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Fastlane-ish and growing. Now what?
MINDSET RANTI don't disagree. I feel repulsed by how complacent I am and I'm starting to feel the pressure of how little time we have. I don't have a mission, but I don't want it to be "conquering". Life or death/challenging does sound fun though. Maybe. That's not for me to judge. And you'd be surprised...- machinistguy
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Fastlane-ish and growing. Now what?
MINDSET RANTI'm 25 years old. My business just cracked bringing me 6 figures and will keep growing if I keep doing the bare minimum (less than 10hr/week). (Progress thread). I'll probably put in above average effort till the end of the year and make even more money while building a team to handle the stuff...- machinistguy
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONWith the two new hires in recent months, I've actually found myself occasionally enjoying this business now that I don't have to do everything. Maybe once I have both finance and engineering handed off to someone, I might start waking up excited to work. About to pull the trigger on a new...- machinistguy
- Post #79
- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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How do I stop being so sh** at this?
MINDSET FEEDBACK RANTHoly crap dude. You need a reality check on what counts as an obstacle. You're getting discouraged because... it took two trips to do your very first job? I would consider the extra cost you paying off knowledge debt and be happy that you're getting better. Every time it gets tough = Good, the...- machinistguy
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATTrying out a new mindset. Instead of what can I do to 10x the business in a year, I'm going for what can I do to improve the business by 1% everyday.- machinistguy
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- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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In Honor of “Small Business Week,” Let’s Talk About How Small Business Sucks
MINDSETIf I ever start another company, it will be with the funding of investors. I am not willing to do everything, including the mind numbing tasks, and build it up from scratch. I'd rather use capital to hire a team and take on a big problem so that I don't mind the fact I own less than 100%.- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATI have been busting my butt to increase sales, and we're ending April with more orders than we can possibly fulfill. I've been trying to get my operations manager to hire more help. I want him to do it so he can grow with the company. We just got another ~$20k PO and I sent him this email...- machinistguy
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONKept calling them till they sent someone. Spent 6 hours playing with the machine only to tell me he had no clue. I eventually figured it out after doing nothing for 3 days except going through every single possibility. Everyone is back to business as usual. Not noticing any price changes so...- machinistguy
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- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONWe're finishing up the month with more orders than we can currently fulfill. Meeting with our largest client Wednesday to discuss "future projections" which we're assuming is them wanting to increase our work load based on what their employee told me last week. Just hired someone new an hour ago...- machinistguy
- Post #74
- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATI got started with a $50/month membership at my local makerspace. Granted there was a lot of cons to a shared space where someone else is in charge, but a fantastic deal for someone without money. If you know the industry, you could probably get started really cheap. I know a guy who got...- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHAT@Kak I figure this business would be right up your alley. Paper money made out of gold. https://www.goldback.com/about-goldbacks/ Interesting concept. They do seem to charge a nice premium. Not sure how they would go about scaling it. I'd start sponsoring/attending libertarian meetups if I was...- machinistguy
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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Random Chat Thread...
CHAT - AI -Almost fell for an AI scam. Saw an ad about a boot maker who's been hand making leather boots with his wife for 34 years. He's old and now retiring so he's liquidating all his stock, $400 shoes at an 80% discount. Boots look great in the pics. And who wouldn't want a pair of high-quality...- machinistguy
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- Forum: AI News, Trends, Industry, Futurecasting...
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Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread
EXECUTIONVendors refusing to quote because of tariff uncertainty. Customers not paying invoices overdue in close to a month. Machines down for completely unknown reasons and no service techs available. It's been interesting. Launched a new marketing campaign for our direct to customer sales that is...- machinistguy
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- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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The lifestyle, hobbies, and fun thread.
HOT! CHATGot a new gun. Tested it out with a buddy.- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHAT"Oh you don't remember me? Might have texted the wrong number." *Sends selfie of hot Chinese female celebrity (based on reverse image search)* "I'm Amy, I just moved here. Let's be friends." .... "Btw do you want to invest in my crypto scam?"- machinistguy
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Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread
HOT! CHATI'm a US based manufacturer. Most my competition is overseas with the exception of one who only deals with the highest end of our market. It's overall good for our business, but I also don't care that much. I feel like I've been putting in the work to be the best, so we would have grown a lot...- machinistguy
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