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  1. Goldfels

    Moving forward with ADHD - Tips for myself and others

    MINDSET 
    I know a lot of people on this forum probably don't have ADHD, but if this helps just ONE person who does, then this post is a success in my eyes. Since my last post in late August I have had a lot going on in my life. Lots of self discovery, moments of clarity, moments of sadness, and hope. I...
  2. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    I partially forgot about this whole forum because of several life events, work and eventually grad school. I did 5 cold emails/calls roughly a day to local/state businesses that could need a website from about the end of June to mid-August as my job permitted. It may have been my sleep...
  3. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    No more weekly updates. I'm not progressing as much thanks to the stupid job and my poor scheduling, so there's no point in providing for quantity over quality. I will still post, just only for important stuff (first paying client, new revelations, etc.)
  4. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 10 Summary: Work Started that summer job that pays well (16/hr). That will keep my mother off my back. Hard work and long hours left me sore and tired the first few days. Was able to finish the all but one module (advanced sales) for the course, so I think I'm ready. Will start FreeCodeCamp...
  5. Goldfels

    Ideas for Startups

    IDEA 
    Look for a genuine need and read TMF or UNSCRIPTED. A lot of what you need to know would be in there. You can't build a company if you don't get sales, and you don't get sales of your product isn't needed.
  6. Goldfels

    Make Enough Working 6 Days a Month to Support Yourself: Clinical Trials

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    I would only do this if I had the time to analyze the biochemistry of the drug I am taking and I can determine it is safe based on how it is introduced and then metabolized. Not that hard, would take maybe a week of on and off work. If you seriously intend on doing this long term, make the...
  7. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    I can deal with it. And competition can be maneuvered around with a good value skew and high revenue customers. You combat competition with value differentiation showing you have a drastically better service to offer than the "guys from India" in your example. I will admit it's a grind, but the...
  8. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 9 Summary: Another Zero Sum Week (But it's looking up) Didn't have a lot of time this week to complete the course (8 weeks in and you still haven't finished it? Come on man!) I know I said I'd get it done last week but life just keeps getting in the way! My mom said if she saw me "working...
  9. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 8 Summary: Onwards and... Sideways? Had some up this week. Finished SPIN Selling and got started with more coding resources to build more types of websites (Currently on JS course from freecodecamp for reactive website content). Got a promising response from the restaurant client's...
  10. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Monday Update: It begins! Rubber meets the road! I'm finally graduated and almost moved out of my apartment (got a few things left to do tomorrow). Now it's time for the wheels to spin and get up to speed. I didn't mention my reasoning for doing freelance web design, so I'll state now that the...
  11. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 7 Summary: Finals and Graduation As expected, I have had little time for progress this week outside of nighttime reading and markings of SPIN Selling, but THANK GOD I'm graduating tomorrow. Next Week's Plan: Everything. Finish the course. Finish SPIN Selling. Start 2/4 free client...
  12. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 6 Summary: Two more to go; Applications of sales. Got through the sales section of the course and almost finished with SPIN Selling (maybe a day left). I was surprised how much I was learning in both the course and the book can be applied outside of a corporate or business setting. I...
  13. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Gotcha. Thanks for the support. I guess for me I'm still in the prospecting stage. I have four clients (friends and family) that I am able to do some (mostly free) work for after graduation, and they are understanding that I'm only going to be able to work on these projects full time after...
  14. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 5 Summary: Another module completed. Lots learned. Persistence is key. I took whatever time I could this last week and tried to make it through the prospecting portion of the course, as well as cross-referencing it with other resources and practicing networking. Working on getting into a...
  15. Goldfels

    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Read it!
  16. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 4 Summary: Interference, but with progress nonetheless This week was tough to get anything outside of school done. Lots of work and lots of screw-up in several projects (some because of my actions, many that were out of my control) caused me to pull time I dedicated to learning from the...
  17. Goldfels

    Thoughts on Trends.co?

    Maybe opaque isn't the right word. I only saw one ad for it on mobile YT. After I checked out the site (and forgot the actual price.) it only talks about Trends being $1 for the first week and nothing else about any other pricing, even as I go through the process of buying it. Glad to know it's...
  18. Goldfels

    Thoughts on Trends.co?

    I recently got an ad for the Trends.co service. It apparently takes a lot of work out of the entrepreneurial process when it comes to looking for ideas/"product-market fit" and allows you to network with other entrepreneurs. I'm curious what others on this forum think of this service. I would...
  19. Goldfels

    Feeling the Fear and Doing it Anyway: Beginning Entrepreneurship with Web Design

    EXECUTION 
    Week 3 Summary: First Clients! And more insights. Despite the heavy amount of work that I needed to do for college this week, I made some progress in the freelancing course and Codeacademy courses for HTML and CSS. I also managed to get my first two clients! I asked my roommate if I could make...
  20. Goldfels

    Providing value with web development

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    Let's address each point in detail: Cool. But this isn't what businesses are paying you for. That's not to say that having more coding skills isn't useful it is. I know like 5 other languages besides web-related stuff, *but* that isn't important to a business. Most businesses barely know what...
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