamped my LinkedIn page and created a FB page. 90% of my awareness driven content will be on linked in and that's where a lot of my traffic will come from. I have other ideas but I am executing this one to start. So, with that being said.. Here is...

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Building an Accountancy Practice

Hey everyone.

It has been a while since I initially posted and introduced myself and in those 4 years, I have grown so much from a personal standpoint.

This post will be a bit more of an introduction post to catch up to the current day and following that my plan for the year.

I plan on posting update posts once a week and chatting in between if people are here.

Introduction (part 2)

I was one of those kids who *wanted* to be an accountant...

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How would you spend this money?

Hey guys!

A friend of mine introduced me to an exercise, that is somehow connected to our subconscious mind and financial goals. It all makes sense, let me introduce the concept briefly:

Every day you have to spend 2x more money, you spent the day before, so the first day is: 1000$, the second day: 2000$, third: 4000$... and the last one is 512 000$. The trick is - you have to know EXACTLY what you will spend your money on(f.e: not "a sportscar", but - "Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6") with the...

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My new startup

Hey fellas, I just started my new startup it's called graphue, we help customers excel with their presentations and pitches, the most important thing to execute well so you will be on the fast lane.

Check it out, any feedback is welcomed!

Thanks,

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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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I'm back, it's been to long.

Since moving from Scottsdale last year I've been floundering. It has now been a full year and I decided I needed to start a new venture. This time around I'm going with a tried and true formula that has worked for me in the past and should work again but with a major twist. I had a cabinet shop years ago and did pretty well and built custom furniture, but it was labor intensive and took too much of my time. This time around I 'm investing in CNC machinery. This gives me plenty of options...

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Ask Me Anything About SaaS ( I'm building my 7th )

Hello everyone.

A lot of you know me for my digital marketing Gold Thread here on the FLF ( see sig ), as well as other posts in the forum.

What you might not know is that I've successfully built 6 profitable SaaS programs either solely by myself, or with a single partner ( and with no other employees other than VA's ), and that I am working on building my 7th SaaS

I've learned a few things in SaaS over the last 7 years that span:

Handling competitors
Reducing churn
Fraud...

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App like Paypal (free) that gives 5€ per referral (available only in Europe)

I want to talk about the app called Verse. It's similar to Paypal, since you can pay to your friends in your contacts and withdraw your money into your bank.
NO MINIMUM THRESHOLD, but you have to verify your account with an official document or passport to withdraw the money.
Its best feature is that it gives you 5€ per person that you refer AND the person that uses your code will ALSO get the 5€.
Besides, it has weekly events and promotions that allow you to earn some extra euros. It is...

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Saturday, February 27, 2021

Finally achieved my third goal

This is my second post so bear with me. Basically I have spent my last 7 years buying old houses and fixing them up. Cash deals no debt. I am finally finishing the last house and taking a break. I am unable to buy more tax houses because my state laws changed. I am now looking to venture out and enjoy life which is exciting. No gf no kids. I just wanted to make a short post saying that I feel all the hard work has paid off. I have great renters and get paid every month even during Covid. I...

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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...

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The Productocracy: How To Print Money (Legally!)

Excerpt From: MJ DeMarco. “UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship.”

Sprinkled throughout the Phoenix area is a quaint little pizza chain called Oregano’s Pizza Bistro. Each location is branded identically in an odd combination of Western rustic and mid-century retro. Hit the bar and you won’t find HDTVs airing sports, but instead old black-and-white films of yesteryear. Instead of LeBron draining jumpers, you’ll get Fred Astaire tap dancing or Jimmy Stewart galloping...

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$126,727 in PROFIT So Far This Month | eCommerce

It's the month of August 2020. In this month alone, I made $126,727 in profit so far (before taxes). I'm 21 years old, and I'm honored to say that the content from MJ and this forum has helped me enormously alongside many other valuable sources out there for guidance.

I hope this gives a little bit of inspiration to a lot of aspiring entrepreneurs out there because it wasn't that long ago when I used to be an aspiring entrepreneur myself. Reaching the point I'm at right now was not an easy...

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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...

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What are the biggest categories in online marketing?

Good evening.

I ran across a photo on my phone stating the seven major categories are:

Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Marketing
Content Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Affiliate Marketing
Email Marketing

I'm in the process of learning such about online marketing. Does this list above seem accurate or is it missing something.

Thanks.

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My progression- 8 months - Digital marketing + web development.

Hello!

I tought I want to contribute to the formum somehow.

