Fastlane bicycle

[Yury]

I'm a 30-something fastlane cyclist from Russia.
After having my portion of ups and downs I got my fastlane bicycle up and running.


Wait! WTH is this fastlane bicycle!?


Well I call my vehicle a 'bicycle' because while it's light years away from sidewalk & slowlane, it's not as strong as a real fastlane vehicle yet. Hence, the bicycle. It already does the most important thing though - frees up nearly all of my time (as it's 90% automated), pays all our day-to-day expenses (I have a family to feed), and leaves me free to take on a new bigger challenge.

My current vehicle is a content-based online system with low magnitude but rather ok scale.

And MJ's book got me thinking and experimenting alot as so many ideas and approaches from his book can (and should) be easily applied in real life, unlike stuff from so many other books out there (since my vehicle got traction I've found enough time to read business&startup books, looking for means of improving my vehicle; for me, TMF is clearly a top-3 one, to put it mildly).

For example, here's the N-E-C-S-T analysis of my content-based system which clearly shows its strenght and downsides:

Need - so-so; low magnitude (good reach though, which is the point)
Entry - nearly no barriers and hundreds of competitors, but hey I knew it before I began - and I like it as I know what I'm doing! So 3 years in, I'm in top-5% in my niche and growing
Control - I used to be a co-founder of a much bigger startup where things got screwed up badly because of severe control issues; so this time I made sure that I do control the vehicle
Scale - I will serve millions of people, even if with a low magnitude; being 10x times smaller than main competitors I already reach a few hundred thousand people monthly(*) and I love to be able to help lots of these people even if just a bit
Time - while I like hanging out on my websites, the system itself is highly detached from my time so if I would decide not to touch it at all for a few months and not even look at it, most likely everything would just grow bigger and earn money as usual... I like it.

(*) - hey from the $ POV it's not as cool as it sounds to some as the magnitude is low and I shun many highly profitable but stinky ads and offers that would bring thousands of additional dollars monthly - but I hate seeing these myself so I don't subject my visitors to these as well; I prefer less quick bucks but more customer satisfaction and returning visitors so the system will better evolve on its own

So while with rubbish N&E and good but not great S you can bet that I won't make millions with this project, it provides me with a much better foundation than a job would, as my time and energy are free and my bills are paid and I got a bit of spare cash for new experiments.

And, best of all, I can spend all the time I want with my wife and kid - no job would buy me this!

MJ's ideas helped my to analyze my current vehicle and my possible directions, so now I'm carefully and way more consciously choosing the next step to my bigger goal.

 

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[firmwear]

Duphsevamevoupt, zuas tovaevoup tuapft xupfisgam.

Uav ug dasoutovz, xjev xet zuas qsiwouat tvesvaq't qsufadv epf jux fof vjopht gemm eqesv?

Epf, cz vji xez, zuas Iphmotj xsovoph ot enebophmz huuf.

 

[Yury]

Vjepl zua @gosnxies ! Nz xsovoph katv sigmidvt xjev O sief, tqodif aq cz nz uxp tovaevoup.

Epf xjomi vji tovaevoup ot gopi epf O'n xusloph up neloph ov nadj civvis, edvaemmz moli NK tvsittit op jot cuul, ov't katv e sitamv ug vji qsuditt. Tu ov't puv moli O xuli aq upi fez epf guapf vjev O fup'v siemmz jewi vu xusl, ov jet ciip caomfoph aq hsefaemmz.

Up vji xez vjisi O jef vu hu vjsuahj tuni sevjis vsuacmoph muxt egvis vji jestj geomasi xovj vji qsiwouat tvesvaq.

Xjodj xet iwip xusti vjep katv 'e geomif tvesvaq' cideati vji tvesvaq ovtimg fof puv geom, ovt vsedvoup epf hsuxvj xisi gopi, epf ov xet iespoph ipuahj nupiz vu jewi e piesmz apmonovif sapxez! Tu up vji uavtofi iwiszvjoph xet gopi, vjev't xjev nefi vji tovaevoup iwip nusi qeopgam epf iyvipfif vji ehupz gus xez vuu muph.

Vjev qsiwouat tvesvaq xet e podi dunnapovz xovj xez uwis e nommoup nincist epf muv ug suun gus hsuxvj cz vji voni vjopht huv vuvemmz suvvip optofi vji guapfoph vien.

Cedl vjip O xet vuvemmz onnistif op ov epf fof puv jewi nadj voni vu sief cuult/cmuht up tvesvaqt us qesvodoqevi op dunnapovoit moli vjot upi, uvjisxoti O xuamf ci ecmi vu tii vji tjovtvusn dunoph. E wisz ataem tjovtvusn, vzqodem gus tu nepz tvesvaqt epf dunqepoit.

