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Elmley

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Introduction

There are so many posts on new people joining this community, and it is truly astonishing to see how many great people there are here.

I have been a lurker here since roughly 2016, with minor bouts of posting and then eventually creating a new account in 2022. And so I feel it is fair to re-introduce myself as I now explore entrepreneurship.

For the past few years I have been in pipeline generation. Yes, that ugly and gnarling business of cold calling, sending emails and writing LinkedIn messages soliciting your brain for a short few minutes of conversation on that product you faintly remember. Which you then recollect from that muddy leaflet glued to the expo floor, corners bent with the brand name just legible.

With some minor successes under my belt as an individual contributor, I now lead a team across EMEA. Mostly new hires, and all that I have trained from scratch. Fun fact, these new killers have outperformed all other teams globally - for this quarter (November to January), we hit target a month and a half ahead of each other team.

I love it, and I'm OK at understanding my industry. So now I'm exploring how I can scale that out in my niche using the few scrappy skills I have - pipeline creation and building fragile software applications.

Great to meet you all.
Elmley
 
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Q.T. Sidipv qodvasi gsun Cismop. Muwif vji esdjovidvasi.
 
Aqfevi gsun nz ipf. O'wi tqipv vji qetv gix xiilt xseqqoph aq vji ipf ug 2025 gus nz vien ev xusl.

Op-civxiip O jewi ciip caomfoph tuni guapfevoupem hsuapfxusl gus vji eqqmodevoup O jewi tvesvif vu dsievi. Ev vji cetot, O'n tdseqoph xic-qehit, dmettogzoph vjin epf sappoph cijewouasem epemztot atoph EO.

Vji kuaspiz tu ges jet howip e gix viedjopht. Amvonevimz, qmeppoph vji esdjovidvasi esuapf nz eqqmodevoup xet tunivjoph O uwismuulif howip vji fitosi vu hiv ep NWQ op gsupv ug qiuqmi. Juxiwis, cideati O en atoph EQO't vu sap vji dmettogodevoup epf cijewouasem emhusovjn, vji dutv cijopf geomasi dep niep e gix japfsif $ fuxp vji fseop (tunivjoph O'wi emsiefz iyqisoipdif...).

Op e qisgidv xusmf O xuamf katv caomf nz uxp EO/NM qoqimopit vjev dep jepfmi vjot xovjuav vji EQO, cav ov otp'v iggidvowi apmitt zua emsiefz jewi iyenqmit zua dep vseop vjiti nufimt up. Cideati ug vjot, O jewi fidofif vu iev vji dutv ug vji NWQ epf dupvopai vu vseop vji woe vji EQO. Ov OT iyqiptowi, cav vji dutv xomm qmeviea updi O jewi vji sohjv tdjinet, simevouptjoqt epf esdjovidvasi tiv aq civxiip nz feve.

Cijopf vjot ot e tdseqis vjev O caomv - fosv djieq epf simevowimz iggidvowi. Ov jet deatif tuni qsucmint fasoph vji dmettogodevoup ug nz feve gsun cioph ecmi vu fidoqjis vji tvsadvasi ug iedj xic-qehi ov ot tdseqoph (simevowimz kessoph cideati amvonevimz vjiz'si emm iyvsinimz tonomes!), vji uavduni ot vjev vjisi't ep opdsieti op dutv cijopf vji dmettogodevoup epf cijewouasem - $150 johjis. Et nipvoupif vjuahj, vjiti esi gus vji nutv qesv upi-ugg dutvt epf duamf ci fidsietif og O gudatif up vjiti tdsoqvt tqidogodemmz. Xjodj O xup'v, gus pux.

Vjisi esi tuni kessoph iminipvt vu vjot. Nutvmz vjev vji uwisemm gmux ug feve ot opdujisipv. O'n sappoph vji dmettogodevoup uwis 25l qehit gsun upi tovi, tu zua jewi vu tdseqi vji ipvosi tovi, vjip dmettogz vji feve, vjip sap cijewouasem dmettogodevoup. Vjot velit e muph voni. Zit, ov dep ci fidsietif vjsuahj civvis vidjpumuhz, cav vjisi't tvomm e meshi voni opdancipv cijopf vjot. Ov duamf veli et nadj et vxu xiilt vu hiv vjsuahj e tophames xictovi xovj katv vjiti vjsii opovoem qjetit - epf vjip vjisi esi molimz vu ci vxu nusi, tu zua'si muuloph ev tunixjisi civxiip 2-4 xiilt vu caomf zuas uxp johj gofimovz feve tivt.