The beginning:

Got to the forum by reading The Millionaire Fastlane.

My journey started here. I got the idea from @Sean Marshall Thank you!

Digital martketing - I started learing about the industry, the work and so on.
Got my first courses from Udemy. Best dollars ever spent, what the hell...

We started our idea about a year ago. Then it was slow progress, because we were learing the basics of digital...

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SaaS Challenge - Will you participate?

Hey!

I will start a SaaS in March 2021. As for now I focus on studying until I wrote my final exams. Thought of just doing it and maybe start a progress thread, but today an idea came up.

Maybe here are more people want to start an SaaS or are in an early phase of starting one. We could start a challenge together over a defined time, e.g. 6 months and on the way help each other out on a technical and also on an entrepreneurial level.

Even thought of some sort of price pool e.g...

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The Best Action Fake On Learning SEO is Learning SEO Without A Paid Tool Like Ahrefs/SEMRUSH

Yep... just said that. The real question is after all your learnings, how do you practice what you learned?

How do you know who linked to who and how do you build links o track keywords or run an SEO audit?

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Figuring Out Twitter

Quick background:

I've been on Twitter since 2011 but barely used it. When I did log in it was to half-heartedly post a quote I liked and it was invariably to tumbleweeds.
Twitter recently acquired Revue as @MTF mentioned here (thanks @MTF).
I like paid email newsletters as a business model...

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My Path to Trading Business

I believe in trading in the stock market. So, I started my own trading business. I will be posting my progress and insights here.

I started in my "intro" but I will continue posting here.

Here is my Intro thread: INTRO - On the path

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► TRADING PLAN...

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Community building - but I need money

Three days ago I launched my new website. It took about 2.5 months once I started taking it seriously. I knew when I launched it that it would take time for the money to come. It's a review site; an online community that I'm trying to build. Out of all the entrepreneurial ventures I've attempted, this is the realest, most impactful one by far. And I did it. I took an idea, researched it, promoted it, learned on the fly how to build it, got it as far as I could and then passed it off to a...

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Software for managing cash flow

For small business owners

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Are Non-Fiction "to do" Books Facing an Existential Crisis?

@ChickenHawk, update?

Also, could you please share your yearly percentage increase/decrease in profit over the last years? Here's mine taking 2015 as baseline:

2015: baseline, it was my first full year
2016: +350% (compared to 2015)
2017: +111% (compared to 2016)
2018: -15% (compared to 2017)
2019: -59% (compared to 2018)
2020: -21% (compared to 2019)

Best year (2017) vs 2020: -72% decline

@MJ DeMarco I'm curious about your data as well if you're...

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How do i improve my communication skills?

I just had an internship interview and i feel like i completely messed it up; i stuttered and had little clarity of thought when they asked me questions. In simple i feel like i ws all over the place. This is probably the 2nd or third interview i have ever given in my life, so i don't care that i messed up; i just want to learn from it to make sure i can avoid the same mistakes again.
Because of covid social interaction has been very limited, and i havent really talked to people other than...

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Idea Validation

Hi there! Hope you guys are fine! I came with this idea some days ago and maybe I'd like some review to see wether is worth it or not to try it out. Besides the last decision is self-made, it's nice to get feedback before getting your feet in the mud.

I'm from Argentina, I just moved to Canada (1 month ago), and it's quite shocking for my eyes the quantity of products there are out there. I know some people in Argentina who manufacture things, and of course they're way cheaper than produce...

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New Member

hey just joined...look forward to sharing tips and learning from everyone

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Software consulting SLA recommendations

Hey there folks,

I just landed a new software consulting client that I plan on invoicing through my company. The service is for a remote, full-time software architect position. My goal is to use the income to cover my personal costs as well as reinvest them on my startup (which is also under my company). The client is well aware of my side venture so that doesn't pose a conflict of interest.

Question: can someone orient me in terms of what to include in a Service Level Agreement, aside...

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The Millionaire Fastlane, Japanese Edition

It's coming...

Will post updates when I get them.

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Yet another marketing agency progress thread..

Been an action faker for quite a long time... (5+yrs)

Quit my 9-5 to build this agency. Want to get cash-flow and put into fastlane project

Doing Lead Gen for Financial Advisors (Linked+Email+FB Ads)

Will be building off cold-calling

Will post daily updates

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What is Clubhouse?

I keep seeing people talk about it in my Facebook feed. I’m guessing it’s some new social media platform?

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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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GPT-3 what is it useful for?

