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i need advice
IDEANope, still wrong. The "Build a better mousetrap..." idea has always been backwards. Find a market. Identify a problem or need that people in that group might be willing to pay money for, provide their email address, join an online community or otherwise take a step toward paying you money in...- Two Dog
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business
GOLD! HOT!OK, one last update. Will likely move this over to a standalone progress thread when I get a moment to regroup. On 5/25/22, I launched Two Dog Lawn Care. Over the last thirteen days, I have... ...done industry research, read through lawn care forums, watched YouTube videos, spent Memorial Day...- Two Dog
- Post #452
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Unprofitable Direct-to-Consumer Startups, Marketing V Productocracy
EXECUTIONElon did have two or three successful companies before moving into that world. It was something like Zip2 followed by PayPal, but the Wikipedia reference sounds right. Tesla was also dying quickly before getting its lifeline $700M loan from the US government. Legend says Elon was down to his...- Two Dog
- Post #18
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Unprofitable Direct-to-Consumer Startups, Marketing V Productocracy
EXECUTIONWell, "these" meaning all the VC funded Silicon Valley companies that believe themselves smarter than the average bear. It's just a modern Ponzi scheme. It only took hundreds of millions in losses for Casper to come around to what all those "stupid" boring antiquated companies selling mattresses...- Two Dog
- Post #14
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Unprofitable Direct-to-Consumer Startups, Marketing V Productocracy
EXECUTIONMy perennial favorite example - and one of the earliest - pioneering this path was Webvan. $800 million in capital raised plus three years of operations got the company to this stage: Heck, even Bezos eventually made money after twenty years of fighting against it.- Two Dog
- Post #9
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLEHmm, I'd say "...highly increasing the probability" and "...making decent money with the chance of making a fortune." over your words. Don't confuse a clear blueprint with easy or even straightforward. Any child can learn what's involved in running a marathon. Not easy to accomplish even with...- Two Dog
- Post #70
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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How do I add a signature in my posts?
OFF-TOPICThx! I'll give you 110% credit for insider knowledge about the customization. That boilerplate legal disclaimer crap is rampant on every forum on the internet. Even mine. ;-) "Don't you think we should maybe ask for more than a million dollars?" View...- Two Dog
- Post #8
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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How do I add a signature in my posts?
OFF-TOPICOooh, that means I'm getting close to the comped version. Didn't know that. Maybe Ancora Imparo. @MJ DeMarco Did you design this forum software or heavily customize an existing product? The only other site I've seen work this well for group interactions and knowledge sharing is Stack Overflow.- Two Dog
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- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLEWhat does "make it" actually mean?!? The conversion ratio can't be estimated and really matters not at all. MJ doesn't have X-ray vision to see into the lives and finances of everyone on the forums along with having no idea who's actually read the books vs. purchased them vs. borrowed from a...- Two Dog
- Post #68
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLESure thing. You can build, run and sell an online business from almost anywhere in the world nowadays. The only requirements are motivation, action and knowledge. Kind of sounds like an infomercial, but it's true. You need to supply the first two elements and the third is readily available on...- Two Dog
- Post #66
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLE@Altaff Mauritius, right? A tiny beautiful island in the Indian Ocean. Not exactly known as a hotbed of entrepreneurship. What I find fascinating about this whole conversation is you started it in the first place. Being able to connect online in this forum means you can launch a successful...- Two Dog
- Post #63
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLEThat's one definition. Another is Buckminster Fuller's (assuming it was actually him) where your monthly cashflow exceeds your monthly spending. Another is net worth. I know people who think FF belong to each of those categories. The problem with your definition (to my mind) is there is always...- Two Dog
- Post #46
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLESure, that's straightforward enough. Also pretty accurately describes my situation over the past few years. Just throw in a touch of real estate. I haven't completely come around to valuing net worth more than cashflow though. There's too many people that are wealthy on paper, but have so...- Two Dog
- Post #44
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business
GOLD! HOT!OK, got yesterday's nonsense all sorted. Now I'm working on wiring together the marketing system. God, it's been a long time since starting completely from scratch. I'd forgotten how many endless little steps are involved. At least I don't have to think much about strategy. It's all tactics at...- Two Dog
- Post #451
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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@ZCP finally takes a step forward to help more people!
HOT! MINDSETCool! Hopefully you can keep up that production schedule. It sounds daunting to me, but I'm awful about doing anything on a reliably predictable schedule. That's why I rely on software to handle those kinds of things. Several pretty successful YTers have told me that publishing on a consistent...- Two Dog
- Post #43
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Curious about who here achieved Financial Freedom
HOT! PEOPLEActually, I don't see any real difference between the two. A business is something that generates cashflow. Hopefully. Someone's $10M apartment building throwing off $10K monthly (yes, the numbers don't make sense but humor me. Maybe they overpaid in a bidding war or discovered it was built...- Two Dog
- Post #39
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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@ZCP finally takes a step forward to help more people!
HOT! MINDSETI often wonder how much the algorithm's whimsy comes into play. Assuming you've done the hard work described to even reach a minimum threshold (subscriber count? views? ad clicks?), you're now in a room with millions of other equally talented hard working people all publishing excellent content...- Two Dog
- Post #36
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business
GOLD! HOT!Oof, rough start yesterday. Something got mucked up with my saved credit cards in Chrome. Most of the services I purchased got flagged for potential fraud that now requires manual approval to get running properly. And since everything nowadays uses a verification process that points to...- Two Dog
- Post #450
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Looking for someone to coach me to 100 SaaS customer.
PEOPLE SOURCING EXECUTIONMorning, Phil. I've been doing SaaS long before it was called SaaS (ASP) all the way back to shipping quarterly releases on CDs. Subscription services are hardly a new business model, but execution has changed dramatically especially in the world of software. You've picked an *extremely*...- Two Dog
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@ZCP finally takes a step forward to help more people!
HOT! MINDSETAh, robotics. My distant love affair that will have to be a future hobby at this stage in life. Our girls love the autonomous robots that simulate animals, insects and sea critters. Butterflies and birds are my favorites. My wife and I are transitioning into a super low-tech industry this year...- Two Dog
- Post #34
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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