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  1. NMdad

    The new one

    INTRO 
    Welcome aboard! Focus on the process (act, assess, adjust) and provide value. The money will follow.
  2. NMdad

    Stuck in a unique situation..

    MINDSET 
    One way to think about this is to ask: What would your parents need to see to feel comfortable with you dropping out of college? Not that you need to rely on your parents for approval--I'm just using that as a way for you to clarify what's required for you to do this full-time.
  3. NMdad

    Way to My weight loss Journey

    EXECUTION 
    Great job on what you've done these first days--you've started the process! Agree with @RazorCut: Especially since you're just starting, a win would be consistent daily action. Actual weight loss--no matter how much--is icing on the cake, so to speak. :) Building the habit of exercise &...
  4. NMdad

    Should I sell my business?

    Another idea--a fastlane idea: Create infoproducts (e.g., paid courses) for parents, teachers, caregivers, and/or practitioners. This way, you wouldn't be bound by geography or time, clients would all be private-pay, and earning $100k to replace your current annual EBITA should be...
  5. NMdad

    Should I sell my business?

    Also agree with @Rabby about adjusting your business model so you're not reliant on insurance payors and/or federal/state regulations. A couple ideas: Provide training to other professionals & clinics. Offer training not just on the clinical methods/practices, but on how to run the business...
  6. NMdad

    Should I sell my business?

    Is it feasible that you could double the number of clients you have? For example, are there enough potential clients in the population where you're located? What would you need to do to hire someone to do what you're doing in the business? Agree with @Rabby about finding clients who are...
  7. NMdad

    Please tell me solving problems can be anything.

    RANT 
    To channel @Andy Black: who can you help today? If you can solve 1 person's problem, you can solve another person's problem. The bigger the problem you can solve, the greater the value, and the greater the reward.
  8. NMdad

    Hi Risk Takers! My Name is Jake & I Have a Question

    INTRO 
    Your YouTube subscribers & traffic are soft proof that you're providing value, so keep going & do more of it--i.e., do more of what's already working. But keep in mind the commandment of control: don't rely solely on YouTube. Start building an email list that you can control. Send your YouTube...
  9. NMdad

    Cold Calling Realities

    HOT! MARKETING 
    Actually more like the law of large numbers. And I mean that from a statistics perspective, and respect to @458 since he's built a systematic machine that prints money.
  10. NMdad

    Building a six figure per month business at 17

    EXECUTION 
    And test a different subject line--one that doesn't look like a veiled pitch. For example, for roofers: Subject: Do you fix flat roofs? Body: I help other roofers in [Plano, TX] get more customers/clients who need flat roof repairs. Reply back if you want me to send some of these leads your...
  11. NMdad

    Need Advice For Starting My Social Business

    OK, I'm not trying to berate you, but I find that getting very specific creates clarify of focus. So, say you want to focus on high schools. What specific segment of high schools do you want to focus on AND who you hypothesize (a) have the pain your describe (b) want to solve it and (c) have...
  12. NMdad

    No ideas? No opportunities? Seriously?!

    IDEA MINDSET 
    One of the reasons I started this thread was, when I read the NYT article above, it reminded me of a post MJ did a while back--basically an industry article with a CENTS opportunity hidden inside. These opportunities are all around us. But it's sometimes easy to overlook them. And it can take...
  13. NMdad

    Starting towards the old dream at 40

    EXECUTION 
    Seems the older you get, the more responsibilities you accumulate--until maybe the kids fledge the nest. Those responsibilities just mean that you have less discretionary time than, say, a single college student or recent grad living in their parents' house. So, the trick is to work your...
  14. NMdad

    Science Blog...

    UniverseToday.com gets a ton of traffic, so I guess that's validation. You'd probably want to find a subniche or angle where you can skew value, since they've been around a long time & have a ton of content in the niche.
  15. NMdad

    Idea I had and how I'm trying to make it work

    IDEA 
    If you don't have soft or hard proof that there's a need for the problem your app solves, then this question isn't your problem. Having no customers is your Achilles heel.
  16. NMdad

    Do you think master degree in entrepreneurship is useless?

    HOT! 
    What if you decided to spend the same amount of time not on an entrepreneurship course, but on finding a need you can fulfill--and create a progress thread about it?
  17. NMdad

    Failure. Advice requested, please!

    Who already has the pain that you can solve? For the moment, forget marketing. Instead, actually talk to those who have the pain. Why do they have the pain, how have they tried to fix it, why didn't those efforts work? Take notes. These conversations cost nothing but your time, but might reveal...
  18. NMdad

    Local Lead Gen for Insurance Company

    MARKETING 
    Typically a fixed monthly fee. He sometimes starts sending them leads for the first week if they're on the fence; the free leads demonstrate proof to the prospect. One problem he commonly sees is that the agents and/or their staff don't always follow up or follow up effectively with the leads...
  19. NMdad

    Starting towards the old dream at 40

    EXECUTION 
    One way I've found to reduce analysis paralysis is to frame action as simple data collection--data that will point me toward a different action that might have a higher probability of success.
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    Starting towards the old dream at 40

    EXECUTION 
    I love Shiny Object Synd---wait, what?

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