Supposedly, this new "GPT-3" A.I. is supposed to be able write articles as well as a human, or almost as well. What can it be used for? It sounds like a Markov-chain on steroids, but I don't see the use if it writes text without any overall structure.

Could you write an outline for a story, and have it write the actual story?

Can it write dialogue? Speeches? Weather reports? Etc?

Maybe it will put local reporters out of business, where someone just types in the facts, and it writes a...

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Friday, February 26, 2021

SEO for beginners

I just completed a course on UDEMY for SEO beginners and it has peaked my interest in that field. Are there any sources where I could go deeper in SEO,SEM, copywriting and digital marketing? Also, if I get better at these skills, is it beneficial to me as a freelancer or as a business? Would it land any jobs in the future? Just curious.

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What wins did you have last week? What would make this week a win?

Week Commencing Mon 07-Dec-20
What wins did you have last week?
What would make this week a win?

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How to redirect a website on Single URL in Wordpress? | Warrior Forum

Hello, I am a beginner at website designing and trying to redirect my website to a single URL. It is opening with and without www. Can any.

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Intro, and a question on US manufacturers w/ logistics capabilities

Hi everyone - I am here because I read the Millionaire Fastlane. I was amazed how it helped focus my many random thoughts about creating my own business - a business which would be successful enough to quit my day job while my kids are young and enjoy my life.

My day job is, by most respects, considered "successful." I am in a senior role at a large consulting company, in my late 30's with two young kids (4 and 1) and could likely retire in my early 50's with a cushy lifestyle. However...

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[COVID-19] Forgiveable SBA Loans For Small Biz and Freelancers

Just a heads up, the stimulus bill includes $10 billion in grant money and loans to small businesses and self-employers.

If I read it correctly, you can get a $10k min GRANT even if you’re denied for the SBA loan.

The SBA loans max out at $10 million I think, and are FORGIVEABLE when spent on payroll or utilities.

YES, THIS IS BASICALLY FREE MONEY FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

As far as I know it’s first come first serve so hop to it:

SBA - Disaster Loan Assistance

covid19relief.sba.gov

HOW TO...

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Pacific Northwest cannabis industry media project attempt #2

I'm very happy to say a project I relaunched after completely walking away for almost a year is starting to see amazing results. I've been pounding hard on processes and ignoring results, but its pretty great when the well starts to yield.

My focus is on events, music and people. Due to tough state laws, events have been totally held down. There are loopholes that others are operating under and I started to sucker-fish onto others who have huge resources to get things done.

Since my...

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Read both books and looking to END my current 6 figure business

Hi All, little copy writing fun in the title description to catch your attention and hopefully encourage you to read this. After reading both books I realize I need to make some changes and focus on building a business with more Fastlane traits.

My current business-
Over the past 6 years I have spent my time building a Real Estate Sales business that I eventually scaled into a Real Estate team. As of last year we closed over 11 million dollars worth of Real Estate and continue to...

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What would you tell your 18 or 25 year old self?

For you 25 yr old+ guys out there, if you could go back in time, and tell your 25 year old self something, what would you say?

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How do you find the market's/people's needs without talking to them? (let's say for example within the field of programming)

I don't have that kind of access to people for several reasons (long story).

So let's say a guy with a PC and an internet connection. How does he find the needs of the market so he can make a successful product, or to at least find an idea?

Can't go around to people or companies to ask around what their needs are, can't talk to them at all. So how do I find my idea then, how do I do the research that would lead me to an idea?

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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

To avoid cluttering Held for Ransom's incredible self-publishing thread, https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/se...er-self-publishing-success-21.html#post297921, here's my separate progress thread.

The Goal: To Make a Living Through Fiction Writing. To make a great living would be even better.

My Background: I have a Journalism/English/Public Relations degree and supported myself and my family through writing for years...

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Welcome from the Southern USA

Hello all, I am Josh. I have recently finished the Millionaire Fastlane and listening to Unscripted (which I am listening to again). I am an Entrepreneur getting started on a new business following the C.E.N.T.S Framework and TUNF.

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Future of web development - Asking opinions

Not too long ago I decided to learn web development. So far I'm pretty proficient with HTML and CSS and about to get into Javascript and then other areas.

My goal is to create sophisticated websites and web applications. Maybe as a freelancer for some time, or as a web development agency or building my own SAAS models.

I've been reading a lot lately on AI / Machine learning in relations to writing code and this is already being done to a small extend and obviously more mundane tasks are...

