The Best Boss: March 2021

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

TIL that collage stole from my wealth, my life and my future

I am in an interesting position, because in my country college education is free (payed by taxpayes, so not really free - but to no imediate debt to you), if you do it right after high school. So I went to enginering college, which took me almost 5 years to complete.
To my unaware slowlane brain, this was a good investment, because I get an increase in my base salary, and I was going to earn more per year, and have better job opportunities, more safety and security.

I didn't know any...

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What are some examples of one digital product websites?

Websites that include one single digital product that is instantly available to download.

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Buying a Blog

Please tell me, if its a good idea!

I think of buying a blog.
Creating a blog is quite laborious. Not only from hours to invest, but from generating it from zero. I m not good with that.
So I think of buying a blog, which has some decent cashfow and information about a theme I know.
Than optimizing with information and let it run.

Good or not?

Btw : where to buy a blog related to Europe, especially Germany?
Is it necessary to concentrate to Europe, or better to manage a blog in English...

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Choosing between 2 business ideas

Would love to hear some feedback on picking between 2 business ideas. They are in an unrelated field.

1 is the safe play: a brick and mortar optometry clinic which would specialise in children's vision (myopia is a huge risk factor for kids these days). I would have to work in the business a lot more as I would be the optometrist (at least for the first 1-2 years), with higher wage and product costs.

2 is a ping pong on demand type of place just like pingpods.com (I am in Australia and we...

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Best Video Editing Software for YouTube in 2019?

What software do you use for video editing? Talking head videos in particular.

I use Camtasia. It's designed for screen recording, but works for talking head.

Problem is...it's buggy and crashes a lot. Mismatches my voice with videos too.

Not worth the $300 price tag.

So I'm wondering what do you use? Any recommendations for 2019?

I searched Google, but it seems every blog and influencer has an agenda so it makes them hard to trust.

Would rather hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

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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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I almost gave up (AGAIN)

It's crazy how you hit the space of void and fear at the same time. Here I was working on my umptenth business and started to doubt myself which has actually been a rare occurrence in my entrepreneurial journey. In my past ventures it never even crossed my mind that they wouldn't work so I just powered through like it was nothing. Luckily for me, I have always had the mentality and just started flipping stuff if I ended up against a wall pre-launch. I would put hours upon hours with a laser...

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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...

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For My Posterity

As a brief history. I’ve spent the last 12 years of my life as a slow laner, working the 9-to-5 grind for various companies. Granted, I used this time to get a college degree and managed to do so without accumulating any debt. Last year I decided to strike out on my own (kinda sorta) and started an SEO agency, I have the technical know-how and got a business partner who specializes in marketing and sales and after just 6 months we’ve acquired 5 jobs, 4 of which are paying us a monthly...

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Is CENTS Destructive to Action?

Over the years I've read thousands of introductions here.

A common thread I've seeing follows the following format:

A) I have 3 ideas, X,Y, and Z.
B) None of them meet CENTS.
C) X is missing entry, Y is missing scale, and Z is missing a mix of both.
D) I don't know what to do.

The end result is the person does NOTHING.

The problem with this mentality is that it causes you not to engage the market.

And market engagement (CENTS OR NOT!) is what causes you to personally grow, gain...

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I just don't know what to do

How are you doing, guys?

So a bit of backstory: started a digital marketing agency and made some decent cash. Covid hit and everything went right out of the tank. Decided to get a job to make ends meet in November and it reminded me how much I wanted to get out of this rat race.

I've tried to brainstorm a plan but nothing is coming my way. Of the few ideas that came were: supplement drop shipping, t-shirt designs for local area and a meal prep service. I feel in a brain fog after I got...

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Serious glitches in filing all US taxes this year!

I just talked to my CPA. He told me that although the filing date for US Federal taxes has been rolled back, the estimated tax quarterlies and the taxes for 2020 are still due on April 15th. That's 2 weeks from now. Don't you have to have a completed return in order to find out what you owe and how much your quarterlies should be? And he also told me that IRS has been daily changing the forms and/or their instructions for filling them out. How are we supposed to file a return, get the...

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100 pushups x 1 month challenge

Hi guys, this challenge must be the easiest ever proposed on the forum, all you have to do is 100 pushups with good form per day for 30 days, no matter how you do them, all in one sitting or spread out during the day.

I just failed my first attempt after 5 days...
So I'm debating wheter to restart today or tomorrow.

How it went: Day 1, fine did them in one session took me nearly an hour(was resting plenty and doing other stuff meanwhile), Day 2 it was brutal I completed it still in one...

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Slowlane sales director / future fastlaner from Europe

Hi fellows,

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

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

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

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Introduction

Hello, I am so happy to be here! I'm in awe that a forum like this exists, along with all of the amazing Gold threads and users who contribute.

