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  1. james2777

    CENTS!! I'm loving this term! But something's wrong!! help, lol.

    QUESTION 
    Some Background :- I'm 24 years old working 9 to 9, I have 5 years of experience as a full stack sofware developer in India and doing quite well relative to the standards out here in terms of skill & technical knowledge. But i'm starting to get quite frustrated as for 8 months I've been...
  2. darkomind

    Roast my product idea against the CENTS framework

    IDEA 
    Hi everyone, The aim of this post is to learn from your replies. I'm new on the forum and new on the Fastlane. Having zero experience with entrepreneurship, I decided to just start somewhere and base my business on a product I am familiar with: A dessert from my country of origin, based on...
  3. circleme

    Considering an (emotional) product for a fastlane business that has high demand but doesn't solve a real problem?

    MARKETING 
    How would you rate a product that does not solve a clear problem, but is much more in the direction of "nice to have" and "emotion-triggering"? I'm talking about things like art. Here a need is satisfied, but no real problem is solved - maybe only I see it that way and overlook the problem. The...
  4. Hanabi

    How I Found My CENTS Business Model. Tips to Help YOU Find Yours.

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    Hello, nice to meet you:smile:! My name is Yoshina, and I’m 24 yrs old. I’d like to tell you my story of how I came up with my business idea that fits the CENTS model and my thought process towards entrepreneurship through the years, if you don’t mind;). (Tips at the end:smile2:) When I was...
  5. MapsandMeanings

    Need Fastlane Process Advice

    EXECUTION 
    I read @MJ DeMarco book and get super motivated and then there's a day like today where I feel like I'm unsure of the process. I have these really inspiring meetings with my wife and she is on board and then the steps in the process always get me. Here's what I have going on. I sell on Amazon...
  6. Xav243

    Can professional trading be considered a fastlane business?

    Hi all, I am considering to give my actual trading a bit more of importance in my life. I am not talking about FX trading, day trading based on technical analysis and other myths promoted by "gurus" but about what is used by professionals such as those working at JP Morgan, hedge funds etc...
  7. G

    Multiple businesses - handing over the reins and running without you!

    Hey all, something has been on my mind a lot and that is the idea of multiple businesses. You always hear about these investors and companies with portfolios of profitable companies just throwing off all this cash and making their owners rich. My question is, how much of that is fact and how...
  8. salasben19

    C.E.N.T.S Thoughts and my 2 Cents.

    MINDSET 
    “#1: The Commandment of Control.” “As an entrepreneur, you want to control your business whereas no one entity can put you into bankruptcy. For example, will a Google algorithm change kill your business? Will that MLM company go out of business and destroy all you worked for? Will Facebook...
  9. SD Entrepreneur

    CENTS Business and Idea Evaluator Spreadsheet

    IDEA 
    What's up everyone? After reading and re-reading @MJ DeMarco's thread: The CENTS Business Commandments For Entrepreneurs I wanted to start analyzing some ideas of my own using the commandments. I created a CENTS Business and Idea Evaluator spreadsheet here. The purpose of CENTS is to improve...
  10. G

    CENTS Idea Valuation Spreadsheet (Google Sheets)

    IDEA 
    xxx
  11. Florian

    Noob seeking harsh truth

    Hey guys, Thank you for spending your time and attention to read this. Question: Is it a good idea to get some experience before you create your "real" CENTS business? (By creating a digital marketing agency, offering fb ads.) I know MJ talks about the "you never know what expects you, so...
  12. Nikorasu

    Is a graphic novel / self-publishing fastlane?

    I’ve been struggling with this since i started internalizing the concepts presented in MDF. Simply put, I’m an artist and I’ve been “working” on a graphic novel for the last year and a half. Most of that time was spent fantasizing about how awesome it’s going to be instead of putting it out...
  13. Wiezel

    Video production &editing & marketing company

    MARKETING MINDSET 
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  14. MJ DeMarco

    CENTS Commandments (or NECST) in Pictures

    Narrated by myself....
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