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  1. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    May update: Moved to a new country to become tax resident and wasted a lot of time on logistical and bureaucratic bullshit. The Saas app MVP is ready, finding time to promote it is a big struggle right now Income is flowing from freelancing, with another potential project coming my way, plus...
  2. Galactic_travel

    Pivoting to Web Design / WordPress for Biotech

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    Sure, the funding will be there even if reduced. My point was that if you are going to compete on cost, then now is a good time to do it. I'd say don't overestimate those non-traditional deals. Firstly, they are much fewer than you think, the majority of biotech relies on VC funding, with some...
  3. Galactic_travel

    Pivoting to Web Design / WordPress for Biotech

    IDEA 
    We are in similar fields, best of luck! The point about funding is important, your timing would be good because not only federal funding is leaving, but also VC funding, and deals in biotech are in one of the worst slumps ever. Your challenges will be a) there are many established agencies that...
  4. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    April update: Hiring cheap programmers from Upwork has been very unproductive. For one of my projects, I got more done by installing Claude CLI and just letting it code from prompts, which is crazy. Already had my 1st experience of a big corporate delaying paying my invoice by over a month...
  5. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    March update: This month has been the busiest since I quit my job. I have reached the point in freelancing where I need to start outsourcing. I have already found someone to do my bookkeeping, now I will look for a cheap VA that can do generic tasks for up to $10 per hour. I sold a new $20k...
  6. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    February update: Freelancing is going great, I have a 2nd contract going which will be a lot of work but it's good money, some of which is going to go into my investing pot I finished the beta version of a small web app that has the potential for income divorced from time, I gave it to a...
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    It’s been a while since I beat up on freelancing… Where are you today?

    ASSERTION SIDE HUSTLE 
    I was never among the people to say that freelancing is a valid alternative to having your own business, but after quitting my job and freelancing for the past few months I have greatly enjoyed it. It has more economic uncertainty, and therefore stress, than regular employment. However, I also...
  8. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    January update: I spent the whole month in Egypt which was great but now back to cold Europe. My client was not interested in the subscription service idea, but that's fine, I can develop that independently. I managed to negotiate a higher day rate with him, which allows me to work only 3...
  9. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    December update: My health is improving which I am grateful for and allows me to work more. Freelancing for this client has given me a series of ideas for how to automate some of their processes with AI. I got very excited about one particular idea and started coding it immediately with the...
  10. Galactic_travel

    ChatGPT AI is a huge breakthrough, a Google killer

    HOT! CHAT - AI - 
    The value of ChatGPT is insane. Nearly every week in my day job I think of a new way that ChatGPT could help automate or speed up some process. If only I had the time and energy to act on all of them. I am seriously considering pivoting part of my web dev agency to an AI automation consulting...
  11. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    November update: Bad: Caught COVID again. 5th time!!! Thankfully I had taken some Paxlovid with me before I left the US and it made it very mild, at least so far. My old, obese, extremely unhealthy relatives caught it at the same time and dealt with it just fine which I had trouble dealing...
  12. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    Things have been going very well, probably as good as I could have hoped for. I managed to get one active freelance contract and have another one in the final stages. Both of these combined will take me to 80% of my previous salary, but this time I will not be a corporate slave and I will be...
  13. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    I have been quite inactive in this brilliant forum and I will start posting in this thread again to force myself to be more active. 3 years+ since the last post: I moved to the US which was a fantastic decision The academic automated website builder did not have any traction and I rebranded...
  14. Galactic_travel

    Moving to the US SOON. Any recommendations?

    IDEA OFF-TOPIC QUESTION 
    Have health insurance from day 1 - an emergency room visit can bankrupt you.
  15. Galactic_travel

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

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    A decent book packed with information and action steps, but the author cherry-picks financial numbers in order to make acquisition entrepreneurship seem like the greatest thing since sliced bread, which unfortunately significantly undermines his credibility and the rest of the insight. I knew...
  16. Galactic_travel

    Would $300 & 2 Weeks Reveal a Market Need? Let's Find Out!

    IDEA 
    Agreed, I'm not skeptical about the results at all. What I am saying is that if you didn't get any results, you wouldn't have been able to pinpoint if it's because the marketing is not good, or because there is no need. In any case, this point is invalid since you got some e-mail sign-ups...
  17. Galactic_travel

    Would $300 & 2 Weeks Reveal a Market Need? Let's Find Out!

    IDEA 
    I personally would not sign up for a course announcement from someone I don't know, without some sort of lead magnet (e-book, youtube video with credentials, anything really). Thus I would not trust your test results as they would have to do more with the way the offer is structured rather than...
  18. Galactic_travel

    Geo-arbitrage: a food product

    EXECUTION 
    Wishing you the best of luck and watching the thread with interest, as I've also thought about food geo-arbitrage, Greek snacks specifically.
  19. Galactic_travel

    Rate this idea : "P2P app to sell your food leftovers"

    IDEA FEEDBACK 
    Welcome to the forum! It seems like you have put a lot of thinking and effort into this idea, which however I would vote against as I'd never personally use. If you apply the same effort to other ideas I trust that you will eventually come up with a winner!
  20. Galactic_travel

    What should I do during my long two hour commute drive to work? 4 hours a day

    INTRO 
    I see. In this case, there is not much time left until December. I wouldn't over-optimize those 3 months or so. Listen to audiobooks, talk with friends/family on the phone, or whatever helps you achieve your goals. There is a books thread in the forum somewhere that will give you great content...

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