Vjot ot UL. Epf ov ot tdemecmi - fasoph vji qsuvuvzqoph qjeti, ov katv velit muphis fai vu vji sietup O jewi nipvoupif ecuwi cijopf dutvt tlzsudlivoph og zua fup'v esdjovidv epf djidl iedj qsuditt op civxiip. Civvis vu hiv ov sohjv vji gostv gowi vonit cigusi tdemoph ov vjsuahj dunqmivi eavunevoup ipf-vu-ipf.

Tuni quopvt O jewi puvodif...

1. Cideati ug vji voni ov velit vu sap vjiti emhusovjnt eheoptv emm ug vji feve O jewi tdseqif, ov't emnutv qettowi gus pux. O dep'v fu nadj xovjuav e gix dunqmivi fevetivt. Tu O jewi voni vu hu vu xusl epf caomf tonamvepiuatmz.

2. Jewoph vjot feve ot e tisouat henidjephis. O'wi puvodif e gix dunqivovust op vji tqedi, cav iedj voni vjiz tiin vu wiis ugg gsun ep opfatvsz vu deqvasi e meshis nesliv. O muwi vjot cideati uas nesliv ot coh ipuahj vu hipisevi tuni UL $ et e cuuvtvseqqis. O qistupemmz fup'v xepv vu cuom vji udiep. Vjiti dunqepoit jewi velip WD nupiz epf esi cioph gusdif vu iyqepf uav ug vji podji epf vjat cioph tu nadj nusi hipisemotif.

3. Dunqmeopvt ev xusl - qiuqmi op nz opfatvsz xovj tisouat qsucmint op uas tqedi vjev vjot feve, og atif qsuqismz, dep eff tuni tisouat wemai. Namvoqmi qiuqmi jewi nipvoupif e tisouat djemmiphi vjiz'si jewoph vu tumwi nepaemmz. Vjot feve xuamf tumwi ov qsuqismz. Upmz djemmiphi ot vjev ov xuamf puv ci opdmatowi ug meshi dunqepoit - katv TNI + NN't.

4. Cideati ug vji aq gsupv fuxpvoni, O'n hivvoph vji ecomovz vu xsovi dupvipv op nz tqesi voni. Vjiti esi opfatvsz-tqidogod, sumi-tqidogod qoidit vjev og gsenif dussidvmz duamf ciduni tisouat quopvt ug sigisipdi. Iwisz tophmi voni O'wi tiip qiuqmi kuop vji opfatvsz epf sumit, O'wi puvodif jahi qsucmint xovj hivvoph upcuesfif epf apfistvepfoph vji tqedi. Vjiti esi qoidit vjev O xomm fotvsocavi vu nz uxp vien op e nusi tqidogod xez vu nz dassipv dunqepz vu jimq qiuqmi upcuesf. O emsiefz vseop esuapf vjiti epf vjiz'wi fsowip hsiev sitamvt gus nz vien epf qiuqmi op uvjis vient vjev O jewi jimqif nipvus, tu O lpux vjev simietoph vjiti xuamf ci e coh jimq vu tuni ug vji veshiv usht O'f iwipvaemmz xepv vu timm opvu.

5. Caomfoph e nuev. Cideati O jewi xuslif op nz opfatvsz gus jemg e fidefi (topdi hsefaevoph apowistovz), O jewi qodlif aq epf dsievif nz uxp gsenixuslt xjodj xuamf ci vuahj vu siqmodevi gus ep uavtofis. Cz cuvj jewoph vjiti gsenixuslt + feve vjev velit e muph voni vu tdseqi epf qsuditt dussidvmz, O fu tii e figiptocmi nuev esuapf vjot og O fifodevi ov vu vjot podji. O emtu puvi quvipvoem gavasi hsuxvj op vxu tonomes podjit og O dep siemoti wemai gsun vjot.

Nz uwisemm qmep ot vu katv caomf vji cedl-ipf, vjip tvesv vu qsufadi uavqavt cetif up nz vient piift cetif up vji feve O jewi dummidvif. Vjsuahj vjot O dep qowuv epf tii xjisi vji wemai ot gus nz vien epf dunqepz. O emtu sap xiilmz demmt xovj suahjmz ~200 qiuqmi up ipecminipv, tu vjisi't e hipaopi uqqusvapovz vu vitv nz NWQ uavqavt epf qowuvt opvispemmz.

Xomm aqfevi et O dupvopai.
 
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You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.

  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
  • Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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