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  1. CaptainAmerica

    Immediate help needed - no one is coming to the pop up sale!

    MARKETING 
    I run a third party facilities management business, and one of my extra offers is liquidations - because my customers asked for it. Meaning, I'm very new to it. The problem? This weekend is one of the sales - and no one is showing up! Never had this problem with the 4 previous sales. I'm...
  2. CaptainAmerica

    Slow progress is still progress

    EXECUTION 
    I'm slowly building my new venture, and hit a milestone, so it's time for Round 1 of a Progress Thread. I have all the usual excuses: I'm old, have variable health issues, live in a small place, mostly unemployable, and practically skill-less. Here's what I did after Covid ate my baby: 1. I...
  3. CaptainAmerica

    Food Chain Opportunities

    This came out today in Fast Company: Map of America's Food Supply Chain. There is a huge need, laid out on a convenient map, for better food transport. What can you do here? Link to the original study Link to the publicly available csv database
  4. CaptainAmerica

    How Do I Get Real Market Input?

    Hey all! I'm trying to a slingshot into a new, better, more CENTS-ible market (selling shovels to gold miners). I want to reach out to my potential customers and see what they really need (as opposed to what I think they need). HOW? This is what stops me, stumps me, and gets my panties in a...
  5. CaptainAmerica

    Failure. Advice requested, please!

    TL/DR: Consulting business failed. Currently driving a forklift and moving furniture for minimum wage. Assets: consulting program, chemistry degree, micro niche lab supply business Threats: medical issues which are just recently under control, but require constant vigilance Dream Fastlane...
  6. CaptainAmerica

    Ideas from Teenage Shark Tank Contestants

    IDEA 
    Monday night, I went to the High School Shark Tank Event - I was mentor for a couple of contestants. Want to springboard your imagination? Here's the products that were presented: - stuffed animals with different textures and essential oil diffuser (yes, they brought a stuffed shark!) - a...
  7. CaptainAmerica

    Happy Birthday!!

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Good morning everyone! Today is my birthday! I love my birthday - it's my 2nd or 3rd favorite holiday! Someone else here is having a birthday today, so Many Happy Returns of the Day to you too! TreyAllDay reminded me about the importance of taking mini-vacations as we go, so we don't get all...
  8. CaptainAmerica

    Online focus group for high school shark tank - golfers needed!

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Where are my golfers? I am a mentor for a couple of high school students for a Shark Tank workshop. We are looking for feedback from golfers who own their own clubs. If this is you, please, please, fill out the survey – it's only five questions. If you know somebody like this, please pass on the...
  9. CaptainAmerica

    Accessibility Products

    Hey everyone! I just got off the phone with my dad. He's 94, and has lost most of his vision due to macular degeneration. He never calls me, I always call him. The reason is that, believe it or not, there's not a single landline phone on the market with voice-activated dialing capability...
  10. CaptainAmerica

    Captain America Returns!!

    INTRO 
    Did you miss me, huh? I sure missed all of you! Remember that post I did about how I was over the depression, and well on my way to the Fastlane? Yeah, me too. It turns out that it takes a lot longer than anticipated, especially with hidden health issues underlying the whole thing. Ugh. Sorry...
  11. CaptainAmerica

    ah ha multiview - has anyone used this search engine to advertise?

    MARKETING 
    I was enticed by a specialty venue / magazine... and they use ah ha multiview, which costs far less, and seems like it would draw more of my niche market. But I've never heard of them. Anyone with experience?
  12. CaptainAmerica

    Disabilities and Limitations

    MINDSET 
    Let's talk about limitations. Some of the people coming to this forum, including me, have physical disabilities. There are days when it's not actually possible to get anything done. So if there's a physical limitation, and we still want to be in the Fastlane, why am I posting this under Mindset...
  13. CaptainAmerica

    apparently, four is a good number

    EXECUTION 
    Holy smokes, what have I done? Bear with me, because I'm tired, and probably delirious. I have four businesses. Yeah, you read that right - four. Why? Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.... Look, I know it's not tenable. But needs must. Here they are, with a little detail: 1. A...
  14. CaptainAmerica

    Attractive Nuisances - Avoiding Shiny Object Syndrome

    One of the things that came up this morning at breakfast was the posters, stickers, that are going up all over West Hollywood. The pride flag with the snake on it, and underneath it reads “#ShootBack". And I thought, being the entrepreneur that I am, "Those T-shirts are going to sell like crazy...
  15. CaptainAmerica

    Ages and Stages

    NOTABLE! 
    Three separate engagements this week, one stupid bias. I just turned 50. Like all 'milestone' birthdays, it brings the whackadoos out of the woodwork. I'm supposed to act my age - this hasn't been a problem since they said it 10 years ago. Not only am I supposed to ACT my age, I'm supposed to...
  16. CaptainAmerica

    Book Progress

    EXECUTION 
    I finally finished it. This is the book that has been simmering in my brain for over a year. It was time to create a product (an online course) that would remove me from the lower-pay, 1 on 1 customer engagements. In order to create the course, I needed to write the book with a workbook and...
  17. CaptainAmerica

    Back in the saddle again!

    INTRO 
    Hey all! I'm just getting back into the swing of things after a disgusting depression sidelined me. Currently working on a series of products for my baby consulting business. I'm terribly impatient, and too broke yet to hire people smarter than me. I also have a tiny lab supply business that I...
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