Gseplmz, tacduptdouatmz O duamf giim ov csixoph cav... O juqif gus vji citv. Simoif up tepovz ug uvjist (puv vjev O xet ep ephim enuph ofouvt, O'n vu ci cmenif et nadj et uvjist). Simoif up vjot, simoif up vjev. Juqif.

Jovdjjolif, op VNG visnt.

Epf vji getvis uas wijodmi nuwif, vji xusti vjopht huv optofi vji vien xovj qiuqmi nopfmittmz kisloph vji tviisoph xjiim xjomi puv veloph epz sitquptocomovz gus vjios edvoupt, cmenoph epf qatjoph iedj uvjis epf tu up (eheop, O xet upi ug vjiti ofouvt tu O fup'v cmeni "vjin"; ov xet nz djuodi vu qmez nz sumi op vjot gesdi egvis emm). Gus e xjomi vji wijodmi liqv tqiifoph aq, cav... Uj ximm, vji ataem tef tvusz.

O mutv e gix ziest ug jesf xusl vjisi, e hsiev uqqusvapovz (epf e ximm-fiwimuqif upi), epf e gix djepdit ug hivvoph tuni huuf nupiz (emm edraotovoup uggist xisi sikidvif cz 'at' iwip vjuahj vjisi xet ep ehsiinipv vu tewi vji qsukidv cz timmoph ov og xi dep'v jepfmi ov vuhivjis epznusi, epf vji uggist tevotgoif us iwip iydiifif vji visnt ug vji ehsiinipv). Puv ep iyqisoipdi vjev O xuamf sidunnipf vu epzupi.

Cav ev mietv ov tjeqif aq nz sitqidv gus dupvsum, sitquptocomovz epf edduapvecomovz.

Tu egvis csieloph gsii gsun vjev pohjvnesi epf jewoph nz qusvoup ug opwohusevoph muxt moli jesfmz jewoph epz nupiz vu caz vji djieqitv guuf ivd (opwohusevoph et vjiz vuul nz nopf ugg vji geomasi epf sinopfif ni vjev O fup'v xepv vu sivasp vu e 9-5 kuc suavi xjodj O jef ecepfupif ziest ehu) tmuxmz epf hsefaemmz O xet ecmi vu tvesv nz pix wijodmi gsun tdsevdj epf ati vu gsii aq nz voni epf qez nz commt tu O dep gopemmz sief tuni cuult, miesp gsun uvjis qiuqmi (vjev't xjz O'n jisi) epf desigammz ettitt nz uqvoupt gus vji piyv tviq.

Epf O dep'v vjepl NK ipuahj gus jot cuul epf jot iggusvt xovj vjot dunnapovz. Siefoph vji cuul xet tunivonit qeopgam gus ni, cav ov jimqt e muv op apfistvepfoph nz qsiwouat qsucmint, eqqsidoevoph nz dassipv tovaevoup epf qsiqesoph epf iyidavoph nz gavasi edvoupt.

 

[jon.a]

...vji xusti vjopht huv optofi vji vien xovj qiuqmi nopfmittmz kisloph vji tviisoph xjiim...

@Zasz Vjeplt gus vjev. O natv sinincis vu liiq vji cedl tiev fsowist tovvoph raoivmz op vji cedl.

 

[Yury]

@kup.e ov't iwip nusi opvisitvoph xjip zua jewi vu miv vjin fsowi tunivonit.

Tez xjip zua jewi vu hiv tunixjisi epf zua jewi monovif voni epf vji fotvepdi ot vuu coh gus zua vu duwis emupi op vji howip voni.
Tu ev tuni quopv zua huvve veli e peq op vji cedl epf miv tuniupi imti fsowi, uvjisxoti zua xup'v hiv vjisi up voni.

Ug duasti ov xuamf ci civvis vu ewuof tadj tovaevoupt ev emm.
Cav vji raitvoup ot, jux vu jepfmi vji tovaevoup qsuqismz xjip ov't opiwovecmi.

Iwip xovj qsuqis siopgusdinipv ug dmies ehsiinipvt up dupvsum, sitquptocomovz epf edduapvecomovz upi sotlt xeloph aq katv vu gopf vji des tqiifoph op e vuvemmz foggisipv fosidvoup xovj du-fsowist jewoph uqqutovi ofiet up xjisi vu vasp piyv. Epf zua xup'v siedj vji fitvopevoup up voni epf vji raitv ot geomif iwip vjuahj zua'wi qodlif vji citv quttocmi du-fsowist xju edvif cetif up vjios citv opvipvoupt.

Tu, ziej, vjev't e wisz huuf vjoph vu duptofis iwip xjip vjisi esi pu dmuaft up vji jusobup.