The Entrepreneur Forum | Financial Freedom | Starting a Business | Motivation | Money | Success

The Entrepreneur's Forum for learning how to build wealth and financial freedom the Fastlane way!

Say "NO" to mediocre living rife with jobs, ascetic frugality, and suffocating savings rituals— learn how to build a Fastlane business that pays both freedom and lifestyle affluence. Join our forum with more than 70,000 entrepreneurs who are making it happen.
Join for FREE Today
Get the books
Remove ads? Join Fastlane INSIDERS
(Registration removes this block)

How many of you idiots want to give me money?

Coop

New Contributor
Read Fastlane!
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
25%
Mar 3, 2013
4
1
33
People need to exercise due diligence. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

Great thread. I'll be using the 8 steps you listed to improve my pitches :).

Exactly. Assuming you have a legitimate product you can use those steps to increase your sales and still sleep at night.
 
Don't like ads? Remove them while supporting the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

TheTruth

Gold Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
291%
Feb 13, 2012
513
1,493
Toronto/Scottsdale
Great info MJ and Zen!

Considering you guys hear pitches daily, other then the obvious (great team with decent execution, cashflow and a compelling story), have you had any impressive experiences with regards to people approaching you?

For example:

I know a guy who was doing direct mail. He put dice into the envelop(to make it heavy) and stamped "important" all over it. This gave it a perceived high value.

Inside the envelope he had 1 page of bad reviews that the business received and told them to call him if they wanted to fix that.

I know my example is not a pitch in the way you guys were talking about, but it got him in the door where he just had to show his results.



P.S. I love how I had to be one of the chumps who was "already on board" ... sigh


(And guess what? Vigilante, TheTruth, and Zendophin have already stepped-up to the plate and invested with me!)
 

Delilah Fawkes

New Contributor
Read Fastlane!
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
109%
May 6, 2013
11
12
Portland, OR
HA!

I was still thinking "Wow, buying up unpaid accounts sounds way too risky for a sure payout like that. Does MJ have a brain tumor or something?" when I got to the bottom. You got me, you sly devil, you!

I'm just glad you're not a supervillain. Things would be very bad for planet earth...
 
Don't like ads? Remove them while supporting the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

Held for Ransom

Butt In Chair
Read Fastlane!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
436%
Apr 22, 2013
292
1,274
Denver, CO
Sucks being new... how did I miss this thread? Too much. Speed ++ to zen*******.
 

jindo

New Contributor
Read Fastlane!
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
72%
Apr 28, 2013
18
13
Valley Grande, AL
WAIT!!!! WHAT???!!!

Are you trying to tell me that the money ($9 Million BIG ONES :D)
that I am supposed to get from the Nigerian Ambassador is just a scam???

Say it ain't so ...:nonod:
 
Don't like ads? Remove them while supporting the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

MJ DeMarco

I followed the science; all I found was money.
Staff member
FASTLANE INSIDER
EPIC CONTRIBUTOR
Read Rat-Race Escape!
Read Fastlane!
Read Unscripted!
Summit Attendee
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
425%
Jul 23, 2007
35,942
152,903
Utah
Too bad this wasn't GOLD when the Income Store scam was circulating.
 

AusTex

New Contributor
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
85%
Dec 22, 2011
13
11
Austin, TX
It helps to check your moral compass when investing too. Like I'm seriously going to try to collect on unpaid hospital debts, during a pandemic? While some people can detach themselves from the check-writing and the actual work, I like to make sure both sides of the equation clear.
 
Don't like ads? Remove them while supporting the forum: Subscribe to Fastlane Insiders.

Kal-El1998

Bronze Contributor
Read Fastlane!
Speedway Pass
User Power
Value/Post Ratio
77%
Nov 25, 2020
257
198
I probably wouldn't have bought it, but it's because I've learned most of these cues already lmao
 

Post New Topic

Please SEARCH before posting.
Please select the BEST category.

Post new topic

Guest post submissions offered HERE.

Must Read Books...

must read books
Download FREE and share!
Download
Explore books recommended by MJ DeMarco and other members of the Fastlane entrepreneurial community.
Fastlane Bookstore

Latest Posts

New Topics

Fastlane Insiders

View the forum AD FREE.
Private, unindexed content
Detailed process/execution threads
Ideas needing execution, more!

Join Fastlane Insiders.

Top