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website development

hi, what should it cost for website terms of service? also will a go daddy site be sufficient for B2B? (sole trader/ freelancer to use the platform to connect with clients in business or members of the public requesting service)
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Anyone here ever get busted for sleeping in office space?

Obviously, it’s a sick hack. Office space is significantly cheaper than regular rent and you get more. I have outgrown my home operation.

But the dreaded zoning laws. I work whenever I please like 6pm, 12am, 4am. You name it. But will a landlord see that if your car is here overnight, will they check if you are actually sleeping there? I plan on getting a makeshift hammock. I don’t want to do this if I have to constantly watch out for the landlord.

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My Next Five Moves - Step by Step. - Website!

Hey guys.
I'm working on my project - a new brand related to books.
I worked on my strategy and the first step was creating a Youtube channel - Done.
My team working on creating content regularly.
The second step is to build a website - with forums, a blog - for a starter (the next step will more features for the website)

So what do you think will be better for me? Wix, WordPress? or something else?
* I'm not a developer, and probably I'll hire later (or find a co-founder for...

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#2051 How do you know if you’re failing?

Joining me is an entrepreneur who’s been in the news quite a bit because he raised a bunch of money. But before all that, the company failed on many ways with many early customers. Today’s guest is willing to talk openly with me about that. Vivek Sharma is the founder of Movable Ink which enables brands to create compelling visual experiences that are based on relevant data and unique for each customer at every moment.

Vivek Sharma is the founder of Movable Ink which enables brands to create compelling visual experiences that are based on relevant data and unique for each customer at every moment.

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Building a subscription box business

Hi All,

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

At a very high level, my plan is this

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

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Hi there

Hi I'm 22 and from South Korea. I'm a university student. Thesedays i always wonder how to deal with this world. Because I don't even know what I want be and what I want to do. I just don't get it. I'm very confusing thesedays. Which path I should take? I know i'm the only one who should make the decision. I thought a lot about this and it makes me painful.
Then i found the book "the millionaire Fastline" . And i found this forum. I just wanna know how people deal with their lives and how...

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Progress & Plan

Since reading Unscripted at the end of last year I have been hooked. It just made so much sense in my mind.
I have a big advantage of lots of high level business experience since I was quite young (I am 30 now). But I do have quite a major against me, and that is my health. I had major cancer treatment in 2017 (8 hour operation + chemo), and the last 12 months I have been going steadily downhill again. At the start of this month the Professor treating me thinks the cancer has come back, so I...

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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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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Literacy of Finance and Economics

Anyone know about the books for business finance and economics for beginners. ???

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Service-to-cash cycle time

For business owners running a service business, what is your typical service-to-cash cycle time (the time between service delivery and receipt of payment)?

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If You Are Just Starting A Blog, Target Keywords With KD 0

...also check the top 10 pages DA and make sure it ranges between 0 - 60.

P.S: I wasted a lot of time on my site trying to compete with high DA sites when i just stated out.

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Don't Sleep On Andy Black Threads

This is an appreciation post to @Andy Black . I have learnt a lot from you mahn.

I have a background in SEO but your threads/videos on Google ads are madddd and it has made me better in both SEO and ads.

I will be buying your course soon not because of anything but to show how grateful i am.

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My startup progress that will buy me a Ferrari

Hi all
So as many of you know I have a tech startup that if it get executed and built right , might be a multi million worth. But I was and still in my 9 to 5 job , beside my limited experience in entrepreneurship, and my high talk to do ratio tendency I decided to get a mentor.
The first mentor seem good on paper whoever he wasnt competent and didn't add anything to my knowledge. So I dumped him and ask the org to assign another one, this one was gold , he is already fastlaner with two...

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Recruiter getting of the hamster wheel, finally!

Hey all, great we have this venue to share ideas. I’ve been a recruiter for 35 years and had my own recruiting business for the past 30. But really, I’m chained to my desk and doing the same thing over and over, until, I discovered automation...now I want to build a business, a real business, not just be an employee of my own...and get on the fastlane before ALL lanes end for me!
I’ve read a ton, Blue Ocean Strategy, watched Dan Henry on how to execute, and Sam Ovens and read a bunch of...

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Are Solo Ads Dead in 2021? | Warrior Forum

Hi, I have a small budget (around $1500). I'm not sure it's fine to start a Solo Ads business for a newbie in 2021? I read some threads ab.

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Lead Gen for Local Service Businesses

Lead Gen for Local Service Businesses
(Originally posted here.)

So you're trying to increase inbound calls or email enquiries for a local service business?