A little bit of background for myself:
I am a 22 year old in my final semester of college. I grew up in a very small town, with the idea of the slowlane being pushed by my parents and other people within the community. My mind was really blown after reading TMF, as I never before even thought that there was a better way to become wealthy instead of...

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Jobs that are great for networking?

Looking for a job that allows me to meet entrepreneurs, business owners, or people living unscripted livestyles

The pay does not matter I’m making about $8 a hour anyway.

I’ve been learning over the last few years it’s not what you know but who you know

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Help With Posture & Tech Neck

O/T: HEALTH - How to fix your posture by doing a 5 minute exercise each day!

I found this post a while back and started doing these exercises regularly. Seems to really help. I've also been doing yoga 4-5 days a week. I have a standing desk. But I still find that I have a lot of pain and tension in my upper back and arms from sitting at a desk all day.

I am...

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Hungry for change!!

Hello everyone! My name is Rachel and I’m new to The Fastlane Forum, so wanting to introduce myself. I’m currently halfway through The Fastlane Millionaire and what an incredible read it has been so far. It’s so incredibly eye opening that every day I get home, I share my wealth of new knowledge with my partner, I’ve inspired him to read it! He is someone who has never read a book in his life, I’ve inspired him to read it and he can’t even put the book down!! We said to each other this year...

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#2065 Getting paid top dollar for podcast ads

Joining me is a long-time listener and I’m excited to have him on here. He’s created a solution that helps podcasters get top dollar for their ads. If you are a content creator, you’ll want to hear this interview. If you’re a company trying to figure out where to place your ad spend, you’ll want to hear this interview. David Tintner is the co-founder of ThoughtLeaders.io, a sponsored content marketplace. In this episode, we talk about the problem advertisers face and how his company is helping creators better monetize their content.

David Tintner is the co-founder of ThoughtLeaders.io, a sponsored content marketplace.

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[30.3.2021][Gyra] My records of moving from A to Z

[Notice]
Hi,
This is a thread I made to record my journey. Nothing more, so please go back if you like

or if you would like to cheer me up. Thanks a lot.

*****************
I'm Leona, born 1983 in Vietnam. After reading Uncripted and thinking hard for a week, I realized MJ and I have almost nothing in common so even if he gave me a compass, I had no idea how to move from A to Z. There seems to be no Fastlaner around me too, so I made this thread as a seed, I hope to grow it into a tree...

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Heading towards mediocrity, destined to change my path.

Hi,

My name is Branko, I am 25. I am currently living in the Netherlands. I moved here with my girlfriend because she is studying for her masters degree.
Back where I am from I finished my mechanical engineering degree. Currently I work here in the Netherlands in a small/medium sized company of around 25 people, where I make technical drawings everyday. I am a skilled technical engineer and I have a solid salary. The workplace is okay, sometimes its intense, and somethimes its monotone and...

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new here from china

Let's talk about business,not politics
like bpo oem odm saas shipping...

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Duct tape and bailing wire: business software

Many years ago, I worked with a company that made and sold machine tools (lathe and mill machines). This was a smallish company, perhaps 20 or so employees. My project there was to take a bunch of software packages they were using and attempt to make them work together. In the end, we wound up customizing something from a local vendor and writing some of our own code. The initial cost was somewhat higher, but it did everything they wanted, the way they wanted it done.

Sixteen years later, I...

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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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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Comfort VS Frugality ?

Hi !

I'm finally moving to Bali next week if everything goes well, and I looking at the different places I can have

Basically, I can either rent a small villa for ~$950/month or rent a single room in a villa (shared with other people) for $200/month

I'm curious about what you'd choose, if you earned ~$6000/month, and tried to go from slowlane freelance to fastlane

Would you get the cheap room and reinvest everything in your projects ? Or get the comfort but being able to reinvest less ?

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Diet/Behavior Change Anti-Charity Website

Hi Everybody,

Let me know what yall think of this idea.

I remember reading that one way that people quit smoking is by having this website make a contract with you and every time you buy a pack of cigarettes it takes money out of your bank account and donates it to an anti-charity of your choice (think KKK, or NRA, or bleeding-heart liberal charity of America, Etc). Even though I quit smoking years ago, I was thinking that I would love something like this for diet foods but for some...

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What Are the Dumbest Financial Decisions You Have Ever Made?

I will start.

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

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So if you are born poor in a 3rd world shitpool, can you still make it? My Story.

In one his books, MJ makes a good argument: If you are born in a First World country, have a healthy mind and body, there is absolutely no reason for you to not be able to break through the chains of servitude. Now a question arises -- what if you are born on the wrong side of the planet? And you ain't too smart?

I had that puzzle to solve. I was born poor in a 3rd world country where corruption and cast-ism reigned strong. In early childhood, I experienced beatings on a daily basis because...

