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  1. Saint

    Franchise Development Help?

    MARKETING 
    Thanks for the advice! Interesting idea...think someone running a somewhat competitive one would share about how they do things? I guess I could find a franchise with similar marketing efforts but more complementary. I was hoping to find something I could do myself, like a course, book, or...
  2. Saint

    Franchise Development Help?

    MARKETING 
    Hey guys, does anyone know where I could find a course, playbook, or consultant that would help make a business franchise-able? For instance - whatever Edible Arrangements or Nothing Bundt Cake would do to market, sell, hire, etc. when they launch in a new market (especially before they became...
  3. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Great Q1! Biggest news is that I quit my job. Put in notice in January and they asked me to stay through March. I did, and considered going part time, but it's gotten way too busy, no way we could do what we're doing in the last few weeks if I was even at 20 hours a week. And there is sooo much...
  4. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    1) What will make you happy with progress this week? Finishing a bunch of new messaging on our website, which is getting more traction 2) What are you doing to make a sale this week? Going to the market and continuing to upgrade it 3) What are you not doing but should be? Calling caterers...
  5. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    1) What will make you happy with progress this week? Getting access to a new commercial kitchen that will give us far more capacity Decide what I can be working on while I finish out full time at my job 2) What are you doing to make a sale this week? If week at work isn't crazy, could start...
  6. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    A few updates: We started back at the farmer's market this weekend. Got a very warm welcome back from several regulars, sold relatively well for a cold, wet February weekend, and we got a new spot that should mean 50%+ more traffic. Could significantly boost both our sales and exposure this...
  7. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Getting back to this: 1) What will make you happy with progress this week? Ask for reviews for all orders from January Start off well at the market this weekend 2) What are you doing to make a sale this week? Pop-up tomorrow, market this weekend Asking for reviews Finalizing our overall...
  8. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    From last week: One thing - Call at least 20 new caterers, and follow up with ones I've already reached out to Didn't do because of turmoil at full time job. Good thing is I did what I needed to do there though! Send 3 more test shipping boxes to confirm we're ready to start offering shipping...
  9. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    For some reason I wasn't getting notifications for these, but I think I am again now! Last few weeks: Shipped the first box that arrived with nothing broken, so I believe we've figured out how to do that Called a few dozen caterers, and got some good initial interest Made some great progress...
  10. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Reviewing last week: 1) Made several site improvements, tested several shipments and learned a lot, and had great meetings with our existing cusotmers 2) Still haven't tested ads/landing pages 1) What will make you happy with progress this week? Work through more website stuff 2) What are you...
  11. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Reviewing last week: 1) Organized tasks, made a bunch of website updates, and picked biz address, but didn't get to learn landing pages in MailerLite 2) Tested packaging for shipping, had first partner meeting, which went great, but haven't tested ads/landing pages 1) What will make you happy...
  12. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Well we're back in the game! Baby came healthy, wife's recovering. Starting to get used to having another person in our house, a very needy person! I've used the last month to do something that's frowned upon in some circles - business planning. I read a few books and created a plan based on...
  13. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Reviewing last week: 1) Pulled ~500 caterers from various google lists and uploaded into Hubspot 2) Initiated meetings with several vendors and partners, but haven't had them yet 3) Finalized 2024 business plan and started scheduling time to review it with friends and mentors 1) What will make...
  14. Saint

    Why you should buy a home as early as possible.

    GOLD! HOT! ASSERTION 
    I'm finding this topic so interesting from two angles: First, I took the opposite approach in my 20s, so it's interesting to consider whether that was the right call. Financially, almost certainly not - I could've bought in that prime window in cities that blew up the last few years. But for...
  15. Saint

    Why you should buy a home as early as possible.

    GOLD! HOT! ASSERTION 
    I'm in a major metro in a major sunbelt state. From what I've heard, this is the case in Austin too.
  16. Saint

    Why you should buy a home as early as possible.

    GOLD! HOT! ASSERTION 
    Where I live, which was a crazy hot market two years ago - no inventory, tons of people trying to buy - houses are down 15% and falling everywhere. Tons of inventory sitting around now. I know several people who bought two years ago who are down $20-30K from their original price, not to mention...
  17. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Chalk it up to American/new daddy brain...somehow first interpreted the post on the top of this page (13-Nov-23) as "Nov 13th THROUGH Nov 23rd" and rolled with that since I first saw it lol. Thanks for clarifying!
  18. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    @andy should this be through Dec 11 (instead of Nov 23)? Reviewing last week: 1. I completed my business plan, now to show it to some friends and mentors 2. Got the partnership with the wedding planner, and started back up with recurring orders 3. Didn't start working on shipping orders, but my...
  19. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

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    Haha yeah, two weeks ago now! Thank you so much! She's just precious and my wife is recovering well. I've paused on the sales grind knowing we'd have to stop service for at least a few weeks. But we're feeling like we're getting back on our feet, so we're ramping back up with business too! The...
  20. Saint

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

    HOT! CHAT 
    Ah this is a great thread! 1) What will make you happy with progress this week? Completing business plan for 2024. Probably won't quite get there by Thursday, but I'm almost done. 2) What are you doing to make a sale this week? Call today to potentially partner with a wedding planner...

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