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    Getting my kids into coding

    CHAT 
    While I have not succeeded [YET] in my own entrepreneurial adventures, I believe I have succeeded in encouraging some fast lane thinking in my son's view of life: He wants to be the one to create the games and not just play. This is what has worked so far: He plays Roblox with his friends. So...
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    Starting and growing my "AI for business" newsletter on Beehiiv

    - AI - 
    I understand this is an old post. I am interested in your strategy with the newsletter, and what led you to use beehive. I have in mind something similar (completely different in content - not AI), and my research led me to Systeme.io. I am interested in their surveys, sales funnels...
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    Is it over for me ? People who once lost it all - how did you cope?

    MINDSET FAILURE HEALTH 
    There are several threads here dedicated to FTEs. To me it is uplifting listening to what others see in hindsight as their "F**K THIS EVENT",and how this lead to their better selves or even fast lane road. There are many threads, but this one is a good one: Have you had your "FTE"? (Or Was it...
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    Beating the new US import tariffs

    SOURCING 
    I have been thinking about the Tariffs on my side of things, from my actual slow lane job, and how it will affect my fast lane aspirations as a physical products "inventor". As I understand it, the tariffs are paid on the transfer price at the time that the product is imported. I work in the...
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    Inventor's Virtual Meetup

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Before it was paused, I kept adding the meetup to the calendar, and somehow I kept missing it. I am interested in understanding what is the collective's inventors mind on planning for products with the tariffs and uncertainty situation.
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    Inventor's Virtual Meetup

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Are these virtual meetups going to re-start in 2025 ? Thanks.
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    New effort at licensing!

    EXECUTION 
    Stephen Key is actually a "Legendary Member" here. He did kind of a breakdown of his (Stephen Key) licensing activities (see this link) at the time of the post. Regarding what you can make licensing, I think I did the math and the revenue looked like that of a decent/good salary these days...
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    Inventor's Virtual Meetup

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    That's what they've done previously. Looking forward to Today's meeting !
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    I've failed at this for 9 years... what now?

    HOT! 
    I went to college with the son of the richest bakery owner in Venezuela. He told me his father's story, which I remember pretty well. His father owned a couple of hotels in my town, and he wasn't even from there. Maybe around the 1980's, his father noticed that one of the most laborious parts...
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    Buy It for Life - Your Favorite Durable, High-Quality Products That Are Made to Last

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Bambu Lab X1C 3D printer (actually a couple of families of 3D printers). Bambu Lab is a Chinese company that launched a kickstarter with their top of the line machine (the X1C). They did not greatly innovate, but took a bunch of lose concepts in 3D printing and put them together very very...
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    Inventor's Virtual Meetup

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Really enjoyed Today's Meeting. Thank you very much for putting this together. Look forward to next month's.
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    A.I. is trying to come for musicians now.

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I recently saw a post that really made me think, I can't remember the source, but it went something like: "I thought AI would do the dishes and laundry while I focused on poems and painting, when in fact it is just the opposite" (or something of the sorts). This very much sums up the actual...
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    3D printing & scanning spare parts for household appliances

    IDEA 
    I am a long time lurker, have tried a few ideas and have not gotten one to work yet. I may not be a good example, but I find your idea very exciting. Some of my ideas have been in the services side and some in the physical product side, for which I use 3D printing a lot. Since around 2011...
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    Buying a business vs starting from scratch

    MINDSET EXECUTION QUESTION 
    When I hear "buying a business" two cases that I know of come to mind. This is a n=2 from my perspective, so take it with grain of salt, but I realized that buying a business and thinking you can improve it is far from easy. #1. Austin, TX, 2001, car transmission shop. My car's transmission...
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    Introducing myself as I now think I understand the Forum

    INTRO 
    Ok, I think I had my FTE. Here is the post on the FTE/FTM thread. I quit my job and I have a 6 month runway to get some traction (a bit of savings) or go back to a job. I will be doing consulting with a tech product component (that I am building simultaneously). Hopefuly I can get this off the...
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