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Anyone here use Robinhood?

Kinda hard to beat ZERO cost trades in either options or stocks.

Robinhood

I made a small deposit there but haven't traded anything because the interface isn't really that great. But then again, maybe a wonky interface is better than spending a fortune on commissions, which I'm doing at a variety of other places.

With this platform, there is really no excuse to start building your passive income money system.

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How great is your business idea from a CENTS perspective? Find out instantly...

Introducing -- Grade My Business Idea -- a website tool that will instantly grade and rate your business ideas in accordance to a weighted CENTS Framework whereas NEED and SCALE is most important, plus a MARKET ACCESS variable. (If you can't reach a market with a message, do you have a market??)

Grade My Business Idea: Business Ideas and Opportunities Rated Fast

I thought it was about time I created a grading tool with properly...

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Fastlane Fasting Friends

There are a lot of people on the forum interested in intermittent fasting as one of the top threads in this subforum shows.

I decided to start a new thread for those who are interested in exploring longer fasting, beyond the usual 16/8 (16 hours fasting, 8-hour window of eating) or 20/4 (20 hours fasting, 4 hours for eating) protocol.

@Sander and I are doing a 3-day...

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Diet Anti Charity Website

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How to Instantly Set Your Brand Apart in E-commerce.

Consumers want to avoid plastic, some won't even buy your product because of your plastic packaging.

I once worked as brand ambassador for a powdered tea company (i was the dude that gave out samples at whole foods), Potential Customers would come up & ask me if there was plastic in the packaging. I would say yes, they would reply they didn't want to pollute the planet with plastic & will not buy the product because of this reason.

Another Story. I am currently selling bags of activated...

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Creating, Launching, And Growing A Podcast From Scratch In 2021

My goal in this thread is to share my journey of creating a podcast and growing it from scratch. Hopefully, some of you can find value in it. My own selfish reasons for doing this is that I know constructive feedback, suggestions, and questions will help me improve.

Starting from scratch

I have never started or run a podcast. I don't have any real speaking experience, and I don't have a large social media following. So this will be relatable for everyone out there who wants...

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Creating a Successful YouTube Channel in the Business/Finance Niche

Hey guys, my name is Aubrey and I am a 26 year old based in Dallas, Texas. I wasn’t going to create a progress thread about this because I have a thread I recently commented on in the Insiders section and I didn’t want to duplicate the info – but after thinking about it I decided I would create a new progress thread on the outside documenting my newest venture – creating a YouTube channel and a YouTube community.

I have been a part of this forum since I was 20 years old – over the years I...

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First attempt to Youtube channel with book reviews

I just started a channel on Youtube to make reviews - key takeaways and useful/actionable steps from books i read.
Please check it and give some feedback because i am new to this territory
Thank you.

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Présentations

bonjour a tout les membres du forum et précisément à Mr Mj deMarco d'avoir accepté mon adhésion mon nom est sekou sangare et je vis en Afrique. Le livre sur autoroutes du millionnaire ma parmisde voir autrement la vie..mercii

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Advice on how to properly frame a finders fee?

Hi all,

I am currently working as a contractor for a company and invoicing them through my own company. The client is asking me for recommendations on someone that can consult for them on a particular project and I think I have an external group of people that can deliver the services.

If I get to sell them on these external service provider, I would probably consider asking them (the provider) for a finders fee since I am the one bringing them onboard.

Question: What's the proper (i.e...

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Initial Idea for a Side Hustle/Business, want to see if it has "Fastlane" potential

Hello everyone!

Some background about me: I am a 26-year-old chemist in Atlanta GA working full-time. I have an idea I wanted to implement and wanted to hear your perspective on this:

-I have a Master's degree in Organic Chemistry, because it is a subject I absolutely adore
-I also have a strong interest/background in tutoring people, particularly helping them with topics usually difficult to grasp like chemistry/Organic Chemistry
-My idea: create animated videos showing chemistry reaction...

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Searching for ideas to create at least 1000$ of passive income per month side hustle

Hi everyone!

My goal on this forum is not to become millionaire. Sure, if this was possible, it would be great. In fact, I am searching for different ideas to create a 1000$/month side hustle. Why 1000$/month? Simply because it's my average monthly expenses. If I could create 1000$ of passive income per month, I would be able to become financially independent.

Do you have ideas on the side hustle I could build to provide me with 1000$ of passive income per month?

Thanks for your help!

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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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Interested in Digital Marketing? Why not try pay per appointment/show model? Ask anything you need!

I've received lots of invaluable advice on this forum from some wonderful people over the last few years so I thought it's time to give back.

If you are interested in digital marketing and have any questions on the pay per appointment/show model ask any questions here and I'll answer them with that I've learned.

I've gone from getting 2/3 clients in 3 months using the "retainer" model to 28 now in 4 weeks using the pay per show model.

