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  1. TheWiseGuy

    How To Understand Your TRUE Goals?

    MINDSET CHAT QUESTION 
    Where attention goes, energy flows. I've known many people who one week, they're an aspiring actor. The next? They want to be an OnlyFans manager (true story). As for me, anything that benefits my future family is a goal worth fighting for. You know what I want to do right now? Kick back and...
  2. TheWiseGuy

    Bottom of Sales Funnel FAILING and I Don't Know Why or How

    FEEDBACK 
    Upon incorporating a hybrid approach of a short trial followed with a paywall, I've seen a sharp increase in conversions! But there's no time to celebrate-- I need to deliver on my promises! Take this as a lesson, lurkers. If you listen to the people on this forum and drop your ego, you'll...
  3. TheWiseGuy

    Advice for business timing

    IDEA 
    I'd advise against dropshipping for the long term, but ANY start in entrepreneurship is good! Not sure how experienced you are with working with shopify, but setting up a shop can take some time. 4 months wouldn't give you a lot of time to take off, and it's unlikely you'll have anything of...
  4. TheWiseGuy

    Trying to help a Friend Land Her First Client—What Would You Do?

    MARKETING 
    This is so true and blends well with my recommendation. In his book, Allen even says this strategy is like "blindly shooting arrows in the fog; hoping and praying you'll hit something".
  5. TheWiseGuy

    Trying to help a Friend Land Her First Client—What Would You Do?

    MARKETING 
    Seeing as she likes MJ's tone, the book "The One Page Marketing Plan" by Allen Dib is perfect. It addresses all your questions FAR better than I can, and in my opinion-- it's the single best marketing book for this day and age. This is probably the tenth time I've shilled this book-- for...
  6. TheWiseGuy

    Niche Product Not Worth Pursuing ?!?! When to switch boats?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    First off, prioritise advice from @Laaz17 considering he's in the same industry. I'm in a completely different niche, but I can try help you with my experiences. First off, identify your target market. I.E: 25-30 year old, gym-going meat eaters. Secondly, follow people on Instagram who...
  7. TheWiseGuy

    Feedback Request: My Web App Uses AI to Create Recipes Just by Taking Photos of Your Ingredients!

    IDEA 
    I've definitely heard of something like this before; what's your app going to do different? How can you improve the USP? Quite honestly-- I wouldn't pay for it. I'd imagine ChatGPT could do the same. And any app or site doing it, would probably be built upon ChatGPT.
  8. TheWiseGuy

    The Revival of My Father's 18 Year Old Invention

    INVESTING PEOPLE QUESTION 
    Interesting. I see what you mean; patents are usually hoarded, and few actually achieve the goal function enough to be applicable to the market. I'm putting a lot of emphasis on the patent, because if I pitch it to a big sporting brand, they'd undoubtedly build it. And some have tried-- but...
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    The Revival of My Father's 18 Year Old Invention

    INVESTING PEOPLE QUESTION 
    Quick update: I've decided to get a national patent, as international is way too costly right now. Additionally, I'm looking into the licensing aspect more thoroughly. I'd love if anybody with licensing experience could give me some useful insights.
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    The Revival of My Father's 18 Year Old Invention

    INVESTING PEOPLE QUESTION 
    Disclaimer: This post might be long. I've tried to summarise 18 years of events into a readable, written account. Moreover, I wish to make it abundantly clear that I understand ideas are useless without execution. Finally, this is my objective opinion. Even though it's my Dad's brainchild-- I...
  11. TheWiseGuy

    Asking For A Genuine Feedback On The Offer

    IDEA 
    Concept is cool, and your copy engaged me enough to read further. I agree with Dan, there's some minor spelling errors. I'm the type of dude that's instantly turned off a business if I see spelling errors, so definitely triple check it for future.
  12. TheWiseGuy

    Anxiety Relief Idea: Boo or Yay?

    IDEA FEEDBACK QUESTION 
    Its funny you bring Shark Tank up, lol-- I'm an avid Shark Tank watcher. And honestly, at first glance, most of the products don't seem outstanding I thought Scrub Daddy was stupid. Another dude made some weird type of treadmill, which was both utterly stupid and useless. And last night, I seen...
  13. TheWiseGuy

    Got my PhD, now what? My introduction

    INTRO 
    Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you've had a series of "FTEs"! Your parents may mean well, but they grew up in a different time. Going back to school and taking on even more debt won't solve your problem. They want you to go back to school for one reason and for one reason only: more...
  14. TheWiseGuy

    Anxiety Relief Idea: Boo or Yay?

    IDEA FEEDBACK QUESTION 
    It's interesting that you referred to CBD. This was one of my original ideas with this product, but the legal red tape is a hassle. Truly, placebo is in of itself a cure. If the mind truly believes XYZ is doing them well, then who's to say otherwise?
  15. TheWiseGuy

    Anxiety Relief Idea: Boo or Yay?

    IDEA FEEDBACK QUESTION 
    Thanks Ed, I like your idea of producing different variations for sleep, confidence etc. Also, I definitely agree with your conclusion that I should sell the "effect"- even if it produces a placebo reaction. It would have to be somewhat reasonably priced too and of course, like you stated...
  16. TheWiseGuy

    Anxiety Relief Idea: Boo or Yay?

    IDEA FEEDBACK QUESTION 
    This would be more of a supplement, but the ingredients within will be studied and proven to help anxiety. But I don't think it would have the near instant effect of a Xanax or something lol.
  17. TheWiseGuy

    Anxiety Relief Idea: Boo or Yay?

    IDEA FEEDBACK QUESTION 
    I've been pondering on ideas that are: 1. Replicable 2. Benefit from Customer Lifetime Value I've thought up a funky concoction of two existing products. In my mind, it actually sounds quite cool. But I'm asking myself "does the world ACTUALLY need something like this?". I'm hoping some of...
  18. TheWiseGuy

    Starting an ecommerce Niche Business (online Shop)

    EXECUTION 
    Here's an example: When I first started my business (I'm not a millionaire BTW, LOL!), I made a landing page and ran Meta ads to it to collect emails. I was so F*cking pumped, I got like 40 sign ups. At last, I launched and sent my audience that crucial email: "GET YOURS NOW!" and.... crickets...
  19. TheWiseGuy

    Starting an ecommerce Niche Business (online Shop)

    EXECUTION 
    From experience, I'd tend to agree with your friend. It's good that you got some validation by people giving their email, but I wouldn't be surprised if none of these people convert. - Are you able to take pre orders? Or possibly create a checkout page that conveniently doesn't take payment...
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    What are your favourite quotes from the MFL?

    BOOKS 
    That's powerful

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