What's new

Get Free or Die Trying

Welcome to the only entrepreneur forum dedicated to building life-changing wealth.

Build a Fastlane business. Earn real financial freedom. Live your best life.

Tired of paying for dead communities hosted by absent gurus who don't have time for you?

Imagine having a multi-millionaire mentor by your side EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been a cornerstone of Fastlane, actively contributing on over 99% of days—99.92% to be exact! With more than 39,000 game-changing posts, he's dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve their freedom. Join a thriving community of over 90,000 members and access a vast library of over 1,000,000 posts from entrepreneurs around the globe.

Forum membership removes this block.

blakkbox

New Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Joined
Feb 16, 2016
Messages
4
Rep Bank
$165
User Power: 325%
<div class="bbWrapper">Hello everybody,<br /> <br /> My name is Mike. I&#039;m 28 years old, American, and am determined to start a business that abides by Fastlane CENTS principles as soon as possible.<br /> <br /> I have been studying entrepreneurship since I dropped out of college at age 21 and have a history of entrepreneurship and self-employment. For a time after I dropped out I was one of those vagabonding digital nomad types (though I hate that term), earning my way doing graphic &amp; web design. It afforded me the opportunity to travel and live abroad in SE Asia and Israel and generally live a less standard life than many of my peers. But after reading TMF (and burning out on client work), I realized I didn&#039;t meet the Scale or Time Independence principles, and I realized I was just an employee by another name (with a few extra liberties).<br /> <br /> Due to burnout, I quit doing design while living in Thailand and instead found work on a sailboat for 8 months to clear my head (the free booze [employee benefits + setting up cross promotional deals with other businesses on the island I lived on] and European girls didn&#039;t hurt either). For the past few years I&#039;ve been doing small amounts of design and pursuing other interests, while working Slowlane jobs (albeit, enjoyable ones).<br /> <br /> Beyond design I like to imagine I have varied cross-section of knowledge and skills. I do high-steel work (talk about risk-management) in event production (meaning I work tons of concerts and am around / meet big-name Fastlane entertainers regularly), I have personal training &amp; fitness nutrition certifications, and am adept at many skilled trades. I take an interest in philosophy (particularly Stoicism), health, architectural design, political theory, history, and what I would term ontological design (building better worlds).<br /> <br /> Unlike MJ, I was never motivated by Lamborghini&#039;s or mansions (though I wouldn&#039;t say no to them). Instead I&#039;m a bit inclined toward do-gooderism (yikes!) and have always wanted to make an impact improving the world via improving individual lives – and have always had a problem with massive corporations / businesses that don&#039;t seem to push anything but mindless consumerism while destroying the planet in the process (having entrepreneurial yet back-to-the-land hippies for parents that raised me on a farm didn&#039;t help). However, that would be the goal of my business – to help the world (myself and others) become free from the tyrannical bonds of indentured servitude. In that sense, I share a vision with MJ.<br /> <br /> My central philosophy, perhaps, is one of anti-authoritarianism (probably watched Fight Club too many times) – I believe that for a better world to exist each of us must achieve the highest levels of self-mastery we are capable of, living congruently with our nature, thus eliminating the needs for governmental and corporate overlords. Somehow, I want to sell that spirit. Can one be an authority on anti-authoritarianism? The rise of blockchain technology, as well as many other trends, seems promising in this regard.<br /> <br /> I do believe we are living in revolutionary times. And in a revolution there are two types of people that matter: those who create it and those who profit from it.<br /> <br /> I would like to be someone to profit from it. My main roadblock to launching a new venture has been uniting my ethics / philosophy with a business model. I hope this forum can help guide me, and if not, I hope to blow y&#039;all away with my success.<br /> <br /> The most practical and immediately accessible route to me seems e-commerce products combined with a lifestyle brand. I will be scouring the forum for actionable advice and appreciate any comments and questions.<br /> <br /> Thanks,<br /> <br /> Mike</div>
 
Last edited by a moderator:
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 38078" data-quote="blakkbox" data-source="post: 685995" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=685995" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-685995">blakkbox said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Unlike MJ, I was never motivated by Lamborghini&#039;s or mansions (though I wouldn&#039;t say no to them). Instead I&#039;m a bit inclined toward do-gooderism (yikes!) and have always wanted to make an impact improving the world via improving individual lives – and have always had a problem with massive corporations / businesses that don&#039;t seem to push anything but mindless consumerism while destroying the planet in the process (having entrepreneurial yet back-to-the-land hippies for parents that raised me on a farm didn&#039;t help). However, that would be the goal of my business – to help the world (myself and others) become free from the tyrannical bonds of indentured servitude. In that sense, I share a vision with MJ. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Welcome aboard Mike, you&#039;re at the right place!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1" data-quote="MJ DeMarco" data-source="post: 686252" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=686252" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-686252">MJ DeMarco said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Welcome aboard Mike, you&#039;re at the right place! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Thank you MJ! Awesome how you respond and participate in this forum.</div>
 

Welcome to an Entrepreneurial Revolution

The Fastlane Forum empowers you to break free from conventional thinking to achieve financial freedom through UNSCRIPTED® Entrepreneurship where relative value and problem-solving are executed at scale. Living Unscripted® isn’t just a business strategy—it’s a way of life.

Follow MJ DeMarco

Get The Books that Change Lives...

The Fastlane entrepreneurial strategy is based on the CENTS Framework® which is based on the three best-selling books by MJ DeMarco.

mj demarco books
Back
Top Bottom