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  1. Two Dog

    Lifetime passive income: The Paycheck Pot In Action

    GOLD! HOT! INVESTING 
    LOL, that's your definition of BASIC MATH?!? I'm happy when the cashier hands over the correct change when it's displayed on the register for them. Learned something today though => no minimum holding period to received dividends. Not sure why I every thought otherwise, but it's probably...
  2. Two Dog

    Is programming a worthwhile skill to learn for entrepreneurship?

    HOT! INTRO 
    Bullshit. Post just one example that can be verified.
  3. Two Dog

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

    HOT! CHAT 
    When's the last time you saw fresh baked cookies for sale?
  4. Two Dog

    Is programming a worthwhile skill to learn for entrepreneurship?

    HOT! INTRO 
    Yeah, there's a bunch of them nowadays. The best idea is to build a shareable public project, not just run through a course curriculum. Learn only what you need for the project, not how to become a Top 1% Javascript Developer.
  5. Two Dog

    Nonprofit Helping Korean Orphans

    EXECUTION 
    At its core, fundraising is fundamentally about telling a story and asking strangers to help write the next chapter. The marketing strategies are almost exactly the same for non-profit and for-profit to my mind, but short shareable videos that tell a compelling story are the big lever for...
  6. Two Dog

    Thoughts on building a SaaS business through whitelabelling?

    SAAS / APPS QUESTION 
    Reselling white label is an excellent way to learn online marketing & branding which are the *critical* skills. People lean too heavily on CENTS, especially when getting started. This is a high value way to generate money with little capital without worrying about amazon cloning your best...
  7. Two Dog

    Is programming a worthwhile skill to learn for entrepreneurship?

    HOT! INTRO 
    AGI = Artificial General Intelligence. It's so generic I didn't expect Google to provide a useful answer, but it found Sam Altman's quote easily enough. Y'know, it really seems the Silicon Valley tech bros are really super smart about solving immediate problems and dumber than rocks when it...
  8. Two Dog

    Is programming a worthwhile skill to learn for entrepreneurship?

    HOT! INTRO 
    You prepare yourself to use AI by becoming a world class expert at using AI. That's a skill that doesn't exist yet. The reason it seems like AI will kick everyone's a$$ in every imaginable way is that *everything* you've seen to date is pretty simple to make happen. When someone can diddle for...
  9. Two Dog

    Drop Out to Building a $95,000/mo service business

    NOTABLE! EXECUTION 
    How can anyone know that?!? They can't. You don't. No doubt that digital marketing has plenty of advantages. I've run plenty of digital ads and haven't knocked on any doors since selling candy as a ten year old for grade school, but there's *plenty* of advantages to door knocking for any home...
  10. Two Dog

    So Many Ideas, How To Choose? A Simple Guide To Getting Unstuck

    GOLD! IDEA 
    Every time I hear this, I think "That sound perfectly logical. It's a minimalist MVP of sorts. Good idea." Then I remember Henry Ford's famous quote: "If I'd asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse." I actually did the whole Lean Startup weekend thing when it was...
  11. Two Dog

    Seeking some advice on my relationship

    PEOPLE 
    Supporting each others dreams is more important than sharing them. That's the "married twenty years" thought. The other is noting she hasn't actually been a flight attendant, right? Dreams change all the time especially when you're just getting started and interacting with the real world...
  12. Two Dog

    How to actually choose a business to start?

    QUESTION 
    Is it good advice for accomplishing *what* for *who*? You're the only person who can answer for you. If you're willing to do something for free, you'll almost certainly do it for free even when there's no market for it. That's the essence of the problem with "follow your passion." It inherently...
  13. Two Dog

    How do you stay focused?

    QUESTION 
    Staying focused for long periods of time takes practice. You'll need to build up to it. 15 - 30 minutes isn't bad actually and probably better than most people working in a traditional office setup. The best idea is simply investing in a kitchen time ala Pomodoro. By design, it's meant to be a...
  14. Two Dog

    After seven years, nothing I do in business is profitable and I'm broke

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Actually, no criticism at all from me. If you still have interest in succeeding after seven years of failure, you already own one of the most important skills. lt's "not giving up" aka tenacity, grit, fall down six times, get up seven, tenacity. I'm not at all convinced in can be taught or...
  15. Two Dog

    I Became a Millionaire At 25 - Now Looking For Direction

    MINDSET 
    I agree with you! Selling MVPs is a good idea. While I was thinking about what the actual service might look like a couple years ago, it seemed like most people would want some kind of passive income site. There's a bunch of different templates you could make - info product, membership...
  16. Two Dog

    How did MJ pay rent while building his business?

    INTRO 
    FWIW, it didn't come across that way to me. Social media isn't reality, but there's definitely a strong vibe of "If you don't agree with everything I just said wholeheartedly, you're a fill-in-the-blank and will hopefully rot in hell much sooner than later." Not too much room for judgment aka...
  17. Two Dog

    How did MJ pay rent while building his business?

    INTRO 
    @Black_Dragon43 Not to be overly skeptical, but the math here is hard to accept. The premise is twenty clients willing to spend $5,000 flat rate to get five hours of design work delivered in a 48 hour window. That's based on "I work most days from 12 - 5pm". Conveniently, that works out to...
  18. Two Dog

    Antifragile's take: The secret to scaling up.

    GOLD! HOT! SCALING 
    Hmmm, I'd have to say that my opinion is completely the opposite. Starting is easy; growing a large business with little to no prior experience is damn near impossible. That comes from having met a couple hundred successful entrepreneurs over the years including a handful that had IPOs or were...
  19. Two Dog

    Antifragile's take: The secret to scaling up.

    GOLD! HOT! SCALING 
    That's where the niching stage comes in. There's endless sites like Upwork, Fiverr, Task Rabbit, Angie's List, etc. that all act as middlemen for professionals providing services to other people. All pretty darn sizable businesses to my mind. There's far more that offer specialized services...
  20. Two Dog

    Antifragile's take: The secret to scaling up.

    GOLD! HOT! SCALING 
    Freelancing is absolutely a path to leverage and CENTS. You're just not thinking of that way. One of the stories @Antifragile posted above described an "oldie but goodie" about increasing hourly rate. I hadn't heard it before, but it struck me that the steps are pretty much the same for...

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