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  1. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    Things I need to improve: Coding speed. There was a customer needing an app. I promised him 3 days. But I ended up extending it 7 more days. He agree, because at least I delivered a prototype. Why my coding speed is slow? Because I insisted on structure. That wasn’t that important. More...
  2. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    Couples of thing: - Some customers are “value customers” who pay a lot, but usually want certain things like deadline / complete package / it must work / etc. - Some customers are “cost customers” who want the cheap price. At first you will need the “cost customers” to get the reviews, 5-stars...
  3. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    $128 first month on Fiverr. I should optimize.
  4. ProblemSolving

    Preserving Wealth, My #1 Tip. Don't Get Married! (Or Maybe You Should?)

    NOTABLE! 
    How about going to a foreign country, with a friendlier marriage law?
  5. ProblemSolving

    ETHICS IN THE FASTLANE: How low will you sink for wealth?

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    I know someone who had a less-than-ethical business. One customer sued him and he went out of business (kinda, he moved and opened new business, but it was a real mess).
  6. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    To be honest, the bulk order requires me to cold approach people. That shit is scary. Not scary because I'm scared to do it. But in the last order, I cold approached a few people, 4 to be exact, and failed to get the result. Actually the 3rd was close. In the end I found another way to solve...
  7. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    First bulk order, it will be on October. I expected at least $200. I'll get the job done. I'll move to a new city, and selling stuffs there. See what the city needs.
  8. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    "How can I find a need?" Meet new people. I admit that I don't meet new people that often. Job and freelancing (actually another job). Mindlessly searching the net. That should be cut. So I'll meet new people, making friends. And finding a need.
  9. ProblemSolving

    The NEED Rule: Hustlers Addendum

    EXECUTION 
    exactly
  10. ProblemSolving

    Im newbie, want help. Simple that way

    INTRO 
    Get ONE customer
  11. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    I invented a ridiculous trick to get customers on Fiverr. I called it marketing for them. Now, all I need to do is ONE customer. And that customer left a 5-star review. So it took me 6 weeks to land the first customer. But after I served that customer, I immediately gained 3 more customers over...
  12. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    The Eclipse venture - $20 profit, could have been thousands if I executed well. Saturday, I was browsing the web. There is an eclipse coming up Monday. I search online. All eclipse glasses vendor are sold out. HUGE demand. I can only get 2 pairs of eclipse glasses from my neighbors. $5 each. I...
  13. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    On the Upwork. I was finding the job posts, with no proposals. There was one. I read it through. The job was difficult. No wonder why no one applied. I applied. Tailoring the proposal to the client. My hunch was that I probably would make a sale. But my expertise only covers about 70% of the...
  14. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    Java. I'm the Java programmer at Amazon. It's a good idea. So I put an ad on Fiverr: I'm an expert Java programmer. I work at Amazon. I can: - write a Java program that do anything you need - fix any Java bug - make a Java program more efficient. Contact me for a quote before placing an order...
  15. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    Business ideas: Let the market speak. I emailed 100 business owners, asking for their problems. Split test: 50 emails with a "big corporation like" email, 50 emails with a personal email. The one with a personal email got a response right away. Plus, another lesson. Someone has invent a mass...
  16. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    Okay, now how can I learn marketing / copy writing? Fiverr. I can write as much advertisement as I can, and learning from there. BUT. I saw a problem (opportunity). When I posted the ad "Homework - Get A or You Don't Pay" Fiverr denied the gig. Same thing happened with a gig recently. The...
  17. ProblemSolving

    HOW DO I SERIOUSLY GIVE UP GAMING

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    How about make video games yourself? At first I thought nobody would like my game. But then. 7-8 downloads a day. Not profitable, but some people want it. After that, my desire for video game evaporated. MJ talked about something like "doing something for money will kill what you love."
  18. ProblemSolving

    Coconut oil vs canola oil

    HEALTH 
    At the supermarket today, I was about to buy coconut oil. A quick look online said that coconut oil less healthy than the canola oil. But I was still compelled to buy coconut oil. Why? Because coconut oil was more scarce. Plus the beautiful, healthy looking package. Plus the higher price. So...
  19. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    FIRST ORDER COMPLETE! It's only $11, but a customer is a customer is a customer.
  20. ProblemSolving

    From 9-to-5 to entrepreneur (journal)

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks guys. The blog post opened my eyes. I didn't actually build something people need. So today I wrapped it up. The video game, I published it. But there was a problem. Apparently the advertisement was broken. So I planned to buy a plug-an-play solution for $15. But then I thought about it...

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