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  1. dude_abides

    Starting a new Food product business, (plant-based / vegan)

    Wow! how funny. Well it seems a ripe area and obviously growing market. Lots of room :D If you guys are interested to meet up and share ideas, we're in Scottsdale :D
  2. dude_abides

    Starting a new Food product business, (plant-based / vegan)

    Yeah, we're in Arizona now, and according to GrubHub research, these are the most Vegan-friendly states: Most Vegan-Friendly States (in ranking order): New York California Nevada Oregon Pennsylvania...
  3. dude_abides

    Starting a new Food product business, (plant-based / vegan)

    Thanks for the interest! I think Snacks are great and a lot of cool things happening there; however, we're really looking to target those that want to 'eat clean' and avoid heavily processed , long-tail ingredients lists. To generalize somewhat, our first product is targeting the grocery...
  4. dude_abides

    Starting a new Food product business, (plant-based / vegan)

    Hi All, My wife and I have decided to launch a new business. We're developing a food product to serve people that are eating Vegan / Whole-Food-Plant-Based diet. Our target personas are: 1) individuals that are 'in transition', just starting on their journey to a whole-food plant based diet...
  5. dude_abides

    Do you want to do it the EASY way, or the HARD way?

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    ahh.. sorry to disappoint :D although i made no attempt to copy @MJ DeMarco 's avatar.... i didn't know he was also using Willy Wonka / Gene Wilder until now :D
  6. dude_abides

    Do you want to do it the EASY way, or the HARD way?

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Hi @biophase, Thanks for the great thread! I'm very interested in designing/enhancing products to sell through Amazon FBA or other ecommerce platforms. My question is since I have no experience with selling through Amazon, would you recommend AMZ training or similar training to learn the...
  7. dude_abides

    Valuation question. SaaS business

    SAAS / APPS WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hi Fastlaners, I'm trying to help a colleague value a business. It is a cloud based software for professional users (e.g., CPA, FP, Lawyers, etc.). They have approximately 5000 subscribers (monthly users). The revenue is approximately 1 million per year. Their EBITA is approximately 500k per...
  8. dude_abides

    I just made $42,000 on my first real estate deal!

    REAL ESTATE 
    Any good resources out there you recommend for learning successful real estate investing models? I have some experience, I've done about 8 flips between 2003-2007... I made a ton of mistakes and managed to eek out a little profit.. but certainly nowhere near retirement money. I'm at a point...
  9. dude_abides

    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Hi MJ, I read the book in January... LOVE IT! Then I read a few books on business models, like inventing products and real estate. Now I'm on my second re-read of Fastlane Millionaire. Also just downloaded 'How to build a billion dollar app' by George Berkowski, which I'll start reading...
  10. dude_abides

    Zenefits lays off 45% of it's staff

    Typically when a large corporation has a layoff, those let go get a nice severance, sometimes equivalent to a half-year salary. Not a bad cushion if you're looking to launch a fastlane business, or just take time to experiment.
  11. dude_abides

    44 , read the book, now thinking about businesses

    INTRO 
    Great! Thanks for sharing!
  12. dude_abides

    44 , read the book, now thinking about businesses

    INTRO 
    Thanks @MJDemarco ! Looks like I have some research to do on bonds and tax implications; thanks for pointing me in that direction! I look forward to the upcoming book.... thinking this morning about your book 1 and 'process vs. events'... great stuff! Thanks @levijean, great idea, I may take...
  13. dude_abides

    44 , read the book, now thinking about businesses

    INTRO 
    Hi All, The book really resonated and crystalized the questions i had with the slowlane. My life is pretty awesome, but i'm looking for the business system that will take me to the wealth system described in the book... I calculate an $8 million nest egg at 5% return would give me a comfy 20k...
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