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When did you start investing with some big bucks?
INVESTINGAnother way to look at it is: How can you accumulate savings equivalent to 25x your yearly expenses? So if my expected annual expenses for retirement are $50k/yr, then how can I accumulate $1.5m. This is assuming you live on something like 4% returns, which is fairly conservative.- Vamsi Interviews
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- Forum: Investing, Crypto, Personal Finance
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When did you start investing with some big bucks?
INVESTINGI don't know if my friend saved 5k a month. He did save for a good while though, longer than 12 years, and he also lived fairly low on expenses. He never deprived himself of stuff, but he made sure that he knew what he wanted and only spent money on those things (e.g. good food and board games)...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #12
- Forum: Investing, Crypto, Personal Finance
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What Podcast or Youtube video changed your mind about something important?
MINDSET CHATThis new video from Alex Hormozi had one insight that struck me. At around 26:30 he talks about how important it is to exercise and get in shape young. If I'm not in shape, it's 100% my fault. And that it takes time, not money, and I'm in the phase of my life where I have lots of time, but not...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #9
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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Documenting a Lifetime Journey working on a Youtube Podcast
EXECUTION FEEDBACKAn additional note on Youtube growth: I think it's a lot more in my control than I would have thought 1.5 years ago. Any successful Youtube creator today can start a brand new faceless channel without their brand and make it do pretty well based on the merit of its content and packaging alone...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #9
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Documenting a Lifetime Journey working on a Youtube Podcast
EXECUTION FEEDBACKThanks for taking the time to write this MTF. I wanted to ensure I would be able to give you a thoughtful, detailed response that does your analysis justice, so I took some time to think about this in depth. I agree that podcasting is very hard. It's a saturated market, very competitive, and it...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #8
- Forum: Process and Execution
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When did you start investing with some big bucks?
INVESTINGJNagtegaal wrote 1.65% interest per month. That seems really high to me! Especially for just a business savings account. Using an online monthly to yearly interest calculator, apparently that's 21.7% interest per annum. I assume the calculator is compounding the monthly interest. 21.7% is on par...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #8
- Forum: Investing, Crypto, Personal Finance
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The Personal Branding Chat Thread
NOTABLE! HOT! CHATIt would cost more to work with the people who helped David Beckham or MrBeast build their brand to where it is. Personal branding is an interesting beast to me because I've come across so many different definitions of branding overall. My favourite is Alex Hormozi's, which as usual is a very...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #40
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Seeking Advice on Expanding Beyond My Programming Bubble
MINDSETDoesn't seem any different to me than being part of the forum.- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #21
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Seeking Advice on Expanding Beyond My Programming Bubble
MINDSETYeah I had no intention of it being about accountability. I made it because you mentioned just wanting to chat with each other.- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #20
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Following your passion isn't always bad
MINDSETHow did you get this idea from MJ's books? I got the opposite message when I read TMF.- Vamsi Interviews
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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I started a video production business
EXECUTIONI think this is a great idea. A lot of business owners value proactivity, and if you just email them showing them an edit you made of some of their content, or some shorts you edited, or an intro in a better style etc. then if they see the value, they'll definitely get back to you for more.- Vamsi Interviews
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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Seeking Advice on Expanding Beyond My Programming Bubble
MINDSETSounds good re: the Discord group. Here's a quick server I put together so we can chat.- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #16
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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What is the best sales advice you've learned and can impart?
GOLD! HOT! MARKETINGThanks for sharing more specifics. I've never felt like sales is about "forcing" people to make a decision, nor have I ever considered someone a good salesperson if they did that. Confidence or conviction certainly matters. You do have to believe your product works, otherwise it's going to be...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #5
- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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Social entrepreneurship and financial freedom?
INTROSingle-use plastic bags were banned here (Vancouver, BC) a few years ago. Now grocery stores and delivery services all use paper bags or cloth bags. Positive change IMO!- Vamsi Interviews
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- Forum: Introductions
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Documenting a Lifetime Journey working on a Youtube Podcast
EXECUTION FEEDBACK@MTF I figured out that the desync between my video and audio is caused by Nvidia Broadcast, a software I'm using to zoom in on my face and track it as I move. The GoPro I'm using as a webcam has a really wide field of view by default, and my background isn't the best yet, so I figured zooming...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #6
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Easiest Business idea to EXECUTE?
EXECUTIONWell, people need to get from point A to point B and want to do it faster than driving there. I mentioned airlines specifically in response to hardest businesses to execute, because they require a ton of coordination, regulation, maintenance and engineering, as well as all the general aspects of...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #23
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Needs to be said... sell the DAMN motorcycle.
HOT! RANTMy dad loves motorcycles. He asked me many times to join him on a ride and I said no every time, but he kept guilting me every time, so I finally said yes once. I rode with him that one time and I was trembling the entire time. I told him to stop after a few minutes and I just walked home. He...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #337
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Sorry, but the market doesn't care about your passion.
EXECUTIONIt's disappointing to see him lose so much goodwill with his audience by trying to sell them stuff so aggressively rather than primarily add value. The "Me" focus is especially off-putting. I think goodwill and trust can compound faster than revenue, so reinvesting the goodwill back into the...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #35
- Forum: Process and Execution
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Documenting a Lifetime Journey working on a Youtube Podcast
EXECUTION FEEDBACKThanks for the audio delay tip. I'll look into it. I use riverside.fm to record video and audio tracks separately for each speaker, so maybe something is going wrong on their end, since their system syncs up the tracks automatically when I export. I'll contact their support if necessary...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #3
- Forum: Process and Execution
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What Podcast or Youtube video changed your mind about something important?
MINDSET CHATThis video changed my perspective on selling thinking vs. execution. In many cases I view ideas and strategy as something to give away for free. But I see now that it's far more valuable than execution and should be priced accordingly. It also reminds me of Jonathan Stark's concept of 3 tiers...- Vamsi Interviews
- Post #7
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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