Intro: doing web desing while developing a product prototype.

[El Pampa]

Hey everyone!

In this intro I share how I started and the way I'm pursuing Fastlane entrepreneurship at the moment. I'm mostly ignorant but with vigor to do and learn so your feedback/questions/comments in anything I wrote will appreciated and of help. ​

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Almost 3 years ago, when I was in my last year of high school, I read TMF . I'm grateful for those times when I was researching and had the chance of finding the book and reading it. The book resonated incredibly with me and my intentions to live life. It gave me actionable advices and more direction in my path. ​

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Having the drive and urge inside of me for practising Fastlane theories in my own life was something powerful. I didn't want to go to college, even though all my family and people close to me where expecting me to - since studying was something I've been always good at. Well, I wanted to learn, but by experimenting with my own things and from other individuals who share the same approach of entrepreneurship. ​

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I guess that when you find a philosophy that is true to you, you can't ignore it - at least not whitout hurting yourself. ​

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The betraying this feeling, by not being bold enough at sharing more firmly my desires with my parents, pressured me to start college with little ambition. I did the first year of Systems Engineering knowing it wasn't something I wanted to pursuit.​

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After that year, in 2023 (age 19), with the necessary guts to stand true for myself, I had an argument that lasted days with my parents. They didn't understand me and probably they still don't completely, but I know they felt I was honestly sharing what I wanted to do in my life. That understanding is something they're progressively getting by seeing my actions get results (which is logical). ​

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My first move: Since very young I wanted to experience moving abroad. I also thought it was a great idea for removing all the noise of the people around me, so I did. ​

In 2023, from Buenos Aires, with all my savings and the italian passport, I moved out to Copenhagen, Denmark. The plan was to stay there 6-9 months on my own, start doing web design while working at any basic job and to get local danish clients which still provided me with work after going back to Argentina.​

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The outcomes: Everything was tougher than what I expected. Having low expectations, as @MJ DeMarco says, is something I agree 100% now. ​

I broke my wrist a few weeks before traveling, but decided to travel anyway. I managed to get a shitty job while having a cast and support my expenses. At the same time, I was getting some web design portfolio projects done, with perseverance I landed a 2k deal referred from one portfolio client. At that moment, I realized my efforts were worth and that I was learning a skill that could have bigger returns in hourly rate than most jobs. It was really difficult to land new deals without knowing danish nor having a good network in the country, so with no regrets I finished my journey there, anyway it wasn't planned to remain there longer.​

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Coming back: In march I came back to my country with my eyes much more open than when I left. I realized I had a skill I could leverage by using my connections and by being a local person. I didn't waste more time and I started visiting networking groups and telling everyone what I was doing. It was difficult at the start, but with some time I was landing projects so much easier and faster than in Denmark.​

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Now: I'm 20 years and I'm supporting all my expenses only with web design. I'm planning to join a BNI group (a networking weekly group full of business owners/professionals) to get references in a more consistent way, I already introduced myself to a few. I am also developing a prototype of a canned sangria (fruity wine cocktail) which is non existent around here, but people love the beverage. For now I'm making the formulation and studying value attributes to outperform competitors in the industry. In the future I'll reach out to different local wineries/breweries for subcontracting. I'll let you guys know as process continues to get traction in a different thread.​

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This is where I am right now. Comments and feedback will be appreciated. Thanks for reading and for being part of this community I'm glad to introduce myself to.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Vjeplt gus vji opvsu epf ximduni ecuesf.

Op nesdj O deni cedl vu nz duapvsz

Cz djuodi us cz pidittovz, moli ep iyqosif Wote?

 

[El Pampa]

Cz djuodi us cz pidittovz, moli ep iyqosif Wote?

Jiz vjeplt NK!

Huuf raitvoup.

Ov xet nz djuodi, O jewi faem dovobiptjoq (Ovemz epf Eshipvope) tu O fofp'v piif qisnottoup vu tvez, vjisi xisi vjsii vjopht vjev nefi ni neli vjev fidotoup.

1. Gostv, O siemmz moli Fipnesl, cav ov xet puv ug nz opvisitv vu mowi vjisi gus e muph visn (fiqsittoph xievjis nutv ug vji zies, fepotj siraosit e wisz muph voni vu miesp, ivd.).
2. Tidupf, vji cupi op nz xsotv fofp'v goy, O huv uqisevif vjisi (qacmod jiemvj gus sitofipvt), cav vji gsedvasi tvomm fofp'v tumofogz. Tu O tvezif emm vjuti nupvjt xovjuav cioph emmuxif vu fu tqusvt/edvowovoit us kuct atoph nz jepf. Vjev xet e monovevoup vu opdsieti nz gsoipft/duppidvoupt epf emtu vu nz qjztodem epf nipvem jiemvj. O jef vji tiptevoup ug puv nadj nusi vu fu vjisi.
3. Vjosf epf nutv onqusvepv, O siemobif tunivjoph O fofp'v cigusi miewoph. O jef nepz efwepvehit op Eshipvope: O xet e mudem (nusi vsatv, simevecomovz, ivd), O duamf miwisehi emm nz duppidvoupt epf caomf nusi ug vjin ietois, vji xievjis xet ges civvis, O duamf tqiel vji mudem vuphai, epf nepz uvjis qutovowi sietupt vjev gewusif caomfoph e xic fitohp catopitt us epz uvjis catopitt op Eshipvope eheoptv Fipnesl.

Pux vjev O'wi ciip jisi gus tuni nupvjt O dep tasimz tez vjev ov xet e huuf fidotoup. Ov fuitp'v niep huoph vu Fipnesl xetp'v, vji dupvsesz, ov xet e hsiev nevasoph iyqisoipdi.