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    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    If you want to build a brand instead of selling products/building an account with positive feedback...how would you approach this differently? I know of an entrepreneur who started off on ebay just to test the market for luxury bathroom stuff like Jacuzzis, hot tubs etc he imported from china -...
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    Competing with the the top of the Supply Chain?

    Bio can you please expand on this? Do you mean manufacturing yourself? Literally buy equipment to then make the product? What if you cannot do that yet? Please elaborate and if you can give some more info on how you structured your Ecom biz from the get go after - you made your mistakes - to...
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    Competing with the the top of the Supply Chain?

    So what is the best way to find "demands" regardless of any market? Market segmentation? Is this the best way to approach markets? As one segmentation would most likely go through and consume many different products transcending industries and markets ? What do you think? I find looking at...
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    On Living a Sheltered Life?

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    MJ...that is the first of many times you have replied to me personally. I can't tell you how grateful I am for this. You obviously understand the inner most - deep workings - of the mind to reply like that. That is exactly the answer I was looking for. Thank you. Since I read your book...its...
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    Mentally and Financially Recovering From a Failed Business?

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    Hey Zac, What do you look for in a business model? DO you look for the CENTS commandments in a model? Do you look at your own resources first and then say which business model can I create or replicate using what I have? What's your process for scouring business models? Do you look at a business...
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    On Living a Sheltered Life?

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    I dont really understand what you meant by this? What i meant to say along your lines...is that i am trying as much to feel as though you "type of people" feel as much "real" to me as possible, approachable and the insights you have as universal for me to then applly them to my life. Yes i do...
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    Competing with the the top of the Supply Chain?

    Can you please expand on this? How does one do this? How do you create a system instead of a brand or product/service that you stand by? How do you function as a business this way as in what do you stand by on a daily then in terms of "providing value" to the market? How can you set yourself up...
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    Competing with the the top of the Supply Chain?

    Okay when you say own products do you mean, your own brand or something which you got created, yourself? But then the manufacturer could start competing with you? How would you manufacture something yourself? Literally buy equipment to make it or what? How would you make yourself " safe" from...
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    Competing with the the top of the Supply Chain?

    Hi guys I'm back with some questions. This thread is an offshoot of a very old one by @biophase : https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/please-help-me-understand-this-or-is-it-just-bad-business.7035/#post-23298 The question is quite similar to the one raised by @biophase. His...
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    On Living a Sheltered Life?

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    Thank you all for the replies. Much appreciated.
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    On Living a Sheltered Life?

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    That is the thing my friend Jon.A - it just doesn't matter yet. At the moment I'm a nobody - and I'm having problems figuring out a lot of things in life. I'm from the UK, a graduate in finance - nothing to show - aged 27 working a dead end job in a contact centre - with a family - not happy -...
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    On Living a Sheltered Life?

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    How much/long can this effect you in your life to pursue your goals and ambitions? What can you do to change this perception you have of the world? your lack of conversation? and how naïve and oblivious you are to the inner workings of people, politics, taking advantage of you, calling you a...
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    A Hustler's Guide To Buying And Selling Anything (Part 1)

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    what if you are not in the US and can't do this on Craiglist? How can you you start doing this with regards to a fastlane business? Do you look for a need to solve? before you find products to sell or are you looking for anything you can buy? Are you looking for a specific market to sell to...
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    Taking Action: It's much easier than I thought!

    Thank you for that reply. How would you best go about finding a product that would solve "needs"? eg high end clothing? What need does that solve "a need to feel good" that you're wearing something flash? when i think about needs i think about every business and what type of need theyre filling...
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    Taking Action: It's much easier than I thought!

    I just have one question, i have read on quite a few threads, posts by zend***phin,vigilante mj etc that they are always getting messages on how to find a product to sell? They say that question is not what we shoild be looking for but Find Needs? Is that what you did for your ecommerce store...
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    Nobody is more Fastlane than Drake

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    I really want to know the premise they come from? I mean we all love music but these people are unorthodox entrepreneurs...majority of them have all the odds against them be it race, criminal records, unemployability, what would somebody like this do in terms of research to know it'll pay...
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    Nobody is more Fastlane than Drake

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    I had a question about this some time ago, how do rappers/artists/indies etc know what they are saying is what the "market" wants? This is at the beginning...how do they know what they have to say is even needed in the world? Do they follow the CENTS formula too? I want to know what is their...
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    I don't know what to do: Buy and Sell for Profit vs Retail vs Startup

    One more thing, there's so many professions out there...like...I didn't even know about like a screenwriter? copywriter? etc you know...? I feel so dumb when I hear some kid who's picked something so different to study or pursue, that I think how the hell did you even know you could make a...
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    I don't know what to do: Buy and Sell for Profit vs Retail vs Startup

    Thank you so much all for stopping by and giving me some input. I really appreciate you're perspectives. "oldfool" sir, you're right, I am all over the place. The thing is...I just want to know how to figure out business models in any industry. I feel if I can do that...then I can bring a...
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    I don't know what to do: Buy and Sell for Profit vs Retail vs Startup

    By the way its E-commerce that I am really interested in. But I am stuck at the first hurdle...finding a demand to tap into. I understand MJ when he says "every complaint is an opportunity" But like I said what if "a" complaint is too big for most of us? what can we do to empower ourselves if...

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