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  1. NMdad

    I'm a Doctor Who Has C0VlD-19. AMA

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    Unless I missed it, that article has no info on transmissibility of COVID by children (full article here). Current research suggests that younger children transmit COVID at lower rates than adults, but that older children & adolescents have transmission rates similar to adults: C0VlD-19...
  2. NMdad

    Can any recommend an easy and inexpensive CRM?

    PEOPLE 
    Upvote for Pipedrive, super easy for managing prospective leads and/or projects, categorizing them into different types, saved queries/searches, etc.
  3. NMdad

    Ask Me Anything About SaaS ( I'm building my 7th )

    GOLD! HOT! SAAS / APPS 
    Excellent, thanks--good to know I was on the right track. Next question: How to manage a developer when I'm not a developer? I feel like I don't know what I don't know--or what I need to know. How would you recommend managing a developer? I'm thinking something like: daily updates from the...
  4. NMdad

    One big idea or small assets that generate passive income ?

    IDEA 
    Agreed. A few other questions to ask yourself: Do you want to provide something big vs. something small? E.g., jet engines vs. hand cream? A lot of small purchases can be a large business if the market is large. How fast can you acquire customers? What niche do you already have expertise in...
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    Ask Me Anything About SaaS ( I'm building my 7th )

    GOLD! HOT! SAAS / APPS 
    Hey, Jason! I've gotten significant interest/validation for a B2B SAAS concept from a handful of my consulting clients, and want to hire someone to develop the web app. I'm not a software engineer, but have solid SQL & VBA/vbscript skills, and have a working knowledge of HTML. My goal is to...
  6. NMdad

    What is the best project management tool?

    MINDSET 
    Yep. I tried Jira but found it nearly incomprehensible & extremely cumbersome to configure. I use ClickUp, which is similar to Asana, but I believe ClickUp has more ways to view things. My projects are mostly related to client-based software & support (bugs, support issues, development tasks...
  7. NMdad

    Ask Me Anything About SaaS ( I'm building my 7th )

    GOLD! HOT! SAAS / APPS 
    Chili vs. pad thai. That analogy is spot on. What's your chili? Also, you might be able to be in a sizable sub-niche. Using the chili example, Texas chili is completely different from New Mexico chile. There are often problems in a sub-niche, and solving those could give you an inroad to the...
  8. NMdad

    SAA(H)S: From Idea Extraction To Paying Customers

    IDEA 
    You can pursue architecture firms, but my point still stands: every one of us has worked in and/or has had exposure to industries, and that experience gives us a perspective that allows us to uncover gold nuggets within those industries. So, if you're "just" a student, consider: what do...
  9. NMdad

    SAA(H)S: From Idea Extraction To Paying Customers

    IDEA 
    You might be able to get a SAAS idea that way, but it might be more fruitful to look at the gold that might be under your feet right now: HOT TOPIC - Are you ignoring the gold right in front of you?
  10. NMdad

    Are Microeconomics and Statistics Any Useful For Market Research?

    Agree with comments about the value of understanding microeconomics for running your business. As for statistics, it depends: Probabilistic & expected-value thinking can be incredibly useful--especially for deciding whether to pursue opportunities. Advanced statistical methods (e.g...
  11. NMdad

    Your ticket to unlimited vacation and no stress!

    GOLD! PEOPLE 
    My kids give me sh*t about reading books like "The Checklist Manifesto"--I'm guessing you're a fan of it. Ironically, fast-forward a couple years, and both my kids regularly make checklists on their own. Be the contagion you want to see in the world. ;)
  12. NMdad

    Attended a past Summit? Did you know this?

    MEETUPS 
    I attended this year's summit--well worth it!
  13. NMdad

    Is Data Science A Fastlane Skill?

    Agreed. A degree or skill in data science will have more obvious & numerous slowlane & fastlane paths than a degree in, say, English, but your background is less important than your mindset & the paradigm by which you view & operate in the world.
  14. NMdad

    Lex DeVille's - Journey To Doctor

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Hey, Lex, first, congrats! I was actually in a clinical psych Ph.D. program many years ago (I withdrew after completing all the master's-level coursework & part of my master's thesis). Given the glacial pace of change at most universities, I'd guess that much is still the same as when I was in...
  15. NMdad

    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

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    Edison by Edmund Morris He could get by on little sleep, and had his finger in multiple domains (light bulbs, electricity & electrical grids & batteries, chemistry, telegraphy, sound & image storage & reproduction, mining, cement production, & on & on). Yet he was basically an absent spouse &...
  16. NMdad

    An Excel Course?

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    I use Excel a ton for my "day job" doing automating stuff for clients who use an on-premise/non-cloud database. Virtually every client I've worked for has had me create automated Excel workbooks--basically snagging data from a database, and cramming it into Excel. Sometimes I pretty-up the...
  17. NMdad

    Who here makes $10K a month?

    What do you actually need to know to change your situation?
  18. NMdad

    The Freelance Competitor You Don't Know You Have..

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Whenever I post a job on UpWork, I tell applicants to include some goofy word--like frijoles or turnbuckle or something--at the very top of their application. Usually only about 10-20% of applicants follow instructions & post the "secret" word. It's a quick & simple litmus test of their...
  19. NMdad

    Unscripted minds, How did you overcome the fear of taking actions that are considered out of bounds for rats race people ?

    MINDSET 
    I've met entrepreneurs who are wired a bit differently--like, jump out of the airplane, and sew the parachute on the way down. For others of us, the action-taking gets wrapped up in a bunch of overthinking that builds up the action into something scary, or talks us out of doing anything. The...
  20. NMdad

    A list of great copywriting books!

    BOOKS 
    Upvote for Breakthrough Advertising.

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