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  1. davedev

    No jive: You are different. You are destined for success.

    MINDSET 
    Time wasting. Low quality friends. Envy.'Hatin'. Victim mentality. Learned helplessness. Life as a soap opera. Lethal drug cocktail right here. Just one pill will do you in, why take all 7?
  2. davedev

    Denial of Agency is the Seed From Which All Sidewalking Grows

    Profound. This is Jim Rohn level wisdom. Simplicity.
  3. davedev

    Teen entrepreneurship

    EXECUTION 
    A few random bits of advice. First. @Stanley Mala is right on. Hone your skills one small project at a time. IF you're serious about web dev, get a good handle on Javascript. Javascript ain't goin nowhere. (I'm a big fan of angular.js myself, I wish I'd looked into it sooner.) I'm having alot...
  4. davedev

    Anyone have a good list of books?

    BOOKS 
    Here's what I'm diggin' right now. The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting The Adweek Copywriting Handbook - Joe Sugarman The Secret of Selling Anything - Harry Browne Cold Hard Truth on Business Money & Life - Kevin O'Leary Entrepreneur Revolution The E-Myth Revisited Influence: The...
  5. davedev

    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Yeah Python is awesome... I got my hands full with Rails (and all of it's friends) and Angular.js now so maybe later.
  6. davedev

    There’s a .00006% Chance of Building a Billion Dollar Company: How This Man Did It

    MINDSET 
    This is why I try not to compare myself to people's situations around the world. I haven't a F*cking clue about what they have to do just to survive. All I know is that if you pluck any one of those guys and place them into my shoes, into my apartment, with it's full fridge, air conditioned...
  7. davedev

    Where can I find angel investors?

    PEOPLE 
    Yikes. Coincidentally I came across this site today by way of a Dave McClure talk and this episode of This Week In Startups with the angel investor Gil Penchina.
  8. davedev

    Where can I find angel investors?

    PEOPLE 
    This may help. https://angel.co/
  9. davedev

    Which Home page should I go with

    MARKETING 
    The photos are good. I'm not sure you should put a buy now. But the best thing you could do imo is to check out some other sites. https://stripe.com/ https://www.simple.com/index-simplified/ http://www.minaal.com/ (CTA up nice and high, cool copy too) http://www.freshbooks.com/ (if you're doing...
  10. davedev

    Which Home page should I go with

    MARKETING 
    I agree. Give em somethin to click on above the fold.
  11. davedev

    Which Home page should I go with

    MARKETING 
    My vote is cast for Home Page 1. Why? I don't like the white text over the photos on Home Page 2. I don't want to work to read. Even though the picture is better (close up on the product), the text ruins it for me. However I do like the graphic you used under the header more than the one used...
  12. davedev

    Can your IQ SCORE cap your ability ?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    If you don't want to be successful. Any reason will do.
  13. davedev

    Gary Halbert 30 day challenge Copywriting Group

    HOT! MARKETING 
    It's similar to a musician sight reading an etude. Or a Jazz musician learning a favorite solo note by note. Or a rock guitarist learning a great solo. The purpose is to internalize the structure and feel of the "great" Ads. You copy successful high performing ads. Some ads you copy are those...
  14. davedev

    Making 100k Per Year: Easy or Difficult?

    HOT! 
    I'm sure there are many multi millionaires in Poland. Yes. It is your job to understand your market. Market. Let that word sink in. What is a market? Imagine fruits and veg on the shelves, canned goods, meat, cheese..etc. But what's missing?... (this is one way to think of a Market -- in...
  15. davedev

    Everyone wants to steal your ideas.

    IDEA MINDSET RANT 
    I remember hearing Eben Pagan saying to 'give away your best ideas', or you may know his concept 'moving the free line' increasing how many things you give away from free (mostly content tho..). It's that abundance vs scarcity mindset stuff...anyhow, I wouldn't give anyone any advice on what to...
  16. davedev

    The "Astonishing Secrets" Thread

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    I'm making an assumption that you are a one man team, cold calling / emailing business owners trying to nail down an interview so you can pinpoint their pain points and solve them with a software solution. So. This game is about relationships, and qualifying your client. Before you do anything...
  17. davedev

    Making 100k Per Year: Easy or Difficult?

    HOT! 
    If you don't want to succeed. Any reason will do.
  18. davedev

    What are some blogs you guys read?

    EXECUTION 
    http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
  19. davedev

    I'm 15 years old and about to become a millionare!

    INTRO 
    Very good idea. Nowadays it's not so much as "what" you're learning, but rather "who" you're learning it from.
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