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  1. Draven Grey

    Aspiring Self-Development business

    INTRO 
    I was a coach for 15 years to rock bands all over the world, signed and unsigned. Before that, I was a life coach, a creativity coach, and even relationship/marriage counselor. I kept changing it up in the hopes of scaling it up based upon my expertise, and even got trained in NLP, NAC, NVC, and...
  2. Draven Grey

    Venturing into self-publishing a massive world

    PUBLISHING 
    My novel is in the editing process. Finally! It came out to around 85K words, which I imagine will change a little after the Editor notes come back. I'm also looking forward to using what I've learn about storytelling and writing in order to write the next one go much faster. I already have a...
  3. Draven Grey

    General Business Framework for Noobs questions...help!

    First, definitely read the book, The Millionaire Fastlane. Then, the business plan, cost analysis, assessing value straight from the people you will be serving, etc, etc, can all be done with a Lean Canvas and the preceding interviews to validate it and get your first customers. Either look up...
  4. Draven Grey

    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    Thanks for your concern. It's not a scam. I don't care at this point that no one believes me, partly because it is pretty unbelievable, and partly because I'm tired of trying to defend the man - who is a dear friend of my dad's. He has been extremely open about every part of it, and I have seen...
  5. Draven Grey

    How do you find an amazing CPA?

    After going to a few startup meetups, I built an acquaintance with a Billionaire who loves to mentor people for free. He recommended the accountant he uses, and she's been absolutely phenomenal.
  6. Draven Grey

    Are reality show songs copyrighted?

    True. I rushed through that answer too quickly. Releasing does hold up in court much better though. However, without registration, the copyright holder(s) can't sue for any damages.
  7. Draven Grey

    Are reality show songs copyrighted?

    Youtube has a blanket license for an curiously undisclosed list of songs. But that's also only for Youtube videos played on Youtube, not embedded on another website. Also, the performance rights are still owned by the performer. Also of note, copyrights are in place the moment a recording is...
  8. Draven Grey

    Are reality show songs copyrighted?

    They are under copyright, both the song and the performances. The writer and the performer hold separate copyrights in many countries, the latter through a Performance Rights Organization. Then there are different types of royalties for those copyrights. For instance, when you want to put the...
  9. Draven Grey

    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    Sorry you feel that way. I appreciate your concern, but I truly believe it's unwarranted in this case. And yes, my parents have lived off their investments for a couple of years.
  10. Draven Grey

    20k cash. What business would you start?

    EXECUTION 
    I have several business that could benefit. At the moment, I already decided to take my knowledge and find investors for a specific type of live production. It already tested extremely well, but will take more than $20K for the next set of shows. There's another dealing with a specific aspect of...
  11. Draven Grey

    Why An 8 Year Old Kid Is Going To Be More Successful Than You

    MINDSET 
    Inspiring. Thank you The story made me think of my youngest son, when he was 8. He would ask us to teach him different things (ride a bike, ride a skateboard, climb a tree, throw a football, etc...). If we took more than a few minutes to go help him, he would figure it out himself. That...
  12. Draven Grey

    Can you recommend a good website host?

    HOT! MARKETING 
    I'm interested in knowing more about AWS and other cloud hosting as well (such as Google's less expensive and simpler cloud). I currently use Inmotion, which has been amazing and super fast, but not cost effective for the level of traffic we currently have.
  13. Draven Grey

    Venturing into self-publishing a massive world

    PUBLISHING 
    53K words into the novel now. Had to stop and plan out some more of it. (Edit: I originally aid 45K, but looking at it again, I was further along than that. Add today's writing, and now it's at about 53K) Planning out the next phase in marketing for The Silent Still brought up a need for to...
  14. Draven Grey

    How do you become wealthy?

    INTRO 
    What would happen instead, if you focused on adding so much value to others that proof of your value was shown, in part, by at least $1M in net worth? Focus on the money and you'll not only fall short, but miss the point. Stating you'll make X amount by Y date doesn't make it a goal. Stating how...
  15. Draven Grey

    How to make 15-20K in 4 hours..EVENTS!

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    That depends on how you build the business. Cirque Du Soleil doesn't have the owner at each one. A promoter with a small staff can build events into a pretty large business.
  16. Draven Grey

    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    Not naive. I've seen it month after month. I actually fudged the numbers. It's been around 25% ROI per month. And he's one of my father's best friends, who we trust whole-heartedly. You can believe what you want. I know it sounds preposterous. I just hope I can hire this guy before he retires...
  17. Draven Grey

    How to make 15-20K in 4 hours..EVENTS!

    HOT! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Good concept, and close to how it worked for me. Me and my partner put on our Rock Circus Masquerade event at a similar cost venue, with $18 tickets, and it worked out similarly. Overall, we spent $1200 up front, hired a cast and crew of over 40 people (not including the venue staff), had a full...
  18. Draven Grey

    Venturing into self-publishing a massive world

    PUBLISHING 
    35K words into the 1st novel now. I started noticing what needs to change for the next draft. I'm excited about how much the changes will add to not just the word count, but to the experience of reading the story too. I'm not happy with the slow speed this is going, so I'm starting to set harder...
  19. Draven Grey

    Why You're In The Wrong Industry

    MINDSET 
    Sadly, at least with the few I know who were on American Idol, they are under contract for several years after the show. Anything they create and release during that contract is owned by the show. I don't know if X Factor and The Voice are the same way, but I imagine they follow a similar model.
  20. Draven Grey

    Why You're In The Wrong Industry

    MINDSET 
    I personally know a lot of musicians who are very successful. A few are even Millionaires from their music. The industry is full of entitled, lazy dreamers, who are willing to do zero work that actually adds value, and instead just want to stroke their ego. Many of them work their asses off, but...
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