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  1. Edgar King

    Finding A (Fastlane) Need Is This E A S Y

    IDEA 
    Well, even if there are 50 year olds that move to 60,70 and 80, won't there be 30 year olds that move to 40, and 50 as well, making the market size relatively the same (all other things held constant)? I've had to call a couple companies in the past for various things like refunds, changes, and...
  2. Edgar King

    Google unfairly banned my ads account. How do I overcome that?

    MARKETING 
    I am so so so sorry for this. This was the exact issue that happened to me maybe a year ago. I had dreams to help my father advertise his art exhibition, but after opening a new account for his business, was also suspended for "suspicious payments" even though I had just got a new master card...
  3. Edgar King

    Finding A (Fastlane) Need Is This E A S Y

    IDEA 
    Oh, how do you mean? Are you talking about the market size? I'd imagine so long as it's growing and not declining and there's at least millions of prospects out there that's a good bet. And for its price, if it came from a paid supplier, you could check out their websites to see what they charge...
  4. Edgar King

    Finding A (Fastlane) Need Is This E A S Y

    IDEA 
    Did the idea come to your mind when you were engaging in something frustrating, annoying, or time consuming? Was this frustration, annoyance, or time waste caused by a paid supplier (You gave money to them to get this product/service)? Is there more than one person with this problem? If so...
  5. Edgar King

    Finding A (Fastlane) Need Is This E A S Y

    IDEA 
    In retrospect, this is now how I would define a (fundable) problem- Problem: A Painful (frustrating, annoying or time consuming) memory or expectation you and/or other people have in their day to day (possibly caused by a paid supplier). The more frustrating, annoying or time consuming a...
  6. Edgar King

    Attempting to Build A Productocracy [Niche > Problem > Pre-sell > Solution]

    HOT! INTRO 
    Day 138-142 A Response I went on to clean the windows of one of the businesses and selected my skews: Scheduling/reliability (Sending reminders of the clean before and after) and quality (Try to make the glass look like new), and customer service, three things I felt were more scalable than...
  7. Edgar King

    I'm 18 Y/O and have a business ideas but don't have capital to start

    IDEA QUESTION 
    If you were to go that route, no I don't think you have to be an "expert", but your solution needs to work and you may need proof that it works. You can use organic methods like TikTok to grow a following and post some valuable content for that audience.
  8. Edgar King

    I'm 18 Y/O and have a business ideas but don't have capital to start

    IDEA QUESTION 
    Welcome! Then... could you do ideas that require no capital? E.g. ebooks, and digital products. You can find a problem on quora/reddit and then create an ebook for that for example.
  9. Edgar King

    Should I Continue YouTube?

    QUESTION 
    I think whatever you do Alex, you can ask yourself, "What problem am I solving?" and, "How am I doing so in a better way than what's already out there?" You can do this with Youtube too, as shown really well by @Valier. He started a thriving youtube channel and he documented all about his...
  10. Edgar King

    Attempting to Build A Productocracy [Niche > Problem > Pre-sell > Solution]

    HOT! INTRO 
    Day 134-137 Value skew matters So first off, for the week I've continued sending messages to 2-3-4 cleaners a day and so far have gotten 2 responses from a satisfied crowd. The first guy explained that he already has a big contract so he doesn't need more work. But he did explain that there...
  11. Edgar King

    Finding A (Fastlane) Need Is This E A S Y

    IDEA 
    Found a video that has an interesting angle to this as well- View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhweov9X-LM
  12. Edgar King

    Want ideas? Stop being boring!

    IDEA MINDSET 
    Perhaps you could try to get all your ideas out on an excel sheet and create multiple columns of factors of what the perfect idea will be. Then choose the one you think has a good chance and try to knock it out. MJ explained this really well in a video before, better than I can but it's probably...
  13. Edgar King

    [Progress Thread] Teen Execution (17)

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Ayeeeee, I'm proud of you bro! Earning at all can be quite a hurdle, but you put your head down and helped someone so the results followed. Now that you've got your first customer. The next steps should be to build a produtocracy. You know the point where that same customer goes to his friends...
  14. Edgar King

    From a broke Uber Driver $9k behind on rent to $30k Per Month...QUESTIONS?

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION 
    Your story is inspirational! Again, goes to show that solving a problem at scale leads to wonders.
  15. Edgar King

    Advice on how to grow audience?

    QUESTION INTRO 
    Whatever you do, you could ask yourself... "What problem am I solving with it (the post) or how is it going to make (my audience) happier?" Once that's done, you need to make the post in a way that it skews value. Is the content the funniest there is in that niche? The most visually appealing...
  16. Edgar King

    Attempting to Build A Productocracy [Niche > Problem > Pre-sell > Solution]

    HOT! INTRO 
    Day 129-133 Each of these milestones I call tasks, and the bullets that fall under them, steps. The aim is to find and solve a problem in the window cleaning community. For the tasks, I create a separate google docs to accomplish the steps. The latest one I'm on is contact and strategy where I...
  17. Edgar King

    Creating a Thriving Personal Brand w/ YouTube - A Journal & A Personal Guide.

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Well done @Valier! Your thread is enlightening and inspiring, thanks for the journey so far!
  18. Edgar King

    Boring Businesses Really Do Make Money.

    IDEA SIDE HUSTLE MINDSET 
    I'd imagine once you get professionalism, branding, customer service and quality down, you're set. You can definitely start with 0 pounds by just going into stores asking if they need someone to do their windows. Granted, there are a lot of stores that do already have cleaners, so it's about...
  19. Edgar King

    Attempting to Build A Productocracy [Niche > Problem > Pre-sell > Solution]

    HOT! INTRO 
    Day 124-128 This week was spent working on my 1/5/10 plan (From MJ's youtube channel) and planning out the step by step needed to go from needs to productocracy. Here's how it looks and maybe you can borrow it for inspiration... I first looked at my 1 year goal (Which was a productoracy) and...
  20. Edgar King

    Attempting to Build A Productocracy [Niche > Problem > Pre-sell > Solution]

    HOT! INTRO 
    Day 119-123 I travelled the week before last week with my family for the summer and therefore couldn't continue prospecting for window cleaning clients physically so I decided to use the period to reflect. I then used the following week to refine my why-goal-plan, tried to write down the...

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