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  1. Denim Chicken

    Previous $5M Successful business. Feeling it's not enough.

    MINDSET 
    Interesting. I hear this a lot on various podcasts and its very common among wealthy people to start giving back and participating in charities and causes that matter to them. After a certain point of self fulfillment and hedonism, human beings want more I guess. Me personally, would do...
  2. Denim Chicken

    Previous $5M Successful business. Feeling it's not enough.

    MINDSET 
    Dude, i think you should learn to have fun. Which I found a lot of people have trouble with. Pick up some hobbies and dedicate yourself to enjoying life. Is there a reason you need more money? I have so many life goals that aren't making money that I would be doing if I was retired. But I'm...
  3. Denim Chicken

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

    SOURCING EXECUTION 
    Product photos.. took forever. It sucks because my product is larger than a standard photo booth so I used a white backdrop but when you do that, white isn't exactly white. There are areas that are gray and darker because the background isn't lit. I had to use photoshop and pen tool to...
  4. Denim Chicken

    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Thank you. I believe it is door to door but I will make sure. Ok understood. I am reaching out to freight forwarders once I get his quote via LCL FOB. A few pages ago when you mentioned assembly centers with handicapped workers, do those type of facilities only take on large orders? The...
  5. Denim Chicken

    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    I received all my samples and am ready to place my order. I received a Pro forma invoice and now I can really crunch some numbers to make sure the numbers are ok. He quoted me UPS which I am taking is air courier door-to-door service. It's $950 and package is almost 300 lbs. Based on a quick...
  6. Denim Chicken

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

    SOURCING EXECUTION 
    DO SOMETHING EVERYDAY. I try to do something everyday even if it's responding to an email or fixing a stupid banner on a website. A good habit to get into. And those little things you get out of the way on a slow day compounds and makes your life easier. A list of 30 "little" things to do is...
  7. Denim Chicken

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

    SOURCING EXECUTION 
    Assembled the sample units, timed it. Found a way to assemble the difficult part faster. Takes about 1-2 mins per unit. Ran into a F*cking headache though. Registered and made an Amazon seller's account. Suspended immediately, no listings. Tried to figure out why. I realized a few weeks ago I...
  8. Denim Chicken

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

    SOURCING EXECUTION 
    FINALLY. After 1.5 months since payment, my samples from Supplier #1 have arrived. All my parts are here and happy to say, the quality is great. What have I been doing while waiting patiently? - Working on my website. Branding it and perfecting it - Been on the lookout on slickdeals to wait...
  9. Denim Chicken

    Getting Rid of Cold Calling Anxiety Using Brute Force

    GOLD! 
    Yep, and thats why I love Gmail calendar invites. They won't forget and neither will you. And in my experience, they won't review your info until that calendar invite goes off about an hour before your call and then they'll read it. You can use a free extension on gmail called calendarly...
  10. Denim Chicken

    What would YOU like to learn about real estate investing?

    REAL ESTATE 
    I guess the problem is you dont know if you have a good PM company until you have a property lol. hate to gamble with my money and test the PM market in a city and find out theres no one great. That's the biggest hurdle for the out of state inventors whether they buy turnkey or not. I dont know...
  11. Denim Chicken

    What would YOU like to learn about real estate investing?

    REAL ESTATE 
    Would you ever recommend someone who is not hands on (i.e. out of state investor) to tackle these C level properties? I gave consideration to some B- and B level properties in cleveland a thought, around Parma and such but I'm finding in Cleveland, the realtors selling the properties are also...
  12. Denim Chicken

    Sold my $30,000 p/mth website for $650k - My "near wealth experience" taught me this--> [MP3]

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    I should clarify. 2x is more than enough money for me to feel wealthy, I actually don't need much as a person. But my focus has always been on financial security and not having to trade time for money. If there was a guarantee that I could have 2x for the rest of my life, that would be a no...
  13. Denim Chicken

    Sold my $30,000 p/mth website for $650k - My "near wealth experience" taught me this--> [MP3]

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    Thanks for the book Bill. Spent the day reading and just finished it. Coming from the FinancialIndependence subreddit as well as a personal finance mindset, it was very interesting and helpful. It's a very good book I'd recommend to friends and family who don't have any idea on finance at all...
  14. Denim Chicken

    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Thank you Walter, this puts my mind at rest. I believe his wording made me believe the printing was done by a subcontractor, which I am fine with. He said something about getting the samples back from the printer or printing. They don't specialize in printing so I imagine it took a few days to...
  15. Denim Chicken

    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Supplier #1 who I paid around $500 for custom samples has let me know they shipped the samples earlier this week with DHL and gave me a tracking #. However, the tracking # is showing the origin as Hong Kong, not China where their factory is located. Also, the tracking has not been updated...
  16. Denim Chicken

    Should I buy a 20 year old appliance repair business?

    HOT! 
    Well, if you had 200k in cash would you be able to grow your business to bigger and better than if you were to buy his?
  17. Denim Chicken

    Getting Rid of Cold Calling Anxiety Using Brute Force

    GOLD! 
    Your only goal for the first call is to introduce yourself and schedule a time to talk in the future. Also because you are calling them cold, it helps to have a good reason as to why you are calling. When prospecting, make sure the list you have is targeted based on what you are looking for and...
  18. Denim Chicken

    BRO-MARKETING! (Great Copy Selling Crap Products)

    MARKETING 
    Reminds me of..
  19. Denim Chicken

    Bitcoin Coinbase users question

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Its tied to the device it got sent to and the wallet i believe. If you want to recover the wallet you need the really long string of words to get it back. They suggest you write it down somewhere and dont forget it.
  20. Denim Chicken

    Getting Rid of Cold Calling Anxiety Using Brute Force

    GOLD! 
    This is a great way for you to hate sales. Trust me, if you dont have product, how are you going to answer the most basic questions that come up like "how long would it take for a website to be made?" or "how much do you charge"? Find a good product (yours or someone else) that you know isn't...

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