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  1. RicardoGrande

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Fastlane Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Well, do we have anyone else planning on coming? @amp0193 @Primeperiwinkle @minivanman @Jill Were at the last one iirc
  2. RicardoGrande

    ChatGPT + SwaS + 1 Client + 8 Hours of Work = $5K in 7 days (Here’s How…)

    NOTABLE! MARKETING SIDE HUSTLE 
    I kept writing off ChatGPT as hype- and while it's powerful and was trained on a lot of data also sort of knew it was "generative" and ignored the "I got ChatGPT to do X" crap on youtube. What I didn't expect was a post like yours diving in and showing us exactly how someone can pick up and get...
  3. RicardoGrande

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Hey Piano, what happened to the window washing gig? Wasn't working out so far? Imo you have waaaaaay more leverage and potential upside with that physical service business. I have a buddy who started as a power washer when he dropped put of highschool, switched into painting and now runs a...
  4. RicardoGrande

    The WORST slogan ever!

    MINDSET 
    I thought it was "Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back"?
  5. RicardoGrande

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Fastlane Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    There used to be some until 2020, I remember getting to meet @Runum and @ecommercewolf back in the day and it was pretty cool.
  6. RicardoGrande

    Exiting the cubicle farm and taking Web-Design full time

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Ugh, have these three proposals out right now that would replace 3 months of day job pay and I want to work on. After speaking with each of the owners these past two weeks, agreeing to a project/price and challenging them repeatedly "Okay, and you acknowledge that the budget will be x because...
  7. RicardoGrande

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    The things that we see and take for granted everyday are there for a reason and it's mindblowing that some people can a living off of them- especially once you hear the numbers and the scale. I literally got off the phone monday with a welding shop owner who did a gate repair for a city park one...
  8. RicardoGrande

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    For sure, my end goal has been distribution to stores, but mainly in costco and I've seen some companies try to fill the gap on the shelves but they cant displace a Kirkland product and the other main player in the space I'm targeting.
  9. RicardoGrande

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    For sure, I think I asked in a general thread a couple months ago and in a specific older thread about food biz before that but there was just crickets- either posted at the wrong time or no one's focused on it (or everyone's focused on freelancing?!?). If I'm able to dig anything up I'll be...
  10. RicardoGrande

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Do any of the older members here recall any good threads going over the ins and outs of starting a food business? I know the guy with a pic of him in front of his plane had a condiment brand awhile back but I think that was his second or so food biz and it was light on implementation details...
  11. RicardoGrande

    You Don’t Have to be a Freelancer

    NOTABLE! HOT! IDEA 
    When I came to the forum I had absolutely no experience talking to business owners (outside of guys trying to charge me 600$ for an A/C service call), no sales skill to speak of and almost no direction . I spent years trying to pick out good ideas and testing and building them but they failed...
  12. RicardoGrande

    You Don’t Have to be a Freelancer

    NOTABLE! HOT! IDEA 
    Lex, I thought I recalled some of your content here and on the e-mail list/the discord back in the day stating you were doing well, and you even had the upwork restart where you shut down and started from a blank slate and seemed to do pretty well despite it and even went back to it after your...
  13. RicardoGrande

    Exiting the cubicle farm and taking Web-Design full time

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Just got off the phone with a shop owner, didn't bat an eye at 4,200$ + hosting/retainer fee for me. That's over a month's worth of dayjob pay for me even after tax withholding. Other news: minor ghosting, including ghosting from the guy I closed back in december but he seems ready to move...
  14. RicardoGrande

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    I know the FTE is a concept for getting your rear in gear, but does anyone else remember the pinpoint when they realized being tied down in a job sucks before that? Was it always there for you, or something you discovered like in a FTM and before your FTE when you took action? Lined up two...
  15. RicardoGrande

    Marketing Agency Procedures

    MARKETING 
    The Marketing Operating System (mOS) for Your Business - ClickMinded has an open SOP library. Last I checked the site last year you just had to watch 3 videos, finish a quiz, and you could access the library... but I think it's a subscription now. They also do plenty of webinars and events-...
  16. RicardoGrande

    How do you guys find prospects for cold-calling web design clients?

    EXECUTION 
    The best method will be the one you're comfortable enough to do consistently. Beyond that, sounds like you're starting out, have you already started looking up local businesses? People like people like them, for any number of reasons. If you're local, play that hand and you'll have a leg up on...
  17. RicardoGrande

    Are IQ (Smarts) and Success Correlated?

    HOT! CHAT 
    For the original question: I'm more inclined to say being more intelligent, or at least being able to run hypotheticals and be wary, could be a downside. I have some friends that have been "interested" in entrepreneurship for years but have also spent that past few years overanalyzing and...
  18. RicardoGrande

    Web Design Agency Victory; Next step: TCG Company + App Creation.

    IDEA SAAS / APPS EXECUTION 
    Good job Oso! Just for clarity, you weren't already working a web design agency for game-card stores, you just worked long-hours in the industry and wanted a change? Either way congratulations on being able to lay down the foundation and even hire sales staff. You did use the "hiring" word in...
  19. RicardoGrande

    How To Fix Incredibly F**ked Up Sleep Pattern?

    HEALTH 
    Hey Bluff, hope you're enjoying the forum. Don't forget we have a handy search function and cover a lot of ground but some things come up repeatedly. Here's the last large thread we had on this and my 2 cents about unf$^%ing your sleep...
  20. RicardoGrande

    Before you pick a Financial Advisor....

    RANT 
    This, it's a tough spot. I have an acquaintance who's a financial advisor for one of the larger FA companies. He talks a tough talk and brings up a lot how "difficult" his training was and how "most people that approach the career never make it in their elite programs". He has plenty of stories...

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