Start by watching this 4 min video:

The Online Buying...

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Next MJ DeMarco book?

When will his next book come out?

Sure, he deserves a break. But I am already looking forward to the next mind-expanding book of MJ DeMarco.

I have also watched an interview of him on YouTube.

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The next book? WHEN?

When the next book of MJ Demarco will publish?
Sir please tell me. When will I grab your book in my hand.I can't wait.

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No, Your Market Is Not Saturated (Wisdom From a 19th Century Book)

The college-student who was about graduating, said to an old lawyer:

"I have not yet decided which profession I will follow. Is your profession full?"

"The basement is much crowded, but there is plenty of room up-stairs," was the witty and truthful reply.

No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story. Wherever you find the most honest and intelligent merchant or banker, or the best lawyer, the best doctor, the best clergyman, the best shoemaker, carpenter, or...

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I have read both books

Congratulations to myself that I have read both books. It took me around 10 days constantly. But I know it is half way of my journey, and the rest half is when I starting solving problems in better way.
Thanks MJ who motivate me and open my eyes. Lot of respect and love to all my fellow Entrepreneurs.
MJ Demarco take care of your health and your family. Wish you happy and prosperous life forever.

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What would you do?

Greetings,
It's 2019 and you just landed a phenomenal job that is everything you've ever wanted.
You become really, really good at it and receive recognition both financially and hierarchy-wise. You get to travel and provide immense value for thousands who are more than generous with their compensation for your services. Life is great as you see and experience nothing but opportunity and growth. You save up and purchase your first property, you get into a loving relationship, and live life...

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Anyone involved in Worldwide Dream Builders/Amway?

I'm being recruited and going to speeches of apparent rich people who got rich off the business. There seems to be a big draw for this business in the area. I was at an event at the Convention Center the other day and there was a MASSIVE amount of people. Then I went to this thing at Hilton hotel and again, MASSIVE.

I'll name drop speakers I have seen for reference: Mike, Matt Nguyen, and Brad Duncan. These guys are financially successful from the business.

As someone interested in...

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Envision - Real Estate Progress Thread

I've been thinking about ways to bring value to the forum and I think creating a progress thread about my real estate business and investments could provide alot of insight to members interested in investing (especially at a young age) and also help myself stay accountable to doing what I need to do.

Current Situation:

Currently, I work a full time job (VP of Operations of a real estate holdings company), run my e-commerce business, attend school full time (just 1 year left), and...

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Any BJJ folks on here?

I looked but didn't see any threads on here about folks learning jiu jitsu/bjj so I thought I'd start one.

I've been an athlete my entire life, and took up martial arts in college (Aikido). Loved learning it, but something was missing...(it's an entirely defensive martial art, and an archaic one, also, in terms of self-defense).

Then I got married...and stopped doing martial arts while we raised two boys together.

Then...I got divorced 8 years ago. Toughest time of my life, even though...

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Blogs, Instagram & Websites.. creating value for others

Hey,

I am writing this for my self as much as anyone else but I do hope this helps.
I'm just trying to be better, realising this is the life I chose, grind, hustle, sleeping fast and sacrificing fun now for a different way of life in the future. Its a better way of life success or fail.

As I seriously pursue this fastlane way of life.
I'm generating more respect for myself.
Simple little things like i don't binge watch TV or hang out with Low energy people anymore.
Its made me do some...

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Best blogs to stay informed in 2021?

What blog(s)/website do you read?

Why do you recommend it?

Background:

I have never watched Grease I became aware of Amazon in 2016. I didn't withdraw money at the ATM until I was 19. I started using Couchsurfing in 2013, and Airbnb in 2019. I learnt about bone-conducting headphones last week. But I knew by heart all the ministers in the Belgian federal government at 15.

The point is the following: I am a late bloomer. I am always the last one to learn about the existence of new...

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First forum post

Well hello there.

I'm Chris, I'm from Poland, I live in a small-town called Ciechanów, which is relatively near to Warsaw, the capital city. I also lived in Warsaw, Cracow, Kielce in many different apartments so someone might say that "I traveled".

I come from a small village (like 300-500 people living there) full of people with no perspectives, vision, ambitions whatsoever. You either leave this place and go abroad or you stay, become an alcoholic, and die lol. I chose differently, I was...

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Believing and staying Grateful

Whilst working on side hustles that dont make money yet, just remember we are along way a head of those not trying.

If i didn't want to work for an employer in the typical 9-5 job, why have I been doing so since 16? Fear, false evidence appearing real.