Fire away!

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Monday, March 29, 2021

Family and girlfriend proud of me for getting an IT job but I hate the hours and pay, any advice?

I just got hired three weeks ago to work at a super good company accepting an entry-level help desk role. My scheduled hours are from 3AM-11:30AM, and I work remote. I was super excited before starting because I graduated last year, and couldn’t find my first job for awhile. I mentally embraced the hours of the role because I need experience on my resume. During my interviews, they had asked me what hours I was okay with working and I said any, since I didn't want to limit myself from...

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Potential Side Hustle Partnership? (Outdoors/Hiking/Camping Industry)

Hey all,

I have a potential partnership opportunity so I thought I'd reach out to the forum to see if anyone is interested.

I have grown an "America's National Parks" Instagram page to 30k followers. My background is in copywriting and marketing, so I'm also now ramping up marketing with a few strategies to funnel the insta traffic to an email list.

I'm based in Australia, so my challenge is monetizing the audience - specifically through product development and product fulfilment...

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Scaling a backyard dog poop scooping company nationally Fastlane style

Hey everyone! I’m a longtime lurker and a big fan of the book.

I’ve been the marketing agency world the last several years working for agency’s. I started my own in October and stumbled on a long forgotten niche - pooper scooper service businesses.

I actually owned one as my first business when I was in elementary school and middle school.

Anyway I quickly mastered generating and converting leads after 3 months. I brought on a few clients and still have them.

But I’m looking to...

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Finding an advisor/coach/mentor to hire for content site acquisition

I hope I'm placing this in the right place.

I'm looking for suggestions of someone, or suggestions for how to find someone, to hire to help me vet content sites that are for sale. My technical skills are above average, and I've taken SEO courses and read countless articles to try to improve those skills, but I find no amount of academic knowledge gives me the confidence to look at a content site and understand it's value. I'm not looking for someone to find listings, broker a deal, or even...

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KAK's Kill Bigger Radio Show

I am delighted to announce KBRS!

Here is episode ZERO for people that want to learn what the show is all about. Big thinking capitalist radio for leader entrepreneurs.

‎Kill Bigger Radio with Kyle Keegan: Kill Bigger Radio Trailer - Ep 0 on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Kill Bigger Radio with Kyle Keegan, Ep Kill Bigger Radio Trailer - Ep 0 - Apr 15, 2020

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Episodes are evergreen, but I get better at this later in the game. Browse the recent episodes!

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Audit agency for Software vendors

So a friend and I have this idea to try and make an "MVP" of a auditing agency for software projects.
Example : Coca-cola hires Microsoft to write some application - let's offer to audit the process and implementation for the project + provide a report to Coca-cola.

I say MVP as we want to make a clear list of the minimum review items we can go through in the minimum amount of days - say 3-5 days in which to cope with the audit ?

I know there are many software devs here, I'd like to...

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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 Road Not Travelled

I went to the summit last year. Amongst many great speakers, @Kak's presentation inspired me in a few ways. One of his points was, I'm paraphrasing, you can set up a lucrative business, just off a phone calls. Ok, maybe that was just my takeaway.

When I first got into business, in finance, one of the things that attracted me to that field was the ability to do deals on the phone. He made me really want to scratch that itch again.

Shortly after the summit, I saw...

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Hello to everyone

Hello to everyone!
I’m Alex and I’m a newbie here. I hope I will find lots of useful information on this forum. I believe one day I become a professional trader.
But now, please, tell me about the main rules of this interesting world of trade.

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Any Amazon KDP Sidehustler from Germany here?

hello fastlaners,
is there anyone from germany who runs a KDP business?
would love to connect

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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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Is this normal?

Hi everybody,

I am fairly new on the road of entrepreneurship. Though I have past experience starting low rent businesses that only ever saw minor success making around $2,000 DJing various weddings and events and building a few websites for some small businesses though I would not call this significant experience. Despite that, for some reason, the idea of starting a business and making not just a little money but more money than I have ever made in my life (currently the most I have ever...

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Hello fastlaners from Scotland

Hello fastlaners,

Here's a sum-up of my life:

Born and grew the majority of my life in Italy
Worked 9 years in a company I hated
Left Italy for Australia
Lived and worked in Australia for 2 years
Moved to Scotland
Bought a flat
Currently studying at university towards a Business Management degree (love it and education is free here!)

I hope to brainstorm plenty of good ideas and find like-minded people.

Take care and stay safe,

Matt

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Web design + business consulting + 24/7 Youtube streaming

Hello everyone,

I have this idea of creating my personal website for website development, potentially evolving in the future (after my Business Management degree) into Business Consulting. I have a few questions:

Do you think I should cold-call/showing up to companies to advertise my service? I would avoid spending lots of money on Google Ads at the initial stage
Should I design my business card? If so, any ideas on what to write on it/layout?
Even after my degree, I see...

