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Recent content by pickeringmt

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    How to Build and Grow a Newsletter as a Business Model

    GOLD! HOT! PUBLISHING 
    Great thread, thank you all for sharing so much - especially the open discussion.
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    CHECKLIST: How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency & Hit $5K in Less than 90 Days

    GOLD! MARKETING 
    Glad I found this thread. I have been basically freelancing as a "partner for hire" for businesses where I live for about 9 months. I am consistently hitting $5-$6k but I am billing hourly. I totally understand it violates the time principle, but it was actually intentional - I just needed to...
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    How to maintain ambition if our goal is provide value?

    QUESTION 
    This is a good question. For me personally, I have focused entirely on showing up the way I want to - living by my values. The downside for me is that I feel really disconnected from goals/goal setting. I guess from my perspective the ambition comes from living my values and following through on...
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    Feeling Stuck and Depressed

    MINDSET 
    Going the entrepreneurial route is trading one set of pros and cons for another. People not happy at a job seem to think that working for themselves or owning a business will be a path to happiness. It is not. The happiness you are looking for will not be found in taking a less safe path unless...
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    Partnering with Someone You Barely Know

    IDEA 
    Man, I ventured into partnerships last year and it is very difficult. What you are asking is about the same as marrying someone under the same circumstances. There is pretty much no way to know and it is an expensive/painful thing to find out. Even if you have known someone for years, you just...
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    Organic skincare products part 1- lab setup

    EXECUTION 
    Hard work is never for nothing. You learn from it and grow. I have probably failed more than anyone else here, and I am still not doing that great. But I am getting better almost every day. Pain is life. Avoiding pain is avoiding life. A safe, pain-free life lacks any meaning or possibility of...
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    Organic skincare products part 1- lab setup

    EXECUTION 
    Don't get sucked into doing things "the right way" based on information. The only thing that matters is what actual people actually want.
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    RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHER

    INTRO 
    If you see repetition in your tutoring you could create recorded lessons and sell video courses. Save your clients money and your time
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    Taking a ride in the slow lane -- and it's been great!

    In 2019 I got out on my own for the first time. Before that everything was a side hustle. I spent the year slowly going broke, raising my 2 kids in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment. At the end of that year I was in a car accident and my car was totalled. Insurance paid out about half of what I had...
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    Who I am

    INTRO 
    I do agree, but that book also helped me get my personal cash flow in order and structure things to build credit and get rewards from using a credit card as cash. I am totally a deadbeat cardholder, use it for everything, pay it off every month. Good credit feels like a scam until you need it...
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    Organic skincare products part 1- lab setup

    EXECUTION 
    Hey man, this is great. I don't have this all figured out, but reading through this I have a thought you should consider. The main one is that you seem to be coming at this more "legit" than you need to be. If you are formulating product right now, you don't need a lab. Just experiment with...
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    Taking a business online. Is it worth it?

    EXECUTION 
    Dude I started a beard oil company years ago and it was a similar story. The difference was that I leveraged an online store from day 1. You can find the story in my content, I think the thread is called Chapter 1. Fear is ultimately rooted in uncertainty. If fear is stopping you, it just...
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    What improved your life so much that you wish you did it sooner?

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Self-acceptance Letting go of all the judgmental bullshit that keeps you focused on turning everything into a statement about what kind of person you are and comparing yourself to other people. Once you recognize that you are just a human being working on stuff and all that matters is getting...
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    Payment Processing For High Risk Products

    EXECUTION 
    I have been trying to find a way to process credit card payments for Kratom. It looks like it is pretty much impossible. I am looking for legitimate credit card processing options for Kratom orders in the US. I tried digging into how other companies are doing it and the only thing I can find...
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    Anyone dabble in the vending machine business?

    I am excited to announce that I am going into this business I helped a neighbor move and he gave me these four machines. For so, so many reasons I am going to see what i can do with it. Here are a few of my assumptions: I will either pay or donate 10% of the income I will have to find secure...
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