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  1. TedM

    The Licensing Game

    GOLD! 
    @Vigilante - I'm more and more leaning to licensing out a product i've put a patent app on - instead of going the route that @Eskil is taking with his product. (and curious about what @zend***phin would say too) The question I have is: how much money - if any - do I leave on the table by going...
  2. TedM

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    i think they make it up on volume. (LOL!) I think they don't - like MLM, most are losers. (coming from a guy who did drop shipping, etc. in the past.) not to be trite, but - "if it was easy..."
  3. TedM

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    It's amazing how some people ruin it for the rest.... Just wanted to say thank you for a really A+ helpful no-BS thread.
  4. TedM

    Eskil's Progress Thread: Starting a Supplement Business from Scratch

    EXECUTION 
    Fair enough. I guess the StayblCam requires 100% focus & I'm sure you are right to be unwavering on that.
  5. TedM

    How many millionaires (success stories) since Fastlane inception?

    EXECUTION 
    Right now, my kids say "The old man had a dream and he worked to pursue it." We are all still waiting for the last half of the sentence to come true. Hopefully, with time and more effort, it will. But, having demonstrated the first part - that's very satisfying too.
  6. TedM

    [Insider Call] How to Kick a$$ with Facebook Marketing

    MARKETING 
    if you are only paying 0.04 - when you drop filters, usually the price goes down, so - what do you have to lose? keep an eye on your spend & your analytics and try it for a few days.
  7. TedM

    Eskil's Progress Thread: Starting a Supplement Business from Scratch

    EXECUTION 
    Eskil - out of curiousity (and not having read the whole thread...) - why didn't you get someone in to manage this for you while you concentrate on the stayblcam?
  8. TedM

    The Licensing Game

    GOLD! 
    The answer is - go try it. Also, read this thread www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/one-simple-idea-stephen-key.30946 - and the book.
  9. TedM

    Our Kickstarter Failed and It’s OK

    cool. that's what i was wondering. Thanks and continued success!
  10. TedM

    Our Kickstarter Failed and It’s OK

    So, in retrospect: was the time & effort invested worth it? I hear the value in what you learned (and massive value leveraged for all of us in your sharing the lessons), but since hindsight is 20/20.....
  11. TedM

    The "Astonishing Secrets" Thread

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    My favorite quote from Thoreau
  12. TedM

    8 Eyewear: From Idea, to Launch, to Growth (And Quitting the Job)

    IDEA 
    Thank you so much for this!!
  13. TedM

    8 Eyewear: From Idea, to Launch, to Growth (And Quitting the Job)

    IDEA 
    i was wondering if they'd be comfortable for long term wearing. congrats.... your perseverance is inspiring
  14. TedM

    Moving to Europe for the summer..Advice?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Don't know about mobile, but main cities (and between cities) in Portugal have the fasted fixed-line Internet backbone in the world!!! i work with companies all over the world and NO WHERE beats Portugal for speed.
  15. TedM

    I am meeting with two multi-million dollar tech founders on Monday about my idea, what to expect?

    IDEA 
    Great advice!!! Thanks for sharing this.
  16. TedM

    Fast Lane Lessons From A Documentary About Sneakers

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for sharing and for summarizing. I'd love it for a celeb to do something for my brand/product and THEN ask for $$. It'd be the easiest thing in the world to pay for proven ROI.
  17. TedM

    Response data on Direct Mail marketing vs. email marketing vs. ???

    MARKETING 
    I was very disappointed w/FB. i absolutely hated the way they recorded clicks - there was no relevance to the number of clicks i paid for and the ones that analytics showed me actually came to my website. Further, the quality of the clicks wasn't very high - and I was targeting high end...
  18. TedM

    Response data on Direct Mail marketing vs. email marketing vs. ???

    MARKETING 
    Could well be that I didn't do it right, although I have run successful [small scale] campaigns before.
  19. TedM

    Response data on Direct Mail marketing vs. email marketing vs. ???

    MARKETING 
    PPC didn't really work for one of my campaigns...it's too niche and the volume was miniscule, so i stopped it. i probably should restart anyway.
  20. TedM

    outsourcing patent application writing...

    SOURCING 
    That could have been me - https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/starting-with-patents-licensing.51309/#post-347711 He's not who I would use for a PPA, of course, although I will have him do the drawings, if he can. For the PPA, I posted a job on oDesk and got a few applicants, a...

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