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Most Potential For The Profit

What business has the biggest potential for the profit?

Is this a Affiliate Marketing, Dropshipping, SMS Marketing, i don't know what else is there... you name it.

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Most Potential For The Profit

What business has the biggest potential for the profit?

Is this a Affiliate Marketing, Dropshipping, SMS Marketing, i don't know what else is there... you name it.

I know, a lot of businesses have a lot of potential, and that question is hard to answer, and it depends on your hard work... but i want to know what you think.

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Our e-commerce brand crossroad: to continue or not?

Hello everyone,

I have known that I want to become an entrepreneur since my high school. Because of knowing that education which is provided by schooling system isn’t enough, I have been reading a lot of books and obtaining experiences in my early attempts with business.

Today I am a student of 4th year on university and I had been pursuing few businesses. All failed in the end. Despite of the fact that we made some money, nothing of our projects was sustainable and scalable so we ended...

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Should I invest my time in game development ?

Hi
I am currently doing my bachelor thesis and have some spare time in my daily routine.
Lately I was talking with a friend that there is no really first person shooter which has high realism (Area 3) and is still fast paced and fun to play (Battelfield)
I know that these titles came from AAA studios nevertheless are there are quite some good Indigames out there.

Nevertheless, this is something totally different I want to do professional later on.
I want to create my own startup in the...

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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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#2064 Becoming a technical founder (without a software background)

Joining me is an investment banker who decided he wanted to start a software company. But instead of going online and finding a technical co-founder to do all the work, he spent two years learning how to code. Ryan Coon is the co-founder of Avail, which simplifies property management for independent landlords. In this interview we’re going to hear the entire story of how he built it up to how he sold it to Realtor.com.

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Earn Out Financing

Hey everyone, JP Here.

My fiscal situation has improved drastically. I have 0 Credit card debt now and with a comfortable cushion saved up in the bank and I'm ready to use that leverage in my favor. So I started digging around SBA Loans, HELOC funds, then I came across something called Earn Out Financing.

So knowing this community is a massive resource for me so I came back on here to look for a thread that had to do with anything with Earn Out Financing. I was not able to find anything on...

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Cold emaling(ish) for a combined business venture

Hey forum,

so I was in the middle of writing an email which could have potentially very positive consequences for my SaaS business, or none at all.
Long story short I got the contacts (no phone) of the director of a company with which I really would like to do business.
If we strike a deal, both our clients and companies will benefit greatly.
The deal itself would be a integration between our systems.
To my knowledge, they dont have that option (the integration option) at the moment, so...

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Is there any appropriate place on this forum to offer joint-ventures?

I'm learning SEO but have no experience and want to help someone rank their site. I don't need any pay/equity for now, but I just know that SEO can be very lucrative if done right.

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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...

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Unscripted Fiction Book by MJ?

Is MJ's new book released?
Can't wait

Edit: I've got this answer and realized there's already a thread about this. Please don't reply to this thread.

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Please evaluate the creativity of a mobile app

I'm working on a mobile app, counting the scores of various categories of apps, and displaying them on the interface according to categories and popularity. Only the top five apps in each category are displayed on the interface, with a brief introduction attached, so that users can intuitively understand the main functions and rankings of various categories of apps, and the information is clear at a glance, while more other apps are included in "more" (if users are interested in a certain...

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Hello from Sydney, Australia

G'day from Australia. Loved reading TMF and consider it one of the best books I've ever read, and I read a lot. The last 2 parts of the book (7 & 8) were particularly captivating for me. A clear well-defined path for what I've been wanting to achieve for some time. I'm onto it. Clearly a case of when the student is ready the teacher will appear.

I live a very comfortable and "successful" life in the slowlane. Over educated with a PhD in education and work as a professor in a large...

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Sunday, March 28, 2021

From a broke Uber Driver $9k behind on rent to $30k Per Month...QUESTIONS?

I'm happy to be able to make this post and hopefully share some inspiration and motivation to you guys.

First off, I found MJ Demarco while driving for Uber. I'd work 12+ hours a day so listening to music became annoying after a while so Audible became my best friend. I read Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted audiobooks about 3 times each along with a ton of other books that really helped me push through the shitty time I'm about to briefly cover in a second. So, first MJ if you're reading...

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Am I looking for a Unicorn? (If not, where to find?)

I'd like to ask the collective hive mind here for some feedback on my potential approach to finding a marketing person for my biz.

A quick back-story on my current situation:

I run a small, local tutoring business. It's well-managed, makes 6 figures in profit, and doesn't take much of my attention. At the same time, the business has not grown in any meaningful way since covid. I have, until this point, relied on a good SEO and a strong market for business growth, but I'm seeing that if I...

