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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATYeah but I'm hiring an engineer and marketer rn.- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATIs work from home or partial work from home a cultural standard at this point in time? It's like every employee I hire or try to hire keeps asking for it.- machinistguy
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONHe makes YouTube videos and then shares them on FB groups. Yeah, the business model has changed like 3x since we started and my posting reflects that confusion. I manufacture tools for a hobby industry, we sell wholesale and through ecommerce. So it's both ecommerce and manufacturing.- machinistguy
- Post #98
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONMarch 2025 Revenue: $13k | Profit: -30k March 2026 Revenue: $47k | Profit: -3k Notes: Overall performance is lacking but growth story is impressive. What a brutal Q1. Losses every single month, but nothing crazy. Definitely an improvement on the same period last year. Sales from all revenue...- machinistguy
- Post #95
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATOne of our competitors has had constant 30-50% off sales for the past 3 months... It's just weird. The only explanation I can think of is they want to liquidate their inventory or are struggling with cashflow... but who puts such massive sales month after month?- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATI just finished talking to a PE firm about selling my business. I knew going in that I'm not at my exit number but I thought my business would get there by the end of this year. Looks like I have a few more years of work than I thought. I don't think I'll mentally make it 4 more years of...- machinistguy
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONFeb was good, around $52k. Q1 is always around 30-50% of our average monthly sales for the year, so that means we're currently on track to average around $100k for this year. Profit is negative $10k because I'm going full steam ahead, developing new product lines, improving current product...- machinistguy
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- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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Vegan / Vegetarians Only (Chat about lifestyle, opportunities, food, whatever...)
NOTABLE!After having tried every single diet out there over the past 3-4 years and recording changes in my health, I will conclude that I felt best when I did two weeks of raw vegan trying to put as much color in my meals. I did struggle with the meal prep side of it and making sure I kept it up for...- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATPeople love inspirational stuff. Give back to people trying to overcome addiction and film it or something.- machinistguy
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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Random Chat Thread...
CHAT - AI -V2 follows instructions better. Use it everyday for graphic design work- machinistguy
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Human Longevity Breakthroughs, Resources, and Websites
NOTABLE! CHATI've gone down the antiquetech rabbit hole lol. Good stuff. The church bells designed at a frequency that kills parasites which is where the church bells drives aways evil spirits thing comes from and all that- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATEither. I was thinking it would be nice to get a monthly newsletter showcasing automation solutions that can improve my business output or practical tips & tricks I can test out on our Shopify store or ads. Got me curious about what business owners on the forum subscribe to for personal or...- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATWho here subscribes to newsletters? What newsletters do you subscribe to?- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHAThttps://youtube.com/@watersabove?si=OWF9wtoiu857pbeO He also predicted that 2026 would be driven by silver before silver did anything because the numerology of 2026 = 47 which is the atomic number of silver. Don't ask how 2026= 47, I wasn't paying attention till the last few weeks. I think...- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATI have no investments, but I find it crazy that almost everyone got played over the past few weeks except the guy in my YouTube feed who thinks the stock market is driven by the movements of the moon. Dude called this out like 3 months ago because there's a solar eclipse coming in Feb. Defense...- machinistguy
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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Random Chat Thread...
CHAT - AI -LLM business ideas: @Andy Black mentioned he's making an AI Andy by feeding it all his notes and content he's created. Every single expert in every single domain out there would love a complete solution where they just feed an AI all their content and notes and export it to their followers at a...- machinistguy
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONWell, January truly was a piss poor month in terms of performance, but we still managed to get a good amount done. We've revamped our value offer based on advice from Alex Hormozi's book, and increased the cutoff for free shipping. Average order is up from $79 to $95 and cost of customer...- machinistguy
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