That and the insane taught misconception that having a job is the only way of contributing to society, not that many of my values are reflected by society. This had been an engraved neuro pathway/ belief that I HAVE to have a job or else...

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Implications of Google Trends for my Website/Business

I did a comparison of "Python course" and "Python Video Course" on Google trends.

Firstly I was surprised by how low the numbers for "Python course" were, peaking around 100 searches a week, if I'm reading that correctly.

Secondly, there were no searches for "Python Video Course".

That seems pretty surprising, but I assume the trends tool is correct.

So what are the implications for my Python Video Courses page here...

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Business Air Condition

Hi,
In Germany air condition is not common. Not very many private houses have one.
I m thinking about selling and install so called split climas, assembled ready to installed.
A simple hp with only a few different kinds.

- i think, the warmer the sumers get, the more people want one. Also you can heat with them in winter.
- for dealing with that gas used in it, you have to get a training with exam. So intrance is not too easy
- scaleing is difficult without loosing control. What prevents...

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WhatsApp is About to Launch a Second, Cautious Attempt to Update its Terms of Service

A new article on Social Media Today reports that WhatsApp's first attempt at updating its Terms of Service saw major user backlash across th.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Unique Selling Preposition

Searching for Powerful Actionable Verbs that create desire and urgency to save money.

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Unique Selling Preposition

Searching for Powerful Actionable Verbs that create desire and urgency to save money or data.

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Starting to work my way out of the slowLane

Hello again, I haven’t posted since my introduction. The reason is because I realized, all I was doing was action faking and not moving the needle at all. So I wanted to wait until I knew had taken some real action to moving out of the slow lane before making another post. Hoping I get some feedback as I have much to learn. I’d like to try and do a progress report weekly on what I’m doing to move towards the unscripted life. Okay so I’m a farmer and a truck driver. Been farming my...

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Finding a Manager/Potential Investor for My New Music Brand?

Hi there, hopefully I'm posting in the correct area. I have an idea that I've been sitting on for some time and slowly putting together...

Idea: Music/strong artist brand.

Here is some background - I Make electronic music and have good experience in playing gigs for fun and making music for a number of years without a solid or scalable brand. Recently had some decent success in terms of support for my music and also a single record release on a label last year. I the last few months I...

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I Make $15,000/month - 3 Hours of Work Per Day

I'm new to the forum but I thought I'd share what I've been doing for the past decade. This is more of a side hustle because it's not really scalable past what I'm doing, but I've been able to become quite wealthy doing this. Now I've gotten into investment properties and I don't need to do this anymore so I thought I'd share what I did to make this kind of money. So what did I do to make $15,000/month working 3 hours per day? I flipped MacBooks. I sold 3-5 MacBooks per day making an...

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I have $1,000, should I invest? Save? Buy hazmat suit?

I am hesitant to ask this question as I have seen how MJ responds to stupid and ~very~ broad questions in his books, but I have to shoot my shot regardless. I am a college student in about $15k in debt, soon to be graduating. I work part time and make enough money to pay my rent and necessities, but will not be making enough to save until months in the future. I have just gotten a $1,000 check from my university for a grant. As of now, my options are let it sit in the bank or invest it...

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HOW TO UNBLOCK YOUR URL FROM FACEBOOK

Why did Facebook block my URL? You may ask...

The short but unpleasant answer: You are not VALUABLE.

You might get upset about that answer and say: "but I am valuable. I only shared my link to few groups and across Facebook. What made you say such? Am I not on Facebook? Is that not value?

My reply: You are still not VALUABLE.
You might still say: " but i went to Facebook debugging tool and reported that my link is blocked. I even got 5 of my friends to do same, but my link is still...

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Thank You MJ For Your Works

The name is Koji Agudah. A digital marketer with a lot of bla bla bla in-between. I've been into business right from 10 years old but was lost in the idea of chasing money rather than creating VALUE.

I'm currently 28 and i've had few successes in business all thanks to MJ works. I've also been visiting the forum since 2019 but been lurking about.

I got to know about THE MILLIONAIRE FASTLANE in 2018 when i almost bought Tony Robbins - Money: Master The Game. I was introduced to MJs' book...

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Introduction New Member

Sorry I am supposed to introduce myself. I am Anazodo Joshua. From Nigeria in Africa. A young guy, till in university. I am really passionate about making a difference in the part of my region and beyond.