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Building a brand.

Hi guys,

This is my progress thread for my ecommerce brand launching 2.04.2021
*I am not dropshipping.*

I started working on this at the beginning of February and most of it was done by the end of that month, so I’ve wasted a lot of time since then not knowing what else to do.
Leads are accumulating and anticipation is building but I’m not sure a 2 months prelaunch campaign has been the greatest idea.

Things I’ve done so far

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Investor Involvement, Due Diligence & Safeguarding of the Business

Long story short, somebody wants to invest in my business. From what I gather, he's a guy who has finished his career and is happily retired. I get the impression he is somewhat bored and he is looking for ways to put his money into various things and keep himself busy.

He approached me as he saw that I was doing well in the middle of the pandemic and wanted to chat with me, he had said to one of my staff members "come speak to me if wants investment or is thinking of growing". I'm at a...

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Searching for ideas to create a 1000$ of passive income per month side hustle

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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...

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Search ideas to create a 1000$/month side hustle

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Quel forum!

J'ai lu le livre autoroute du milliardaire Le livre est une mine d'or

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Would you work a job that you loved to do? An alternative to the fastlane

Throughout this past year it has come to my attention that most people do not think that they age. Regardless of your opinion, Im a big anti lockdowner for the simple fact that time is our greatest commodity and we will never get this past year back. I lived in a very pro lockdown/hard blue area for the past few years, and it was obvious that these people have drank the kool aide. Have a slowlane attitude, work a job you hate for 45 years, and hopefully, maybe, just maybe, you're healthy...

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Introducing MJ's Personal Unscripted Network, Join Now for FREE!

If you'd like to keep your Unscripted journey on track, please text me direct at the number above, or click my signature to subscribe.

In return, you'll receive periodic text messages direct from me (NOT A VA) -- these text messages can be motivational, strategy-driven, latest books Fastlaner's are recommending, or a new thread/post on the forum with valuable content.

AND IT IS CURRENTLY...

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Building an eCommerce brand

Starting this progress thread to show the Fastlane kindergarten how it's done.

I'll update with solid action ~~faking~~ as I go on. Stay tuned.

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Introducing myself

Hello my name is John and I just started living my life unscripted. I graduated from FSU about 5 years ago and have worked various jobs in sales in the internet and cell phone industry as well as a brief time selling solar door to door(which I was relatively successful at). I felt crazy for years because it is always difficult for me to "keep my head down" and work hard at my jobs. They have just always felt hopeless and I lack much motivation to really put all of my effort into my work for...

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My ADHD Journey to Freedom

Hello all of my unscripted friends,

My name is Nik, Im 23 years old and I am currently trying to build up a brand around "ADHD" (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), which I found out I had when I turned 20.
Ever since I got diagnosed, I realized that ADHD, especially in America, pretty much gets dragged through the dirt as a disorder that HAS to be medicated i.e. if you have adhd and arent medicated you wont amount to anything and you are definitelly at a disadvantage in comparisson...

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Starting a clothing brand

I've always wanted to start a clothing brand, its been on my mind for ages, and not to get spiritual but it always pops up in my dreams and all the time when i use to get high (not no more) I have a rough idea on what i need to become successful in this niche, im from the UK and am going to be taking inspiration from brands such as "Trapstar clothing" which are based in London. I've had small experience with websites, sales funnels and social media marketing so im not a complete newbie. I...

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The real Fastlane means high-level CORPORATE experience (Germany)

Hello everyone,

I'm from Germany, 23, and finishing my Bachelors degree in business this summer.
My goal is to build a net worth of 10 million euros within the next 10 years and I'll do whatever it takes. There's a strong purpose behind it which I won't explain in detail here.

I analysed all known German startup exits above 10 million euros from 2020. Pretty much all of them were funded bei venture capital, and while some were highly skilled software developers, most successful...

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Hello there

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Unscripted: The Great Rat Race escape

MJ, your new book "Unscripted: The Great Rat Race escape" is nowhere in internet but how I get it. I come here after this link Coming from MJ DeMarco, Unscripted®: The Great Rat-Race Escape
When your next book will release, can you please clarify us about this.

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It finally came to me... (My first sales !!)

Hi Everyone,

I have been lurking around these forums for quite a while, in the background - taking in all the great information being posted up here.

I was trying to figure out my next career move. "Start a business, start a business, start a business" was all I could think about constantly. I would throw ideas around, brainstorm them, research them and then convince myself that it would not get off the ground and end up being a failure. This process was basically a rinse and repeat, then...

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Skills to Business

Hi, I have just finished the Millionaire Fastlane. I see a lot of things I definitely did wrong in my life.

I am 31 and I have a bachelor's in creative writing in science (technical writing, copywriting, scientific study writing).

