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My critique on the commandment of entry
Exactly. If there's a need but no barrier to entry, you might have customers initially, but then competitors can flood into the market; unless you can skew more value, that flood of competitors will erode or eliminate your market share.- NMdad
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- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Local Lead Gen for Insurance Company
MARKETINGWhat @RazorCut said. Also, I have a colleague who does lead gen for agents of a national insurance carrier--mostly for auto & home policies--who generates the leads via Google Ads. While some agents use his lead gen service for over a year, the average agent uses his lead gen service for 6-9...- NMdad
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- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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How to deal with developer?
Totally agree with what @WinYourself said. Your current developer has shown who they are & how they work--you're unlikely to change that. Find a new developer, but before you hire them, give them specific tasks to gauge their responsiveness, insight & initiative & problem-solving skills, then...- NMdad
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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What Do Productive People Do?
HOT! MINDSETAgreed. Having a concrete, tangible picture of what it looks like--instead of generalities--makes it clearer to see how I can apply it, specifically, in my own life.- NMdad
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Need Advice For Starting My Social Business
Who, specifically, will your customers/clients be? And what are their burning problems they want solved? Years ago, I worked for nonprofits, and something I consistenly saw was a glaring lack of tech familiarity & expertise. With some super-ghetto PHP/HTML and some marketing & copywriting...- NMdad
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!
NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHATThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan- NMdad
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- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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A 13 Year Old Aspiring Entrepreneur
INTROWelcome to the tribe! What are you struggling with that we can help you with?- NMdad
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- Forum: Introductions
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Just released my first Big Project, and need help to take the next steps.
Besides talking to family members--who'd be likely to tell you your idea is great--what other validation did you do? For example, before creating this forum, MJ saw tons of people complaining about specific things on other entrepreneur forums; he created this forum to solve the specific problems...- NMdad
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- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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No ideas? No opportunities? Seriously?!
IDEA MINDSETThat's one possible explanation. Another explanation is that the high-productivity jobs make valuable stuff--not just servicing ourselves; read the paragraph in the article containing "domestic servants".- NMdad
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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No ideas? No opportunities? Seriously?!
IDEA MINDSETThat's one potential opportunity. What are some others? I see opportunities targeting: organizations with lots of low-productivity workers organizations with primarily high-productivity workers- NMdad
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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No ideas? No opportunities? Seriously?!
IDEA MINDSETBut what opportunities can you uncover from that NYT article? There are nuggets in that article way bigger than ebay flipping--opportunities that'd meet the CENTS framework.- NMdad
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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No ideas? No opportunities? Seriously?!
IDEA MINDSETOne thing MJ complains about in Unscripted is that people want simple, no-fail, step-by-step plans for easy riches. Wouldn't that be nice--something so fail-proof? Attractive? Yes. Realistic? No. The book title itself tells you there's no silver bullet to wealth creation. So, do you: Have...- NMdad
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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FREE Skype Call Mentoring
HOT!Just talked with @458. Super helpful--thanks a ton! Got some clarity on my next steps.- NMdad
- Post #70
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Is It Challenging To Get Your Kids To Read Important Books?
During summer vacation, I had my kids read 1 book per month, & would quiz them on it throughout the month. We've fallen out of doing that during the school year, with excuses for homework, their part-time jobs, etc. I'd say it depends on the kids' ages. For elementary school & younger kids...- NMdad
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- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Short One Liner That Had A Strong Impact On You
HOT! MINDSETHow long do you want it to take?- NMdad
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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A Guy Who Never Gives Up
EXECUTIONHey @Almantas just wanted to see how things are progressing. There will (almost always) be setbacks. That's OK, so long as the overall trend is in the right direction. 1% improvement per day.- NMdad
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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I Built A Worldwide Business From Broke.
GOLD!Hey, Carol, really appreciate your sharing your experience. A few things stand out: Focus on quality: Going upmarket means less competition & fewer high-maintenance customers. Long-term focus: You mentioned "We're very patient"--basically that when the time is right & pain crossed a threshold...- NMdad
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- Forum: Introductions
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A Fastlane Test - What is Your Locus Of Control?
NOTABLE! MINDSETInternal Locus |||||||||||||||| 68% External Locus |||||||||| 32% Interestingly, I think if I'd taken this test at different points in my life, the results would skew differently. Self-employment helped skew things more internal.- NMdad
- Post #143
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Book #4: Vote for Next Book Discussion!
VOTE NOW!Agreed--one of my all-time favorites too. I feel like this book is a bit under-the-radar for entrepreneurs, but contains mindset & strategic opportunities that are fundamentally different & way beyond what the herd is even aware of. Like first principles opportunities. It'd be super...- NMdad
- Post #46
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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One Little Step – advice for wantabes and newbie entrepreneurs
HOT! MINDSETThe security of where I'm at right now is a double-edged sword--comfort can kill the hunger.- NMdad
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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