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Recent content by darkomind

  1. darkomind

    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    UPDATE AFTER MONTHS OF SILENCE After a few attempts at pivoting my strategy, I decided to stop pursuing this business idea. Some health problems prevented me from producing and delivering my product for some time. During recovery, I realized it was time to move on. Learnings: I should focus...
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    Unpopular opinion: tell people about your business

    PEOPLE 
    Why is this an unpopular opinion? The general narrative, pushed by many business gurus online, stresses the "hustle in silence, let your success make the noise". The main arguments in favor of this narrative are: Telling people about your business gives you a dopamine boost which prevents you...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 8+9 My product A dessert based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. Roast my idea here. ⚡BUSINESS PROGRESS Last two weeks Delivered my first three orders and received excellent...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 7 I'll be off from work for 10 days! It's my chance to clear the fog and put my ducks in a row. I want to print flyers before I can start pitching to restaurants, but the logo is still WIP with the deisgner. Everything slows down during the winter holidays. Not me! My product A dessert...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 7 My product A dessert based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. Roast my idea here. ⚡BUSINESS PROGRESS Last week I talked to two customers. Apparently, one of the two works in...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 6 (Week 5 below if you missed it) My product A dessert based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. Roast my idea here. ⚡BUSINESS PROGRESS Last week's highlights Made a testing batch...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 5 Thread out on a Thursday instead of Saturday as I'll be visiting my family in my home country. My product A dessert based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. Roast my idea here...
  8. darkomind

    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you for your your 2-in1 reply, appreciated! I had excuses for too long. They all revolved around the concept of "One day I'll start my business, I just need to find THE idea". After reading UNSCRIPTED - the Great Rat Race Escape I had a more clear framework in mind, that helped me...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks man, I appreciated your reply. You're right, I shouldn't push too hard. The tendon problem is my body telling me to slow down. If you look back you can see. Moreover, if I aim for 5 and achieve 3, it feels like a constant failure. Giving these signals, I suspect that 5 was overkill to...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 4 (changed the layout for readability) My product A dessert based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. Roast my idea here. ⚡BUSINESS PROGRESS Last week's highlights I tested my...
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    I have a top 1% salary in my country but I'm not on the Fastlane

    INTRO 
    Thank you for sharing your story, Antonio! If you accept some advice, stop comparing yourself to other people. The only person you should compare yourself to is your past self. Look at where you come from, then at how far you've come. You may not be a millionare but you certainly made big...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks! Comments like yours motivate me to keep pushing. Whoa, I haven't considered this. I am not thinking about employees but I understand hiring will happen if I want to scale. I can't take care of everything by myself forever. I must find data on wages of fulltime employees, including extra...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    WEEK 3 My product A dessert based on a family recipe from my country of origin. It's popular where I live but I never found a version as good as the one my family makes. Roast my idea here. ⭐WEEKLY PERSONAL GOALS Complete 5 workouts: 1 kickboxing, and 1 strength training. 2/5 this week...
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    Family recipe to food business [Progress Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you! You're right, numbers are what must make sense at the end of the day. I'm learning business finance and accounting online and creating spreadsheets to do some upfront calculations. One of the aspects that play in my favor is that if I make a batch of let's say 20 portions, a...
  15. darkomind

    AI + CODE = SOFTWARE?

    IDEA SAAS / APPS QUESTION 
    All of those, and more. The Plus edition can search the web with the new Bing integration, meaning that results are in real-time. Besides copywriting and grammar/spelling check (English isn't my first language) For example, I use it at my job to format code, write code (saves hours), debug and...
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