After reading the book, I have always been a fan of copywriting and I know it can be a decent income but it still requires time for money.

I was thinking about learning SEO, Sales, Marketing, and Website design to start an advertising agency for B2B sales...

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Recruiting online sales team for a masks dropship business

I started this post Hello how can I do it online? I wanna pay them by commission and what sites are recommended for recruitment? Its fast? How to do de paperwork for the hiring, I need some tips

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Saturday, March 27, 2021

Fox Web School "Legend" Group Coaching Program 2021

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Feb 5th 2021 update:

So just some quick things to add to this thread as to how the program is going…

- The program has been active for over a year and a half now, and we have worked with close to 300 students at this stage. Around 100-150 of these people are on the Fastlane forums.

- The results so far have been very positive. We have around 30 reviews on this thread already, and a few more over on...

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Hello Everyone from ATDTony

I just finished The Fast Lane Millionaire and am excited to somehow fulfill my promise to my family of retiring by 45. Problem I have is that I am not sure how. You see, I got fired from my last job, not because I wasn’t a hard worker or because I wasn’t inefficient. I didn’t get fired because I made a mistake or pissed someone off, I didn’t loose company money, steal hours, have a bad attitude or anything that typically gets people fired. But even so, on one chilly Saturday October evening...

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How many of you guys pay virtually nothing in taxes due to write offs?

I just filed my taxes and still feel robbed. They took 18% of my money and all they're doing is paying off the interest on their national debt. Doesn't help you or me any. I'm looking to be educated on how I can give big brother the big finger next year.

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Creating my own product in eCommerce

Heya !

I posted almost 1 year ago about starting an ecom biz. Long story short, the first one failed, the 2nd one (dropshipping) is still running to that day without putting much effort into it. It generated some profit. I used ~$1500 personally and I keep what's left to invest later into new projects (into this one). Most of the profit has been eaten by an email marketing agency (lol)...

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Podcast Suggestions?

Hey there, guys! I ran into some rough patches in life recently and my Fastlane ideas had to take a back seat so I could make sure I could sustain my own life.

Things are getting back to stable now and needless to say, I’m getting back to it. I’m currently re-listening to TMF on Audible and it’s getting me to start thinking with a Fastlane mindset again.

After I’m done listening through it again I’d like to find a podcast or something that I can throw on during my downtime to keep me in...

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Perceived Value Experiment

I think an experiment about perceived value and how it changes with information would be interesting.

I am going to attach a video of a product and leave 0 clues about it’s origins, materials, or retail price.

You have to reply with what you think the item is worth. (Rough numbers like 10, 100) - feel free to go into why you think that’s the price.

In the coming days the thread will be edited and information will be provided, but not the price. I will then create a pool so you...

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Real Estate Wholesaling Mentors NEEDED!

Hello All, i've decided to start my wholesaling career. As with everything in life you can move much faster if you have the help or advice from a successful experienced individual.
I tried looking for one elsewhere but nowadays its only "gurus" selling courses and not actually active in the business.

Please link or invite anyone you know who is experienced in this business i believe this can help many launch their fastlane careers.

I have a RE license in NY so i'm no newby to RE...

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Why am I not getting any sales? (I'd love some input)

We have an online store: Royalvybe.com
We're getting HUGE traffic (by my standards at least) of an average of 50 new visitors a day. We have around 200 followers on our IG page where I post nothing but photos of our products. People share them, they comments, etc.

However nobody is actually buying our stuff! Can somebody please share advice or constructive criticism as to what we may be doing wrong?

our website is: RoyalVybe.com

thank you

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Dopamine. The missing piece of the success puzzle. (Improve Locus of Control, Motivation, Self-control)

Okay, we’re going to get into some deep and really cool stuff here. I bounced back and forth for almost a year on this forum as to whether I even wanted to post about this, since I’m planning on saving the materials for a book. But the more I think about it I think it's such an essential thread that I'd feel like a dick for not posting. Plus putting things out there helps you refine your ideas.

I know there's a lot of info here but this post is going to go over ways to actual...

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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 Prosperity Bible

The Prosperity Bible is a collection of books, 1280 pages long.
I found it very enlightening, considering I was reading it in my 30 minute break at work.

Countless examples and teachings that can still be applied today.

A favourite teaching when looking into business partners/ hiring( off the top of my head) :

A message to Garcia:

A letter was given to Rowan, with a simple instruction :deliver this message to Garcia.

Rowan did not ask where Garcia was, or how to get there, or even which...

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Helping people with websites

Hello everyone,

I'm Goran, 23 years old from Croatia.

This will be my thread documenting my progress helping people with websites and marketing.

GOAL: Get a first paying client in 90 days and quit job

Currently I'm building a shopify store for a local client for free. He sells jewelery and already has some repeat customers, we just need to get them online and setup email marketing.

