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  1. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    Nice idea on goals that would "unlock" something, but I think the further we go the harder it would be to justify better furniture and tech equipment. For example, now we need let's say 15k for a high-end 5 people office. And that's roughly a 3 months salary for an employee, which means we can...
  2. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    Nice, that's less maintenance than I thought. My mom loves plants and I remember she even changes soil once in a while (every year or few). Great idea, thanks! Definitely the same monitors and desks, it would very messy otherwise. This makes sense for chairs too, but I'm still not sure if that...
  3. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    Yeah, but they require maintenance like watering and maybe some fertilizers. I have no idea as I live in a village with nice nature outside so we don't have plants at home. So only if our maid would be happy to look after them.
  4. astr0

    What is your personality? Find it out with a quick test!

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    Great post! Being INTJ, I've found that problem long ago and have a semi-working solution for that. The first thing is to limit the Ni. Plan everything and every outcomes only 4-5 steps ahead maximum. It's hard cause we like to overthink everything with every possible outcome, find every...
  5. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    I'll post some photos that can better explain the situation: The office that we're renting (will be completely empty in a week): My 9-5 that scares people even with 30% bigger salary: My friends 260 employee company: Another company with ~1.3k employee, around 500 in my city...
  6. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    True, but we're not exactly a startup in conventional meaning as we are developing software for others, not our own product. So basically the same job as on other companies, just more interesting and challenging niche with huge career growth opportunities in case we'll make it. Our margins are...
  7. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    The current local customers will be coming into our office, but it doesn't matter since they are customers already. Future customers won't come into our office anytime soon. They would most likely be from a different country as we're pretty much a niche outsourcing agency. However, we do need a...
  8. astr0

    Thoughts on doing difficult things

    MINDSET 
    I'm doing pretty much the same. Difficult tasks and important tasks are usually two completely different things. I start with Urgent/Important tasks, which are very rare and just small ones to warm myself up. Important and difficult tasks are always closer to the afternoon. More difficult in...
  9. astr0

    How much is too much for an office expenses?

    RANT 
    The last day on my 9-5 is getting closer and closer and we need an office to run a software development service business with my two partners pretty soon. Found a nice office already and now we need furniture + equipment and here comes trouble. Our inial estimate was ~1k per employee ($600 for...
  10. astr0

    What is your personality? Find it out with a quick test!

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    INTJ-A Mind - 97% Introverted (92%) Energy - 80% Intuitive (71%) Nature - 61% Thinking (60%) Tactics - 83% Judging (85%) Identity - 56% Assertive (53%) Done the test twice from curiosity. First - relaxed and sober results; in braces tired, in the middle of the night, after drinking a beer...
  11. astr0

    How to overcome distractions

    MINDSET 
    "The obstacle is the way" Yeah, just stay focused and do what it takes.
  12. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Another opportunity from the NDA project. Rather big Indian company wants something similar, but with very limited functionality. They currently consider two options: integrate us with fully custom front-end and very limited functionality or develop something custom from scratch for them. Of...
  13. astr0

    Going to Vegas... need betting ideas!

    IDEA 
    I know a little about betting business from the inside. +EV situations are actually quite possible there. Large sports bookers operate more like an exchange meaning they adjust odds based on uneven betting on each side in the market(s) (since some markets are linked like Home wins also means...
  14. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week -6 Really have no time for the status update, so I'll keep it short NDA Project has raised more than 50% of seed investment, have more than 260 unique users online daily and growing, have more than 120 paying customers, ~170 people in telegram group including some well-known people and...
  15. astr0

    Quitting My Job - What Now?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Yeah, web design is part of e-commerce funnel. But, e-commerce is much more complex with all the marketing, conversion tricks, mailing lists, product selection, and other stuff. My point was that you may not need a lot of technical and direct sales skills that are crucial for web design to...
  16. astr0

    Quitting My Job - What Now?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Financial broker, Web Design and E-Commerce are not closely related to each other. If your final destination is e-commerce why spending time on web design? Counting all the time required for prospecting it seems unlikely to generate more income or save you some time short term than your...
  17. astr0

    Need to get some momentum going

    Just doing lots of small focused actions in one direction should be enough to build momentum. Improving income is not guaranteed short term, but soon that would keep you motivated and get the dopamine going. For me, the final kick was strong "why" and an accountability partner for the first...
  18. astr0

    Failure is not an option

    EXECUTION 
    Week -7 I'm a bit drunk but got to post this on Saturday night... CryptoDividend No major changes, a partner is still working on changes, but they are nowhere near to completion. NDA Project Seed investment is over 20%. Integration with a major player is done on our side and we got paid for...
  19. astr0

    Anybody here just quit their job, burn their bridges and took massive action?

    MINDSET 
    I've done it once and failed, but not for the money reasons. Just too much tension between partners. We've managed to achieve x2-x3 income on average compared to our salaries back then, although it was a real rollercoaster. More details here. Now, I'm almost in the same spot as you, just more...
  20. astr0

    Lots of new faces here since I was active. What's your why?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I'm just tired of wasting my life on 11-6 job where I'm really working only 2-4 hours a day for the most time. Can do better than that. Long why would be to build a business that would help other people with their businesses and maybe someday would be able to create a product that would...

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