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  1. Ravens_Shadow

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    Something DIY is probably a great place to start then. There was a government official I helped out some 10 years ago who was trying to put air in a tire that was clearly completely ruptured. He spent around $20 at the air machine scratching his head why it wasn't filling up. I was going out to...
  2. Ravens_Shadow

    MTF needs a slumpbuster: Too many swings, no hits.

    GOLD! 
    MTF, I'm not sure what the books you wrote were about, or if the content websites you were trying to flip, or buy in the past contained much of value. Believe it or not, the internet probably doesn't need much more content and being a content machine doesn't sound very fulfilling. Sit down and...
  3. Ravens_Shadow

    Why is everything so difficult for me?

    IDEA 
    Make quality toys for children with your woodworking skills. For every one purchased you donate one to a charity or children's hospital in need. Win win for everyone, great story, a toy that doesn't suck.
  4. Ravens_Shadow

    AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION AMA 
    Buy fastlane insiders and go read my thread with 700+ posts. I don't say it on the outside of the forum because I don't want google to link people (my customers or competitors) here. If the info is minimally useful then you should read this whole thread. I got customers by posting videos of the...
  5. Ravens_Shadow

    AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION AMA 
    There were a couple of things that I did before my main business but they weren't software related in particular, just services online. Both of which did make money, but I wasn't truly into solving the issues those services fixed. It was more so in my current business with the product that took...
  6. Ravens_Shadow

    AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION AMA 
    See the insiders thread in my signature (on a PC) for the entire story. It's like 25 pages of everything I've done.
  7. Ravens_Shadow

    AMA - I built a software company worth 8 figures

    GOLD! HOT! EXECUTION AMA 
    I feel like you're setting yourself up to fail by planning a string of web apps. That tells me low quality for each, poor attempts, and money chasing. Apps are a dime a dozen. Go forth and execute at 100% with full integrity behind it. It took like 6 months before we made our first dollar. And...
  8. Ravens_Shadow

    I finally understand David Goggins, Jocko, Cameron Haynes etc.. #75Hard

    MINDSET 
    I put myself through suffering so that I can be free.
  9. Ravens_Shadow

    Moved across the country alone and living in a car. Update thread until stability

    MINDSET EXECUTION 
    We did have an MVP of our first product within a month but it was pretty wretched and didn't make much money at all. The big flagship product took around 10 months for the MVP and that was an absolute hit. But by the time we actually started on that product we were already in "business" for 3...
  10. Ravens_Shadow

    Just quit my job in the middle of my shift. thoughts?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Unfortunately it's views like this that ultimately keep people in mediocrity. At the times in which people with this view are struggling, they refuse to go flip a burger in the meantime. Having a job after I ran out of credit helped me significantly for my business and I learned a ton as an...
  11. Ravens_Shadow

    Needs to be said... sell the DAMN motorcycle.

    HOT! RANT 
    Acquaintance of mine lost his legs a couple weekends ago in a bad motorcycle crash.
  12. Ravens_Shadow

    Dating as a Fastlaner

    MINDSET 
    I think its fine to be with a partner who doesn't want anything to do with their own personal fastlane. Two successful very entrepreneurs would barely have time for each other, much less the energy. You be the ultra busy one, let them work their job if they are perfectly happy and content with...
  13. Ravens_Shadow

    How I Turned $2k Into $10,000,000 in Less than 1 Year, Lost Most of it 2 Years Later, and my Plan Going Forward to make it all back X10 — MY STORY

    INVESTING INTRO 
    I often wonder why those who want to start a "business" immediately aim to get into the coaching space without having any past success to back it up. It's an interesting trend along with anything Crypto, NFT, AI, etc and I run the other way. Good luck, stick around, keep posting, and you'll make...
  14. Ravens_Shadow

    The CENTS Business Commandments for Entrepreneurs

    GOLD! HOT! 
    @MJ DeMarco did you facepalm at all when you realized N-E-C-S-T could be CENTS. On my first read through of TMF some 11 years ago I never put it together that it could be CENTS either, or was it purposeful? :P
  15. Ravens_Shadow

    Unity Game Engine just exercised their power of control that would destroy Indie Game Scene

    RANT 
    If unity crumbles, it will take a lot of risk out of our market since they bought up quite a few of our competitors.
  16. Ravens_Shadow

    How many hours are enough?

    MINDSET 
    There's nothing wrong with rewarding yourself with video games. I run a very successful software company and still play games to this day. For reference, I worked a full time job for 8 hours + 2 hours commute and then came home and worked 4-6 hours every night. Did that for 3 years and then my...
  17. Ravens_Shadow

    Please help... (confused on my pathway as a 13yr old)

    MINDSET FEEDBACK 
    When I was 12 I started learning to make games. I'm almost 30 now and own a very successful software company related to games. Thanks to my efforts and (addiction) to learning how to make games i've been very successful in my adult life. If you have that sort of drive and interest in something...
  18. Ravens_Shadow

    The Entrepreneurial Blur? Are YOU affected by these symptoms too?

    MINDSET 
    I had a call with a long-time friend from the forum yesterday and we both have this feeling that I'll call the Entrepreneurial Blur. He told me he knows of quite a few others who have this same feeling, so let's try to set a diagnosis and lay out the symptoms. For those of you who have been...
  19. Ravens_Shadow

    How to make money as a programmer (how to solve problems as a programmer)

    WEB DESIGN QUESTION 
    Had a hobby that I did for years, saw a lot of issues with what I was doing, and built a software company around solving the issues I had. See one of my threads as it may help you: NOTABLE! - A fundamental question for any entrepreneur: What do I want from my business? Every problem isn't...
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