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The transportation industry potential

What is your perspective of the transportation industry. The system operated in - state, majorly the transport of people. Across the country, Nigeria

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4 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read Before Buying a Business

Acquisition entrepreneurship has picked up interest, both economically and here at the forum. To best honest, if I was a newbie entrepreneur and just getting started, I'd probably be more interested in acquiring a small online business, versus trying to start something new. Our most popular thread on the subject, with someone actually succeeding at it, is here:

GOLD! - From 0 To $240,000 Per Year PROFIT In 18 Months

From 0 to $240,000 per year profit in 18 months I've been a follower of this forum for about a year now, had read the Millionaire Fastlane book, and finally have decided to tell my story. About a year and a half ago, I found myself unemployed and with near zero savings, two house payments, and...

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New member

Am new here, am happy to be part of the fast lane Entrepreneur Forum.
I know I learn enough from you guys.
Dominion.E

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Business is easy and it affects forum participation from heavy hitters.

Part 1: Business is easy, internal battles are hard.

I’ve been pondering about my view that business as a whole is easy, it’s fighting your internal battles while building a successful company that’s hard. The tasks that I do on a daily basis are mostly simple and I’m honestly just typing stuff or clicking my mouse in a certain order based on decisions that I make day in and day out. Whether it deals with taxes or selling to a fortune 500 company, or managing my team...

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Is it Lindy?

Who here has considered the Lindy Effect when evaluating fast lane business ideas?

The Lindy Effect says that if something has existed for x number of years, you can reasonably expect it to exist for that same number of years into the future. More info on the idea in this video, article, and...

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Be Importer, UPS and Amazon FBA

Hi Guys
I have a little problem and want know if someone can give me advice....

In this moment I m out of stock in Amazon FBA after sold my 500 units in 48h, I do this first shipment under my personal name for not having the company ready.... I signed some documents and bonds after open a UPS account to be the importer of merchandise (because amazon not accept this)

After all this... UPS Spain Call me to make me some questions .... How many shipments of goods will make per month and...

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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...

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#2050 John Lee Dumas opens up about PTSD

Joining me is another guy who interviews entrepreneurs about how they’ve built their businesses. John Lee Dumas has done over 3000 interviews as the founder and host of the award-winning podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire, where he interviews inspiring entrepreneurs. He’s got a book now about how he built his business and what you can learn from his experience. It’s called The Common Path to Uncommon Success. I invited him here to talk about the details.

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Making ~400k/year freelancing as a ios developer. How to take myself out of the programmer seat and into the business owner seat?

Hey guys,

I've made a few posts already here about what I'm doing to earn this much as a mobile iOS developer. I essentially work multiple remote contracts and work around the clock.
While this level of income is good, I wanted to get some advice on how to grow more and go from developer to managing a bunch of developers / getting clients. This is my ideal goal to transfer to this in the next 5 years.

I know how to build an iOS app fairly well.
I know how to manage a team of developers...

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The Ultimate Guide On What Books To Read

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I will do a PhD for the next four years and this is my plan. Do you think I can do anything else?

Hello guys, I am new in this forum and I want some observations in my path. I read both books of mj demarco and they open my mind to new possibilities.
I am finishing a master degree in computational intelligence, and soon I will start my PhD. This is something that I really want to and it is something already decided. I am gaining some money from the scholarship and, if everything right, I will have another scholarship from the PhD.
I don't have much trouble in my life. Thankfully, I have a...

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Quote of the Day - QOTD

I noticed MJ changed his avatar and it displays the following quote.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Friedrich Nietzsche

That's gold.

I figured a "Quote of the Day - QOTD" thread would be a good thing to start. It might...

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Hello from Greece - Creation of a SaaS and marketing problem

Hello everyone,

First, thank you that you spent time reading this post. My english is not very good and i hope to understand the whole writing here.

I am Nondas from Greece and i am 28 years old. I have been in the personal improvement mode for about 3,5 years now. I have joined a community in my country that helps with mental, physcological, sexual, social , and wealth health. There i learned about the MJ books and about the wealth thing. The books inspired me a lot but they troubled me...

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About the E-book

Hello I am Yuri Maza, glad to meet you, I Sant to know about the E-book Milionarie fastlane for anyone who read, what you think about he?

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

PR Company - Anyone Ever Use Them?

A PR company is offering me the following in a package:

- Write a Press Release for me

- Distribute it to 450+ "premium branded" media sites including Fox, CW, AP News, MarketWatch, etc.

I do want more social proof for my brand and feel like PR would help. I do have a newsworthy angle.

