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  1. Two Dog

    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    I like the enthusiasm. Let's say you rang the bell out of the gate and got 1%- 3% response rate. That's perfectly reasonably when the message is dialed into the right audience and reaches them at the right time. Can you respond to 100 - 300 inbound leads in a timely manner? Timely being pick up...
  2. Two Dog

    Taking debt for business...good or bad move to scale?

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    I don't see that more sales necessarily fixes the problems listed above. You can't reliably deliver due to circumstances outside of your control i.e. materials and labor. Without knowing the typical project size ($1K? $5K? $25K? $100K?) and deliverable timeframe, it's hard to make suggestions...
  3. Two Dog

    Just start already

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    LOL. Perry had a home office that was sort of tacked onto the house like a porch. Three of the four walls were all glass windows, so he'd cover them endlessly in notes using whiteboard markers. God, the random memories that pop up. Love that quote. It's on my wall.
  4. Two Dog

    Is Amazon FBA dead in 2022 for starting a business?

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    “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." ~ Mike Tyson You'd probably benefit immensely from a different perspective on failing. Failing is mandatory to making progress. It's impossible for anyone - no matter what their previous experience or successes - to lay out a course of...
  5. Two Dog

    Is Amazon FBA dead in 2022 for starting a business?

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    Thanks! Even that bit is helpful when you know pretty much zero. It gives me some directions to consider.
  6. Two Dog

    Value skew: What discernible difference ultimately turned you into a buyer or x-buyer?

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    I've been using Gusto for about 4 years since it was called Zen Payroll. Nice, simple, straightforward. However, they did just drop the lowest tier plan which effectively doubles the monthly price.
  7. Two Dog

    Is MJ DeMarco making money with this forum?

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    Absolutely. Addiction is a huge business. Just recognize that it's a pretty sensitive topic for most people, especially for anyone actively participating in the forum discussions. Helping people vs. taking advantage of them isn't exactly a bright line in this world.
  8. Two Dog

    Is MJ DeMarco making money with this forum?

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    There's plenty of good reasons to host a niche forum, but monetizing from ad revenue probably isn't one of them. You need a lot of traffic to generate anything more than coffee money from ads. Forums give you the opportunity for market research, build an audience, build a brand, establish...
  9. Two Dog

    Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business

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    @Johnny boy Love to be notified when the franchise doors open. Our town is 35K residents and an hour away from a larger city with 250K residents and a nice long mowing season.
  10. Two Dog

    Is Amazon FBA dead in 2022 for starting a business?

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    It took a *long* time for me to realize I'd often avoid doing things that would make my businesses more successful. Especially my current one that I'm not particularly fond of anymore. It's surprisingly common with founders who have achieved some degree of success (earning money, profitable...
  11. Two Dog

    Is Amazon FBA dead in 2022 for starting a business?

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    I've been wondering myself whether it's viable to launch on Amazon FBA circa 2022. Even hearing from the one person who launched two new products last year was worth learning. 1 out of 2 products selling well sounds like a great success to me especially since it's likely that some variation on...
  12. Two Dog

    Elon Musk acquires Twitter, Discuss

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    I don't happen to think free speech has ever existed or ever will in a public forum. Those spaces are always owned and controlled by someone or something with an agenda. It's just a matter of degree. We like to beat the free speech drum in the United States, but there are plenty of countries...
  13. Two Dog

    Ask 8-figure business owners for personalized advice!

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    How? I'd love to see some content.
  14. Two Dog

    Elon Musk acquires Twitter, Discuss

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    NWO = New World Order??? It's Bladerunner. Corporations control everything. Every five years reminds me of how prophetic this movie was. Even though I still don't have a flying car.
  15. Two Dog

    Just start already

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    Cuz I studied with Perry Marshall in the same era. ;-)
  16. Two Dog

    Elon Musk acquires Twitter, Discuss

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    Typically it doesn't work like that for public companies. It's your individual decision to sell or not. Majority shareholders can't compel minority shareholders to sell. That's the reason for making a tender offer well above market price. The exceptions are specialized shareholder agreements in...
  17. Two Dog

    Elon Musk acquires Twitter, Discuss

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    Same as all big corporations. Giant tax breaks for building big thingy making plants/offices in a particular place.
  18. Two Dog

    Just start already

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    This reminds me strongly of Glenn Livingstone's survey methodology and better known protege Ryan Levesque. Glenn would import survey data into Excel and run simple analytics. Length of the response was a big factor.
  19. Two Dog

    Have you used any Stacking the Bricks courses from Amy Hoy?

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    @Andy Black Is this link behind a paywall or otherwise hidden?
  20. Two Dog

    Have you used any Stacking the Bricks courses from Amy Hoy?

    MARKETING SIDE HUSTLE MINDSET 
    I'm both mightily impressed and slightly terrified of your superpower in just finding this thread.

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