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  1. Saint

    Setting myself up for the Fastlane - Corporate vs SMB Job

    EXECUTION 
    It may not be the best time for real estate and related stuff, but that seems like always a good industry to get into in the long run. I'd say go with the smaller company, especially if there will be an opportunity to work on the business itself and with the owners. Or look for other...
  2. Saint

    Slowlane & Monogamy Decisions

    MINDSET 
    Well I'd say there's a 0% chance we'd starve, and almost no chance we'd get evicted. And it's hard to imagine being unable to make enough to fill in the gaps to avoid other issues like being unable to pay basic bills. I think it's very likely we could find a way to support ourselves, even if we...
  3. Saint

    New to the community :)

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    Welcome! Excited to see you get moving!
  4. Saint

    Slowlane & Monogamy Decisions

    MINDSET 
    Thanks for helping me think through it! Barring catastrophes, ignoring stuff like retirement accounts we'd have at least 12 months, maybe as much as a 24 if we really stretched it out. That's assuming no sales, and no other gigs to supplement in the meantime. So I feel pretty safe with her...
  5. Saint

    Slowlane & Monogamy Decisions

    MINDSET 
    Yeah that's what we're leaning strongly toward. And it just hit us that spring is really the big market season, so this is the time for her to do it. Between that, the poor ROI, and the lack of growth opportunities anyway at her company, this seems like the way to go. We're thinking as soon EOM...
  6. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Yes I've looked into it a bit! And I know of a commercial kitchen we could use pretty easily. We haven't bothered because right now we don't have enough orders to really need to scale that much. It would cost more money, and in the time it would take to get there and get set up we could've...
  7. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    I'm starting to read his stuff! And I scheduled a meeting with Superspreader Media since I saw a good post about them that was approved by MJ. Just a few updates: We didn't do the market this week because it was too cold, and we're moving next week, so we needed to get some stuff done for...
  8. Saint

    Slowlane & Monogamy Decisions

    MINDSET 
    Thanks for the advice! It's good to hear that our idea that quitting her job relatively soon sounds like the right call. I guess I don't have as good of an understanding of what it takes to get freelancing going. It seems there is a ton of need for what I can do with data, but I know it will...
  9. Saint

    Slowlane & Monogamy Decisions

    MINDSET 
    Thank you for sharing! That thread is super helpful. Like Arch posted, I look at you and am jealous that you're already serving clients independently. Some kind of ramp-up like MJ suggested is how I've been thinking about it for sure. The problem is I have a lot less flexibility with my job...
  10. Saint

    Slowlane & Monogamy Decisions

    MINDSET 
    Not sure if this is the right place, but I see a lot about goals and clarity here, and I'm trying to get clarity on this, so I figured I'd share it here. I'm trying to decide (if a decision is even the right thing here) where to focus my time over the coming months. I see a few options centered...
  11. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    So another update - since we got a second website order through my crappy free site, I finally got a real domain name and connected that to our landing page. We've also cleaned up that page a lot, and I'm going to start working on setting up online orders. I'd welcome any advice on SEO and...
  12. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Thanks so much for the feedback! Great advice - we will need to use a commercial kitchen at some point, but we could start doing a few thousand in sales a month before legally needing to. I know of one that would be available regularly, and I've seen that time can be rented regularly pretty...
  13. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Same market, almost same vendors too. And yes, it was much slower for everyone. In fact, the honey vendor (who's been super welcoming) who had the register ringing constantly the week before was only getting about one or two customers per hour. So I think it was mostly that day. It was just cold...
  14. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    What ups and downs! We got our second online order Friday, wanted it delivered that night or Saturday morning...tough to pull off while we were preparing for the market, but we did it. It was also our biggest individual order ever (nothing crazy, but biggest). We were so beyond excited. It was...
  15. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Well no online orders this week. It's been a few weeks since we got that first one. We posted an ad on yelp that got views and a few website clicks, but no orders came through. We've been more focused on preparing for the market because we see that as such a great way to get in front of people...
  16. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Thanks @Robdavis! I'll keep updating here how things go once we post about the market for this Saturday. @savefox I've been thinking about that a lot. "Intentional Iteration" via chains or franchising is the most obvious play. Several businesses in our niche have done that in our region. We...
  17. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Well the market was a huge success in our book! We sold 100+ items in about 5 hours. Made a decent chunk of change, and more importantly, got to directly connect with dozens of people and make a positive impression about our product. We got there at about 8:15 and set up. When I was loading the...
  18. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Thanks so much for the encouragement Rob! We did post on Instagram to our 50 followers. But honestly we're wanting to just see how it goes without a bunch of friends and family showing up lol. We'll definitely promote hard every week if we start going every week. We're going to use TikTok and...
  19. Saint

    Finally getting started!

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    After all the family and festivities in December, my wife and I are finally getting started with our bakery! This seems like the right place to share my progress. I'd welcome any feedback along the way. First thing - I got my wife to start reading Fastlane. People have been paying her for...
  20. Saint

    LLC Operating Agreement

    SIDE HUSTLE TAXES | REGS 
    Hey folks, I'm just getting started with my first LLC, and I'm wondering about operating agreements when it's just me and my wife owning and running any business activities. The LLC and a DBA are officially filed, and a business checking account just got activated yesterday. I've been reading...

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