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    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    I can genuinely recommend this book. I’ve just finished it for the second time. It’s different from the usual personal development, investing, or business books that are often shared here. But I think it covers a topic more people should know about, so hear me out. Nuclear War — Annie Jacobsen...
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    Elco's Fastlane accountability thread

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for the questions @Walter Stroup , they made me think hard. I had an answer ready a couple of days ago, but my AI psychologist told me it wasn't really honest. Therefore I needed to think and implement again. I think my issue isn't too many projects. This energizes me a lot because it's...
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    Failure is An Asset: My Execution Thread.

    EXECUTION 
    I'm a bit bummed out that you want to shelve your idea. I really love your energy and the enthusiasm that you put into this. Is this enthusiasm something that characterizes you as a person? That can be very helpful in the beginning of a project, but work against you later on. You worked really...
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    Amsterdam, The Netherlands Meetup

    MEETUPS 
    @hhaider
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    GoalSumo calendar and scheduling

    QUESTION 
    I've started Goalsumo in August. I really needed time to get used to it but now it works perfect for my week planning. For me Goalsumo is really a todo list/short term planner and not a calendar/agenda. How I use it: - Each week I have the planned habit of thinking about my business and...
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    Failure is An Asset: My Execution Thread.

    EXECUTION 
    Love the web design!! Well done!! You deserve your sleep my man!! I really like the user stories about not switching to decaf, that is something you should use prominently in the ads. A couple of small remarks you can consider: -You sell one months supply of 31, while you need 1 tablet per...
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    Amsterdam, The Netherlands Meetup

    MEETUPS 
    Nice! I'm in Weert, south of Eindhoven. Zwolle wouldn't be my first choice, Utrecht would be more easy for me. Before 2026 is a good plan. Is there already an old whatsapp group or should we make a new one?
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    Introduction from the Netherlands

    INTRO 
    Hey! Welkom op het forum, leuk om een andere Nederlander hier te zien! I think I've been in a similar spot with consulting and freelancing. It helped me with the business basics and keeping the lights on. It gives you exposure to the market and lets you hear people complain about problems...
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    Elco's Fastlane accountability thread

    EXECUTION 
    November Update Confidence has switched to self-doubt, and I feel like I’m losing momentum — but that’s probably because I’m working hard on things without seeing any sales progress yet. I first have to finish something before it can be sold. Since I’m working on multiple projects, progress...
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    I have 10 years of experience as a dev and lately I have been attacked by unhealthy, negative thoughts related to work and I cannot enjoy life.

    MINDSET 
    I think this is very good advice for you right now, As I read your story I think you are at the FTE stage. Plan a path for 10 years and then stop looking at other people, look to the person you where yesterday. Find out what skills you need for this path and develop those. You always take a...
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    Amsterdam, The Netherlands Meetup

    MEETUPS 
    Hello Dutch Fastlaners, Time to revive this thread. Is anyone interested in a meetup in The Netherlands? Amsterdam would not be my first choice, but I'm open to anything in The Netherlands or Flanders.
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    Failure is An Asset: My Execution Thread.

    EXECUTION 
    I've been thinking about your product and how to get the right and easy customer to bootstrap it. There are people still using sweeteners in their coffee right? If you combine your product with a sweetener, you have value skew for a customer that is used to putting stuff in their coffee and...
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    Failure is An Asset: My Execution Thread.

    EXECUTION 
    Your product is something people have to experience to understand, right? Personally I'm not sure if I have the problem you describe, so I'm not willing to buy the stuff. But if I tried tried the product I could become a customer. So I think online is not the best place to start validating the...
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    What’s Next? Some Honest Thoughts

    INTRO 
    As I understand, Germans take high regard of titles like "MSc" on your business card. And since finishing what you start is a very good habit, finishing the thesis is not a bad idea. We're all born equally stupid, this new law can be your opportunity to equalize expertise in the market. But...
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    The Importance of Masculine Role Models

    MINDSET 
    I'm Dutch, we called this phenomena in my time "The six mentality", which is that a 6/10 is sufficent to pass. So you why do more? I'm under the impression that the current mentality is the 5,5/10 mentality. And still my peers wonder why our country/continent isn't doing so well. Can we...
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    Stock Market Discussion, Chat About the Latest Market Action

    HOT! CHAT 
    May I weigh in on this. I don't have an opinion on technical analysis, but I agree with the conclusion. Well, if I look at history, and @WJK mentioned the Nixon-shock. I see a lot of similarities with the current state of the world. The world was redeeming dollars for gold in the 60's, we now...
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    Carbs may be the devil

    HEALTH 
    That's what I thought a year ago. I've read some stuff by Chris Tulleken on ultra processed food and the stuff they add, and thought that explained a lot. But I never ate much processed food, and then started watching blood sugar spikes. This made a massive difference to me, my energy is much...
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    Carbs may be the devil

    HEALTH 
    I've started with low carbs some time ago and collected some podcasts about this subject. For me was starting with Jessie Inchauspe method perfect: little effort, big results. Now I switched to low carb during workdays, and a little carb during the evening. Recommended listen if you want to...
  19. ElcoCuijpers

    How can I turn my toddler IP “Bubbah the Robot Vacuum” into a scalable brand?

    ASK THE AI 
    My brain dump: If you want to scale up, you can get a second Roomba that is red, and in time they get a small orange one ;) What I mean is that your target is parents. I watch along with my kids(1 and 2 years old), and I choose what to watch. If I find something funny, interesting or a good...
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    "Home cooked" business idea - worth exploring further or not?

    IDEA 
    That sounds good, but you really have to think about how it will work. In my country we had "Pieter Pot", a grocery company that had reusable jars for spaghetti and other grocery's. And they filed for bankruptcy due to high costs. If it works, you can franchise it to different cities. So it...

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