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    How do you plan?

    I created my own set of docs based on Stephen Covey's First Thing First, TMF, 4HWW, Miracle Morning, Russ H's thread, Matt Todd's blog (set yourself sundays!!), Ryan Allis' powerpoint, and probably a few other random sources. Once I made my 'why' and life goals, I broke them down backwards...
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    Questions on large scale rural realestate

    REAL ESTATE 
    A few ideas off the top of my head: - Find out why current buyers don't buy more than 1-3... ASK them! - Wholesale discount of course - Seller financing/less $ down - Development teams with options & estimates in place (become a turnkey company essentially) 10 of those properties by themselves...
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    First time REI? What would you do?

    REAL ESTATE 
    You seem to have a decent grasp of a few of the basic options you have, and they can all work depending on your skills and action. I'd recommend doing some reading over at bigger pockets, great RE forum. They have all sorts of tools and investment analysis so you can do an apples to apples...
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    Vigilante's "Mind Your Business" Radio Show

    EXECUTION 
    Great podcast Vig! Liked on FB and started listening. Thanks for the wealth of info
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    Service Based Business Question

    PEOPLE 
    This. To address your obstacles: 1. Hire the right people without exception. If clients trust you, they should also trust Easier said than done of course, with entire libraries written on the subject. Felix Dennis talks about how to keep good employees in How to Get Rich. Worth reading. My 2...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    Our costs were much lower because we lost our larger investor and just didn't start off at the scale we wanted. It ended up being just under 10k(some of which is ours) instead of 25k or so. With what we had, we got a vehicle, booth setup, working ingredients and final product inventory...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    its not the farmers markets themselves, they could care less where our goods come from. Its the health department that regulates where it can be produced. No big deal anyway, the commercial space we have is GREAT, cheap, gives us tons of room to work and we have all the storage space we can use...
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    I feel like this needs to be said.

    MINDSET 
    You seem to be taking out of context what was said about your business idea, from what I saw. It was said to not be fastlane because its essentially a job for yourself, at least up front. Can you hire managers and step away from it? Sure. But will you continue to grow it and maintain business...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    First market went well! Got some great feedback, made a small profit after all our costs, we're on track for the next market tomorrow, and we're working on the managers getting us into their other, better, markets next week.
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    Collection of Links To Improve Your Sales

    MARKETING 
    Great idea!! Speed ++ You have the category with a few different examples, but didnt mention HeatClick which also seems pretty popular for mouse tracking.
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    Double, triple or even quadruple your revenue with these strategies

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for sharing, going to watch it later. Havent read the book yet either, but Cialdini was an author of 'YES! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive' which was one of the better persuasion books I've read or listened to. Definitely recommend it.
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    Thank you!! Speed++ Awesome reading, bookmarked so I can finish it when I have time. Even goes into farmer's markets specifically.
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    pm'd you
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    We have our first 2 markets set! April 18 and 21, and every Thursday & Sunday from now on. The tasting in the 'to-do' of my last post was with a team that manages several of the better markets in the area and they loved it enough to put us in two of their mid-level markets right away. Usually...
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    Hello from Upstate NY

    Hey I'm from upstate NY as well! Living in CA, but grew up in ulster county. Great area. Good luck with your ventures!
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    Fastlane Powerlifters?

    FTE 
    lol apologies. Hadnt seen someone with such a similar handle when I oh-so-creatively chose mine.
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    Fastlane Powerlifters?

    FTE 
    Good on you! I dont do much heavy work anymore but at 5'8 165 5% BMI I got up to: DL - 495 SQ - 405 BP - 275 Now Im about 150 and use kettlebells most of the time with some bodyweight training and cardio. I'm probably gonna start hitting more weights this summer if I have enough time. I just...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    More progress: -We have our complete booth setup minus banner -Got our vehicle -Commercial production space -Finished our recipes -About half of our first weeks production done. Working on: -Finishing our logo and ordering a banner -Last couple licenses and permits, turns out some local...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    Progress: We got another investor! Less than we were/are looking for total, but it does give us enough to move forward on a lean budget. Worked more on sourcing, had to change a few things around to make it work within the new guidelines, and now we're gonna be pulling the trigger on our orders...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] Starting a Food Business

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks! No longer parked!! I was actually reading your supplement business thread over the past couple days, great read so thanks for that too, and good luck of course. Great question, I forgot to mention it since it hasnt been in our minds very much. Our product has a long enough shelf life...

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