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  1. RicardoGrande

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

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    Just realized I became a gold contributor at some point recently. Feeling very honored, especially because I feel I don't post as much as others, but I think there's a lot of noise, I try to only come back to the hunting lodge when I've got kills on my back and meat for the table. Hopefully...
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    Surprisingly simple stupid businesses- that somehow work

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    so, half a dollar for people that accidentally blew out there entire sewage return pipage incurring tens of thousands in damages because they trusted in Dude wipes branding? I don't want to hear anything about "They ShOuLD hAVe KNooWWNNnnn", we're talking about the average consumer.
  3. RicardoGrande

    Surprisingly simple stupid businesses- that somehow work

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    Funny seeing this because I just this headline this morning: https://www.consumer-action.org/lawsuits/article/dude-products-flushable-wipes Any purchasers from 2015 to late 2023 can make a claim and get compensated, that's rough. Albeit, I'm going to blame the dudewipes management for trusting...
  4. RicardoGrande

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    You got it, especially with the comparison of someone here, and in India. I remember making like 20 cold calls in 2019 and got 4 business owners that wanted to talk, but I had just started a new job so put them off (bad idea) for the job. When I picked back up right after covid, I was surprised...
  5. RicardoGrande

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    Yep, exactly this sentiment right here. I still remember when I got to go out to a big fabricator shop to do the photos, talk to the owner, hear about some of the outright wild projects he had to work up. At one point I saw a skidloader and pointed at it and he let me drive it for a bit :humph...
  6. RicardoGrande

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    Whelp, applied and just got accepted back to college to finish out my Bachelor's degree/master's degree (already knocked out a course for my masters!). It's been slow af with my side hustle and not picking up as much work this year as last year. Already going through this process I'm seeing some...
  7. RicardoGrande

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    Yeah that's my thing, it looks like it just got updated at some point, at least it looks recently new.
  8. RicardoGrande

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    I might've missed this discussion, but did the TFF logo in the menu change in font style recently?
  9. RicardoGrande

    Exiting the cubicle farm and taking Web-Design full time

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    July update: Still not down for the count but still getting curbstomped from ghosting, even though I try to disqualify now as hard as ever. I literally just had the phone slammed on me earlier by a guy who's been talking to me about a big site revamp since February of 2022- he wanted to talk a...
  10. RicardoGrande

    Workshop on using Google Ads to perform market research (on a whiff of spend)

    MARKETING 
    This sounds like a great thing to workshop, especially for those wanting to start a product or service business. Count me in.
  11. RicardoGrande

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

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    Oh hey the new membership paywall is in effect. Does this mean we'll finally stop seeing 18-24 year olds crawling in here, claiming "they're going to start an AI-based rocket vegan startup so good it will make Elon Musk and Steve job's dicks explode and be kabillionaires by 25" and then never...
  12. RicardoGrande

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

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    https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/amazon-launching-shein-temu-competitor-direct-shipping-china This is going to ruin a lot of money-chasers days haha
  13. RicardoGrande

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

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    Not normally a fan of venting, but hopefully this exposure will allow others to offer advice, and show a lightpost to others wanting to be in the agency space. Been working Websites steadily as a side hustle since about 2021, it's been work around my dayjob but I felt it was super profitable...
  14. RicardoGrande

    Should I get a job or go all in on my Web Design Agency?

    SIDE HUSTLE FEEDBACK WEB DESIGN 
    Working projects around a dayjob is not a problem, however you'll need to severely understand your why and not get beaten down at work (and it will happen)- you'll need to bounce back and fight that frustration along with the frustration and fatigue that comes up from setting up the projects...
  15. RicardoGrande

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Fastlane Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    As a suggestion, since the Q2 one had to get bumped to the and of Apr- maybe we could move the next tff meetup out? Perhaps August and the one after that end of January?
  16. RicardoGrande

    Cafe Franchise in Rural Areas

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    If Hunt Brothers can do it in the U.S. in towns with less than 300 occupants, you can definitely work something out in NL. Maybe you can event copy their "Rent out equipment and sell them the inventory" business model...
  17. RicardoGrande

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

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    View: https://youtube.com/shorts/q-rC9qiHNx0 Random dumb little video but -really- goes to show the importance of making connections and planting seeds. The guy's been selling business jets since the 80s, sold off his fast food joints and had to go to eastern europe after the berlin wall...
  18. RicardoGrande

    Launch of a clothing brand - produced by me, no drop shipping

    EXECUTION 
    Either way you go, wanted to say you can definitely do this. At one of the BNI groups I visited, there was a dad who had run a custom t-shirt/screenprinting/hat embroidery company since 2009 and had no lack of customers (even with modern PoD places as competitors) at all. He just got sick of...
  19. RicardoGrande

    Surprisingly simple stupid businesses- that somehow work

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    Ryan Moran mentions this in his episodes or founder interviews. One could spend years agonizing and chasing numbers trying to find something "ripe"... or just pick up an existing pain they already have, solve it, and put it out there for market feedback. Smart sweets that sold for like 380...
  20. RicardoGrande

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

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    Don't know where else to put this: Was looking at leads, part of my process involves checking their business listings. One guy got directly sabotaged, I'm assuming, because his google, nextdoor, and business directory listings showed his address as the County Jail :rofl: (In addition to a flood...

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