Then I'll do a few more local projects with real results for portfolio and then look for clients...

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Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy - Book Discussion

Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork is a very simple book. In its essence, the authors posit that to achieve more, you need to shift your thinking from HOW you can do it to WHO can help you do it or WHO can do it for you. Ultimately, it's about leverage in the form of working with others instead of thinking that you can do everything best. This applies not only to business but also personal...

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Any Teens here?

Hello, was just wondering if there are any teenagers in this forum. Leave a reply if you are under 20 like me

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Starting my first E-commerce venture.

A bit more than half a year ago I came up with a simple product idea and have been working on it since. I got some samples about 4 months ago and they were quite popular, sold them pretty fast, so I decided to invest in it a bit and go for it. Last wednesday I got my bulk order here in Estonia and the same evening got the first sales as well. I'm happy that I sticked to it for all this time, not really knowing where it will lead me. I took a break from my construction job abroad (was so fed...

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Should I start to hire more employees?

Hi all.
So working with my advanced beauty clinic. I have my partner who work full time and a newly hired nurse who works for percentges. So the only salary I pay out is in relation to the money that is being brought in.
However, we plan to hire one beautician who will work 70% at first and the question is when is the right time to do it?
We opend 1st of february and as of late, we have been fully booked since day 1 and now we have a 2 week waiting list to get a treatment.
The clinic has...

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Friday, March 26, 2021

Idea: Remote controlled automatic plant watering

Hi,

okay, this isn't really something new, but during this summer vacation I felt a need for the following item that I would actually buy:

It would be really nice having a cheap automatic plant watering, where there is also the opportunity to control it from remote. I have a lot of sunflowers on my balcony which are quite thirsty in the summer months, needing watering every day.

The idea would be something like I lie somewhere at the beach, open an app on my phone, take a...

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Hello!

Hi, I'm Harumi.

About 6 months ago I quit my web developer job that I had for 2 years. I felt very confident that I'd have no trouble finding a better job that will both pay well and be more challenging.

I saved up a little bit of money by then, I'm not much of a spender so I decided to take 1-2 months off to rest up and self-develop.

Time flew, my sleep schedule got ruined, bad habits started to strengthen. I felt like I was going backwards.

Some night I decided to make a change, found...

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Investing as a skill

Can you point me to a thread on learning investing. I'll delete afterwards.

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Business idea dropship masks

Dropship mask from china to the federal government? Use money upfront from the government to finance the masks without taking broker commission just buying at china and adding a markup to the price? Hire a sales team to do the business contact with the agencies?

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Any young entrepreneurs living in Asia?

Hello everyone.

I've been a voluntary loner along this entrepreneurial journey for a few months. I work pretty hard(I only read + work) but I waste HOURS sometimes just because of the gaps in my knowledge. Are there any young entrepreneurs living in Asia who'd want to form a small group(share knowledge, shorten learning curve)?

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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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0$ a day to $1,000 a day in 6 months

I was inspired while going through this thread and thought it would be a cool thought experiment to try a different goal-target with the same focus on strategy, methods, and execution. No spilling the beans on exact products or services.

How would you prep? Would you try to learn something new or capitalize on your current skillset?

The...

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Your Thoughts on This Business Model?

I'm spitballing here so any feedback will be appreciated. Let me know if you guys see any holes.

I'm adjusting my business model. The question I asked myself is: what model is most valuable to the people paying?

Do *they* (the people paying me) want the email or do they want the call?

They are most likely going to want the phone call more than the email.

Here is how that would work: leads call me needing a provider, I screen lead for what lead wants and find suggestions for providers...

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Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

I bought @Fox 's Freelancing Course four days ago and I've been trying to take notes and fully get the ideas in the course between school and work. A lot of it has me scared. Scared I will mess up on a sales call and not get the sale. Scared a design for a client will not be good enough. Scared that I don't know enough to fulfill a client's needs and that need to spend more time practicing before I go prospecting or get on a sales call.

I realized this fear is extremely...

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GOLD - ncmedia's (Norbz) knowledge bomb, 10yrs in 20min.

Mods, feel free to edit anything about this thread/title.
Figured this was too good not to post (known of this for a while but figured, heck).

solopreneurs and people in the digital space will find advice particularly useful.
I noticed @eliquid and @Blackman in the thread

Source: My 1000'th knowledge bomb...

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Give Value First (thoughts on feeling lost at the start of the process)

So, you have decided that you want to "give the fastlane a go" and you have read the 2 books and are feeling motivated. You write a motivational introduction to the forum and then a few weeks go by...

The initial motivation for "fastlane" has waned and now you are on the forum as a "lurker" looking to GET value from everyone and then you read one more book to GET value from the author.

Does this sound familiar??

Well if business is all about GIVING value, then when exactly do you...

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