They don't guarantee that I'll get articles (which makes sense I guess since not everything can be newsworthy), but does anyone have any thoughts/experience on using a company like this and if they...

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SMB Cash Flow Management

As a small business owner, how do you manage your cash flow? What are some challenges to managing your cash flow?

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What's the full meaning of M.J?

Was wondering if M.J stands for Michael Jackson or Michael Jordan

Lol... Just curious to know the full meaning.

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CPC and Amazon Help

Hey guys,

I sell toys on FBA (manufactured in china), and now Amazon are saying they need a CPC (childs product certificate), I have got a lab tested our product which passes for the CPC, but amazon are annoying not accepting the certificate, I was wondering if anyone has had any success in doing so before as I would appreciate some advice.

I live in the UK and import it to FBA USA.

Lab testing was completed by a company called ACT which is located in the US and is on the cpsc.gov...

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Amazon FBA put me here - Done with that!

Hello from Germany!
Before you discard this thread let me just start of my saying: I learned my lesson

Before I read any of MJs books I started an FBA "business" selling fitness accessories. Needless to say it failed in a matter of months because of quality problems with the Alibaba products. I followed an Amazon Gurus course, which was a big mistake but back then I didn't know any better. Ironically, the Guru was also the person that highly recommended both of MJ´s books. I read them as...

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Finding Your Fastlane Project

Hi there,

In 2020, I tried starting a marketing agency but that ultimately failed. Decided to take a step back and figure out my next project. I decided to close shop because client work drains me and is not what I see myself doing.

I ended up taking a full-time job to have some income and build up my savings again.

I was just wondering how some of you are able to find your fastlane projects. I'm struggling on finding my next thing to start.

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steady Ecommerce biz with unique product – learning to grow and would love to hear your thoughts!

Hey everyone!

So I launched a D2C Ecommerce website in July 2020 for a small cell phone convenience product I designed and patented (www.plugpuck.com). This is my first business experience and have really executed this as a passion project with a desire to learn. I've done everything from the product design, website design, photo/video, advertising, working with suppliers, S&H... pretty much everything.

Business has been steady for the last 7 months...

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Kill Bigger Incubator

UPDATED POST:

Hey Guys!

I wanted to give a quick update on what this program has become. In its infancy, we were talking about primarily capitalization and investment strategy... The original offer is still in this post below. What this has become is FAR more custom tailored. I would consider it more of an overall strategy partner. We take a look at the matters at hand together and address them with the best possible action considering any constraints. The goal is moving...

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I have $1,000

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Is it wise to promote a product which you haven't created yet to see if the public is interested or not

Hello everyone Im Charles. I woke up one day and realized that I need to stop changing money and fulfill needs of the people so decided to promote a product that possibly might sell really well, the issue is I haven't created it yet. My philosophy is if I get a lot of orders that's when I decide to make it. Is this a wise decision?

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Selling my Ecommerce Business

If everything goes as planned, this will be a short progress thread that will document the process of selling my first ecommerce business. I hope it is of some interest to those with ecommerce businesses, and that I can shed some insight into the process.

Progress so far:

I decided in October 2016 that I wanted to sell this business. I interviewed several website brokers that specialized in ecommerce and found one that I liked and trusted and that charged a reasonable commission...

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"The Millionaire Fastlane" is a real, practical, and logical roadmap to Money and Wealth. I spent years before reading crap books.

I had just gotten married when I first started online marketing business three years ago. It was my first year in Canada and I was studying marketing, and learning how to sell things online. At that time, almost everything I tried failed. I tried selling on eBay, I tried to become an affiliate. I thought that just by posting on social media will make good results but I was wrong. Nothing seemed to work, and I became a little desperate to figure out something that will make the real money...

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Hi everyone

Hey everybody - I'm thrilled to be a part of the community. I'm an entrepreneur building a platform to help business owners sell their ventures by allowing them to exercise more control over their confidential information and by connecting them with vetted buyers that are good matches. Excited to learn from the insight of the community. In case anyone is interested in taking a look at our work, you can check it out here: Private Market Labs

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Standing between two life choices.

Hi everyone,

Story
I’m a 20-year-old man from The Netherlands who quit studying Law after just 1 month of trying it out( You can imagine how my immigrant parents reacted). I never really liked school even though I was pretty good at it, I always got in trouble and was expelled a few times, because I simply thought it was boring. I always looked up to entrepreneurs and would always read about them. Most of them got there without college or university and I knew that you didn’t need it...

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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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