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2 failures, 1 success: My Onramp into the Fastlane
NOTABLE! HOT!Bear in mind also, just because you are an engineer, it doesn't mean you have to remain so. You can start a SaaS, or own rental houses, or whatever. There is a lot you can do right now if you want to remain in engineering: Take the PE Get your LLC registered settle on a domain name and build a...- cmh
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- Forum: Introductions
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2 failures, 1 success: My Onramp into the Fastlane
NOTABLE! HOT!Sure. Structural is needed across all industries. Building a Wal*Mart? A refinery? A factory? A bridge? All need structural consulting, and likely a stamp too. My specialty is shell and tube heat exchangers and fired heaters. Outside of my narrow industry, it's not needed. It is becoming more...- cmh
- Post #36
- Forum: Introductions
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2 failures, 1 success: My Onramp into the Fastlane
NOTABLE! HOT!Thank you sir. We specialize in oil and gas, energy, and general industrial mechanical engineering. It's very niche, which is nice in this case because we have some key industry connections. And you? From where I'm sitting, the best field for a guy who wants to consult and start his own thing...- cmh
- Post #33
- Forum: Introductions
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Parents, Kids and the Fastlane
OFF-TOPIC#4 is a self-licking ice cream cone; a tautology. Part of my definition of success is the number of grandchildren I achieve, so....- cmh
- Post #9
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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Trying to get into consultancy - not sure where to start
SIDE HUSTLEWhen I was doing consulting work, it was a mix of both -- I'd call around to people I know occasionally to keep the idea that I'm consulting in the forefront of their mind, then people come to you. The dynamic is like "damn I wish I had a guy to do x thing," and that person's friend says "ohh...- cmh
- Post #13
- Forum: Side Hustles, Freelancing, Web Design
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Doing the absolute largest projects... But now what?
QUESTIONIf you haven't built and tested the prototype, you have not designed a 'final version' of anything. This line implies that you had already built a working prototype, and then refined the final design. Frankly, I'm guessing that your current design has substantial problems that have not yet...- cmh
- Post #6
- Forum: Product Development, Importing, Sourcing
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Doing the absolute largest projects... But now what?
QUESTIONCool, I never figured you could get the machine working. You must be one of the best engineers humanity has yet produced, so congrats on that. Any chance we could see a video of the machine making a meal?- cmh
- Post #2
- Forum: Product Development, Importing, Sourcing
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Trying to get into consultancy - not sure where to start
SIDE HUSTLEHey Mark, I think you might have some opportunities on your hand here. First of all, big kudos to you for how you prioritize your family and make business work for you. I am a Mechanical Engineer, with a long programming background, and I spent part of my childhood ranching cattle. Raising my...- cmh
- Post #8
- Forum: Side Hustles, Freelancing, Web Design
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Comparing 3 income sources and a plan forward
FEEDBACK QUESTIONWhat is your industry? What are these side projects in general? The ChatGPT plan is a joke IMO, it basically is telling you to do what you are already doing. I did the same thing as you seven years ago -- I went through all 4 of my income sources to figure out which ones were the most...- cmh
- Post #2
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Cleaning SAAS Progress Thread
SAAS / APPS EXECUTIONThanks for the thread dude. I have a SaaS idea that I'm getting ready to start coding in my spare time, working toward an MVP. Do you have any advice on the auth (user/password) portion? I have about settled on just making it myself with Flask-Login (going all Python here), but was curious what...- cmh
- Post #12
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Starting and growing my "AI for business" newsletter on Beehiiv
- AI -I signed up for your list, and if you want I can give you honest feedback. Or if you prefer I can just tell you it's great and move on quietly if I don't care for it. I am your exact target demographic. I want to rapidly integrate AI into my 2 companies. What I am doing right now is just diving...- cmh
- Post #14
- Forum: AI for Business Growth, Automation, and Profit
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Can I quit? Is quitting ever ok?
MINDSETNo, Ranger Regiment.- cmh
- Post #25
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Can I quit? Is quitting ever ok?
MINDSETQuitting is for losers. Do not be a quitter. To me, quitting is like a small death. Your strength gave out. You weren't man enough. You just didn't have the right stuff to see something through. And it will be much easier next time. It's a recipe to be mediocre. Quitting is when the finite task...- cmh
- Post #21
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Workshop on using Google Ads to perform market research (on a whiff of spend)
MARKETINGCount me in. I took your paid course and found it useful both to get me running and later to keep an eye on my Ad vendors. Now.... if we can request topics, can you go over the basic conversion trackers? I'm having absolute hell getting mine running, and it seems like it should be really easy...- cmh
- Post #13
- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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2 failures, 1 success: My Onramp into the Fastlane
NOTABLE! HOT!I got my first 2-3 clients by making it known that I was willing to take on small jobs, and having people seek me out on the basis of my personal and professional reputation. I did understand early in the game that I needed to get some paying jobs, even if they were chicken-shit. The reason for...- cmh
- Post #31
- Forum: Introductions
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A.I. is trying to come for musicians now.
OFF-TOPICI'm diving headlong into AI because it's obvious that's where the money is moving forward. But, I'm a 38 year old man. I've done the hard work and know how to do it. My kids have not. For that reason, I am going to keep them banned from AI at least until 18, and will encourage them to try to...- cmh
- Post #9
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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[Video] How I made an app and sold it for $65,000 last year
HOT! SAAS / APPSVery cool video and thread. I have a couple of questions for you: What service did you use to deal with user registration and logins? What frameworks and such did you use to build the app this quickly? I have been looking into prototyping an idea I have with Bootstrap + third party...- cmh
- Post #10
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Successful people, how do you "work hard"?
MINDSETCool thread. What country are you from @HyperA ? If the US, what state? If you're young and single, just do what @Johnny boy does. I read that with envy... it reminded me of my younger years. I have the kids, the wife, the property, aging parents, etc, so for me 'hard work' has to look a bit...- cmh
- Post #12
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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If You Work Remote at a Job, Listen To This Advice.
HOT! IDEAYou aren't wrong on this assessment; it depends on personality as to how it applies. I understand how the soft comfort could hold one back, though it didn't apply to me personally to the point I needed to not moonlight for myself. Once I realized (as a remote high-paid engineer) that I was being...- cmh
- Post #49
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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If You Work Remote at a Job, Listen To This Advice.
HOT! IDEAI'll answer your question: It's because they are afraid to try, and fail. I used to do this when I was 14-20 years old or so. I'd intentionally sabotage myself as a way of protecting my fragile ego. Many never grow out of this, so they end up as a 62-year old wagie with a long string of moral...- cmh
- Post #47
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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