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The CENTS Business Commandments for Entrepreneurs
GOLD! HOT!Thanks @MJ DeMarco, I created a CENTS Business and Idea Evaluator spreadsheet here. The purpose of CENTS is to improve your probabilities for creating a business that can change your life forever. The purpose of the spreadsheet is to have a quick, visual method for analyzing businesses and...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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The CENTS Business Commandments for Entrepreneurs
GOLD! HOT!Been reading this and re-reading this often, so many valuable sentences within... @MJ DeMarco I was thinking of creating a spreadsheet for everyone based on CENTS to help evaluate your business and/or business ideas. Let me know if that would be ok to do and share...- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #45
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Common Question by clients
SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGNI'm not a web designer but have used Wordpress and other themes to create websites myself... I would say something like: "Depending on your budget and scope of work, there are times when we use high quality templates as a starting point. However, these typically require customizations and other...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Side Hustles, Freelancing, Web Design
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How I used SEO to create (and eventually sell) in a tough niche
HOT!Very nice, took action, made sacrifices, worked your a$$ off and made it happen! Very inspiring...- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #36
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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SUCCESS STORY: $3.7+ Million in Sales since 2012 (Service Business)
EXECUTIONAs mentioned earlier, I won't post specifics out of respect for my active business partner. We're pacing about 80% YOY at this point. Didn't post this to receive a pat on the back, was posting in hopes of inspiring others to take action.- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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SUCCESS STORY: $3.7+ Million in Sales since 2012 (Service Business)
EXECUTIONLast year was our biggest year in part due to a really large project but this year is down over last year at this point. No one told me I couldn't pay myself through debt or that having kids and bills is an excuse not to grow and take risks... we have grown considerably since 2012. Our...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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SUCCESS STORY: $3.7+ Million in Sales since 2012 (Service Business)
EXECUTIONHey @Jeff Noel and @458, thanks for the questions. We couldn't be profitable, have no debt and be in business if we had 3.6M in expenses. My partner and I both have families/kids, have been able to support them, live in SoCal and pay ourselves comfortably through the years due to our business...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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Pros and Cons to bringing on Investors
PEOPLEPROS: money, additional resources & knowledge, ability to grow quicker (assuming the right partner) CONS: giving up equity and control (if you're giving equity), dealing with and answering to another person/partner, differences of opinions I would not give up equity, rather structure their...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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Anyone dabble in the vending machine business?
I disagree and think there is nothing wrong with it for those starting out and can be a great learning lesson. You will learn: interacting with potential customers, sales, customer service, time management, money management, why it is a viable or unviable venture for them, etc. I agree it isn't...- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #9
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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SUCCESS STORY: $3.7+ Million in Sales since 2012 (Service Business)
EXECUTIONHi @Aix-Geneve, definitely understand that sales are not for everyone. I do think that it can be really beneficial for introverts to get out of their comfort zones though. I managed a ton of sales people in the past and many had no sales experience and were introverts but were willing to learn...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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I emailed 40 local organisations asking what their problems and frustrations are
NOTABLE! MARKETINGNo problem, the way you write your email/script is crucial so keep testing. They want their problems solved, if you provide an answer to their issues and a differentiator to all the others in your space, you will get replies!- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #63
- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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SUCCESS STORY: $3.7+ Million in Sales since 2012 (Service Business)
EXECUTIONThanks @Champion, would love to find that quick money idea but haven't yet, definitely a lot of hard work along the way...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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SUCCESS STORY: $3.7+ Million in Sales since 2012 (Service Business)
EXECUTIONHello everyone! New member of the forum, love the community and inspiration it provides and thought it was my time to join and contribute. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF MY JOURNEY (so far) Graduated college (no loans, paid by working hard in a trade before starting and working during school) Got a...- SD Entrepreneur
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I emailed 40 local organisations asking what their problems and frustrations are
NOTABLE! MARKETINGHey @Real Deal Denver, we are always doing biz dev to generate leads so it is an on going thing. With that said, we targeted specific companies within an industry and then used LinkedIn to find the correct people and titles within (our best educated guess of which titles/people made the most...- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #61
- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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I emailed 40 local organisations asking what their problems and frustrations are
NOTABLE! MARKETINGI can personally attest for @MJ DeMarco note saying unsolicited emails work if you demonstrate that you have something of value. My business development rep got me a call/demo with a Fortune 500 company that turned into almost 100k of business last year! As he mentioned, we reached out and...- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #59
- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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Will our brains soon have internet access? Musk to make big Neuralink reveal this week.
One day we'll look back and say, "Remember how we had to pull out our phone to look something up!?" I believe something like this is imminent, not sure the implications but seems like we're turning into computerized robots!- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #9
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Living Unscripted - Handling millions harder than making them?
HOT! INVESTINGCheck out The Simple Path to Wealth for a very simplified approach. Don't worry about market crashes, the market historically recovers quickly from them and they are buying opportunities!- SD Entrepreneur
- Post #33
- Forum: Investing, Crypto, Personal Finance
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ATTENTION ALL SALES PEOPLE - NEED ADVICE - PLEASE HELP
MARKETINGAssume the sale! Ex. "You'd like to add this $3 tote before it sells out (or goes up in price), right?" If hesitant act surprised since everyone is buying them, reiterate the value/benefits...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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The US Needs More Tradespeople
HOT!Definitely money to be made and always has been. I have an uncle that is a self made multi millionaire from building stone walls (masonry) and investing in real estate! My father also provided for 4 kids as a mason... He always says it's a dying but honest trade. Most people now are lazy or...- SD Entrepreneur
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- Forum: General Business Discussion
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