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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    This is golden. I tracked down an executive summary version, as the original doesn't seem available for Kindle. Now I'm going to have to buy my first physical book in like 5 years. Yes, it's better if you give exact instructions, especially if you are working with something as open ended as...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    I only hire freelancers. It's more agile. As someone else said, there's a lot of frog kissing, but the good ones are worth it. They are working for steady payments and cash up front without having to worry about a ton of other details. I have to do a lot of work, spend a lot of money, and then...
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    Is a graphic novel / self-publishing fastlane?

    In my view, the concept of the fastlane has superseded a more basic question for some people starting out. Take a step back. The first practical question I would ask myself is whether you can make lots of money in a reasonable amount of time. If you can't, forget about CENTS. The fastlane, the...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    One more note on Patreon. I don't use it because there are more profitable avenues to develop first. However, the idea of recurring revenue is extremely attractive. (And an email list that people PAY for the privilege of being on? Lol! I think more businesses should look into it.) Right now it...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    Most of my answers to your questions won't help you. If you find out that I spend X hours working per week, how does that help you succeed? Find an unmet need that people are willing to pay for. That's literally it. Everything else is a distraction. I'm not sure about the ethics of this, take...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    I can chat here so other people can chip in. Note that I make art for customers, not clients. Different approaches work for different people, but I strongly prefer a mass customer model. I can sell the same work over and over again. I retain all IP if I want to repackage or modify for other...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    I read your comment before and after looking at some books, and they make so much more sense now. Ditto for some of the other comments above. Some notes on what I've learned. I finished Profits First. It was exactly what I needed to see some ballpark guidelines on scaling, and there was some...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    Great article. I haven't looked too much into tech startup resources since I thought they were less relevant (getting investors, etc.), but there's a lot of good stuff there. I will be looking more into Graham and the others. Thanks! Will check out these books too for sure. Exactly what I was...
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    Advice or resources about scaling a business?

    Hi all. I'm beginning to scale my business up with the aim of going from the present 100K/yr profit pace to 1M/yr. I'm pretty comfortable dealing with most of the other aspects of running the business and finding resources to learn specific tasks, but I've never dealt in this range of scale...
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    From Academia to Fastlania: Second Act in my Life

    INTRO 
    Hey, I just saw this post and wanted to comment. I almost never visit this site, but saw your thread in the weekly email. Your background is similar to mine. I'm really reluctant to provide advice, since I don't want the burden of sending someone in the wrong direction. I also know how...
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    A Simple Formula For Creating Passive Income Online

    I am usually too busy to visit the forum, let alone post, but this thread annoys me. Pure SEO-based affiliate marketing can work, but it requires either a long time to build up or expert-level knowledge. The OP's information is generic enough to be utterly useless at best, and deceptive at...
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    Web 3.0 (Ethereum) is happening, and most people have no idea what it even is.

    GOLD! IDEA 
    Have been away for a while and saw this thread... funny, I have been thinking recently of shifting some of my bitcoins into ETH or other technologies. Wanted to make a comment about investing in crypto coins... If I was serious (currently not, just playing for fun), I would invest the time to...
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    2k/month before I finish school

    EXECUTION 
    Hi Gerrald, great post! I am in a similar boat trying to scale up and build some affiliate sites. I don't really have any tips because I am no pro either. My long-term goal is to try to create an authority site, like you mention, and then use that as a free launchpad for selling my own...
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    Best new car research website! (How NOT to ask/take advice)

    NOTABLE! 
    Wow, lots of great advice, and I too am impressed by how much Argue and others contributed. I find that it's hard to get public feedback on a site sometimes, especially if you are wary of people copying the core idea prelaunch. I have paid pro copywriters and designers 10-15 bucks for a few...
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    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    I already posted on the forum but forgot to post here. Of course I read the book already! That's how I found out about this forum. How did I hear about the book? I think some reddit thread recommending books for entrepreneurs mentioned TMF. I used to be a really avid reader, but I don't have...
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