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  1. Hassen

    What are your thoughts on hustles while you work on your business?

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    I switched from freelancing to working somewhere full time, (and inadvertently took a year-long break from entrepreneurship after failing my first business attempt), but personally I have found it beneficial in several ways. I started in an industry that I had skills for but no experience of...
  2. Hassen

    I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Finally finished reading Unscripted. (As part of my New Years resolution, lol) Can’t believe it took me so long to get around to reading it, but now with more life experience I find a lot concepts easier to understand than when I read Millionaire Fastlane.
  3. Hassen

    Building a shopify store but feeling disillusioned!

    I have been selling FBA for two years. Can't use their fulfillment centers for this category I'm thinking since I don't qualify for the revenue threshold to apply. Thanks for the offer though, I'll look into alternatives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. Hassen

    Back on track after first failure / How do you guys deal with failure

    HOT! FTE 
    Nothing much to elaborate really, took out some loan for Christmas seasonal products since the year before the profit during the year-end season was ten times the usual and I didn't do anything about Christmas. Thought I'd better actually take advantage of the holidays and put in some effort...
  5. Hassen

    Building a shopify store but feeling disillusioned!

    Thank you so much, I'll definitely keep these all in mind. Validating without dropshipping would be tricky for me since I live in China. And the products are of a restricted category that I can't simply use FBA either without registering a company in Hong Kong, I believe. I'll look into third...
  6. Hassen

    Should I go to college? An answer from a Berkeley professor.

    For fun, really. Also I'd have found studying much more meaningful as I'm in fact the kind of person that if something doesn't interest me, I can't push myself to do it at all. I in fact passed all my classes rather easily but truthfully speaking I retained nothing as soon as I got done with the...
  7. Hassen

    Thoughts about planning your way into Fastlane

    Hmm, I'd start with a side hustle that's related to selling stuff. Just get started and get creative, I mean even flipping things on Craigslist counts. Or freelancing. Get used to making (however little) money outside of your day job first, which gets you into a different kind of general...
  8. Hassen

    Building a shopify store but feeling disillusioned!

    What if you select a niche you're interested in and source related products? I'm just starting out with dropshipping too but with some products I do feel it's a drag putting up listings for them, but for others I feel genuinely excited for being able to share them with more customers than the...
  9. Hassen

    Building a shopify store but feeling disillusioned!

    I've been thinking about dropshipping from China too, but in a very focused niche & with a supplier that's just starting their own brand & have their own original products, and then go from there, maybe purchase in bulk to distribute their products in the US in the future. Still a terrible...
  10. Hassen

    Remember, faux wealth destroys real wealth

    HOT! 
    Well, I'm not pissed off by sidewalkers since I don't personally know any. Why keep in touch with people who piss you off anyway? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. Hassen

    Back on track after first failure / How do you guys deal with failure

    HOT! FTE 
    I lost quite a lot of money last Christmas bc half of my products wouldn't sell & half that did sell were seasonal and arrived too late at FBA centers. Still trying to pay off the debt resulted from taking loans to purchase inventory. I don't especially mind having failed though! Really pushed...
  12. Hassen

    What would you do at 16?

    HOT! 
    If I were 16 again rn I'd just go party my a$$ off. But really, I think the most important stuff is to learn at that age. Read. Study on your own outside of school. Doesn't even matter too much what, just read and learn. Socialize, observe people and learn. Try new things, all kinds of things...
  13. Hassen

    Should I go to college? An answer from a Berkeley professor.

    TBH I think the choice would depend a lot on affordability of said college. Personally I'd definitely have gone to college all over again, but I'd never choose to study business again. I'd much rather pick an unemployable major. College was an alright experience and the diploma serves some...
  14. Hassen

    New guy over here

    INTRO 
    Honestly fella, as a business graduate myself, nobody who studies business in college goes on to start businesses... the business program simply isn't designed for that! In fact the longer they stay in academia learning business (i.e. if they go on to grad school) the less likely they would be...
  15. Hassen

    When did you decide to turn the side hustle into the main hustle?

    EXECUTION 
    As soon as my side hustle earned as much as my salary I quit my job immediately. And when my little ecommerce business' earnings fluctuate I just freelance here and there to bring in more cash, but still by doing things I like... or at least don't hate. Man did I hate my office job. I would say...
  16. Hassen

    Starting out Exporting with Amazon FBA

    EXECUTION 
    Quit my job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. Hassen

    Starting out Exporting with Amazon FBA

    EXECUTION 
    Enjoying the festive spirit & drinking too much. 30 days sales at ~$2,200. Some valentines products sold out. Ordered a little new inventory but not sending anymore out till I quit my job & have time to focus on it. Started doing the paperwork to quit. Quitting once the month's complete. Sent...
  18. Hassen

    Starting out Exporting with Amazon FBA

    EXECUTION 
    30 days sales climbed back up to$1,800. Another half-month automatic payment has been initiated & I'm getting $900 this month overall. More than my salary at my day job. I'm satisfied with that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Hassen

    Starting out Exporting with Amazon FBA

    EXECUTION 
    30 days sales dropped to $1,600 & somewhat steadied around there. I lowered the prices on two of my best sellers, since I found someone piggybacking on one of them & selling two dollars cheaper than I did; so I changed the price to the lowest possible out of spite. Now sales climbed back up to...
  20. Hassen

    Starting out Exporting with Amazon FBA

    EXECUTION 
    I think I just tend to have entire months in which I do nothing. For example the entirety of October. It's just I used to zone out so completely I forgot to update on here either. 30 days sales dropped to $2,900. Got someone contact me on Amazon about willing to offer reviews in exchange of...
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