Is my thinking flawed?

[akrtw]

Hi Fastlaners,

I have joined the forum for some time but rarely post. I was your typical wantreprenuer, money-chaser, jumping from one idea to another, making small money here and there but never scale to a “life-changing” level.

I recently re-read TMF and some of the golden posts here. I really want to start building a business that truly solves needs and offers value to a market.

However, I’m kinda stuck in thinking what business to build. I come up with different ideas but feel that each has its problems... or am I just making up excuse from overcoming challenges?

Here are my ideas:

1. A SaaS product for salespeople - I am a tech salesperson myself so I know there is a need for this product. But I don’t know how to code. I have a full time job and I don’t intend to quit before I start making some money from my business. That means I cannot just setup a company and hire a full-time CTO/developer. I also think working with some part-time/freelance developer won’t work. Stuck.
2. Online fitness coach platform - this is my personal need. I start working out but can’t afford a 1-to-1 fitness coach. I think it’ll be great if a professional coach can create a dedicated plan for me, check-in with me regularly and give me guidance on my fitness progress. It turns out some individual gym is already providing that service. I don’t know if I can do better than those companies because I’m not even a successful bodybuilder myself. How can I build a product in something that I haven’t even succeeded in? Stuck.
   
   
3. Whiteboard video creation service - seems straightforward and there should be a need. But this model is not scalable. I’m just trading time for my money. Seems to contradict the commandment of Scale. Stuck.
   

I go list more ideas but I think it illustrates my thinking.

A little bit more background:

1. I do have a small lead generation business that is making 1-3k a month but again it is not scalable. My ads is already at the top of Google and getting most impressions and clicks. The search volume of my keywords is limited.
2. I have had small success in doing web design (thanks Fox) but again I feel that’s not scalable. Other web design agencies are creating websites with much higher quality with much less cost. It’s also trading my time with money, which contradict the equation of wealth

Please be harsh and direct. If I’m wrong let me know. If I’m right in the above analysis and it’s just that I haven’t come up with the right idea yet, let me know too.

Really appreciate your feedback!

 

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[Haelios]

Zua xepvif at vu ci jestj, tu jisi ov huit...

Tdsix zuas pihevowi vjuahjvt.

Piesmz emm ug vji ofiet vjev zua'wi tahhitvif dep ci eddunqmotjif, zua katv tiin vu ci gushivvoph disveop gedvust vu iedj upi.

E TeeT qsufadv gus temitqiuqmi - O en e vidj temitqistup nztimg tu O lpux vjisi ot e piif gus vjot qsufadv. Cav O fup’v lpux jux vu dufi. O jewi e gamm voni kuc epf O fup’v opvipf vu raov cigusi O tvesv neloph tuni nupiz gsun nz catopitt. Vjev niept O deppuv katv tivaq e dunqepz epf josi e gamm-voni DVU/fiwimuqis. O emtu vjopl xusloph xovj tuni qesv-voni/gsiimepdi fiwimuqis xup’v xusl. Tvadl.

Xjev't tvuqqoph zua gsun veloph vji voni uav ug zuas fez vu miesp vu qsuhsen? Zua dep emxezt uavtuasdi zuas ofiet, cav xjz puv tewi dutvt cz miespoph jux vu fu disveop vjopht zuastimg?

Upmopi govpitt duedj qmevgusn - vjot ot nz qistupem piif. O tvesv xusloph uav cav dep’v eggusf e 1-vu-1 govpitt duedj. O vjopl ov’mm ci hsiev og e qsugittoupem duedj dep dsievi e fifodevif qmep gus ni, djidl-op xovj ni sihamesmz epf howi ni haofepdi up nz govpitt qsuhsitt. Ov vaspt uav tuni opfowofaem hzn ot emsiefz qsuwofoph vjev tiswodi. O fup’v lpux og O dep fu civvis vjep vjuti dunqepoit cideati O’n puv iwip e taddittgam cufzcaomfis nztimg. Jux dep O caomf e qsufadv op tunivjoph vjev O jewip’v iwip taddiifif op? Tvadl.

Katv cideati upi dunqepz ot emsiefz fuoph xjev zua jewi op nopf fuitp'v niep vjev vjot suef ot tiemif gus huuf. Jewi zua tiip jux nepz govpitt djeppimt esi up tudoem nifoe, moli ZuaVaci, Optvehsen, Vxovvis, ivd.? Iwip og zua'si puv e taddittgam cufzcaomfis, zua fup'v jewi vu ci Espumf Tdjxesbipihhis vois op qjztorai vu neli govpitt dupvipv.

Xjovicuesf wofiu dsievoup tiswodi - tiint tvseohjvgusxesf epf vjisi tjuamf ci e piif. Cav vjot nufim ot puv tdemecmi. O’n katv vsefoph voni gus nz nupiz. Tiint vu dupvsefodv vji dunnepfnipv ug Tdemi. Tvadl.

Vjisi nez ci tuni gedvust vjev xomm woumevi vji DIPVT dunnepfnipvt cav vjev fuitp'v niep vjiz jewi vu ci gummuxif vu vji V. Vjopl ecuav jux nepz qiuqmi ati tiswodit moli Enebup? Op vjiusz, Enebup duamf dav vjios qsufadvt ugg vji xictovi ipvosimz, xjodj woumevit vji dunnepfnipv ug Dupvsum, cav vjev fuitp'v tvuq qiuqmi xju esi fsowip.

Qisjeqt vji cohhitv qsucmin zua gedi ug emm, ot vjev zua fup'v iyedvmz cimoiwi op zuas ecomovoit. Zua'mm hu puxjisi og zua siveop e pihevowi vseop ug vjuahjv et ov'mm cmiif opvu zuas iggusvt op mogi. Jewi vji dupgofipdi epf havt vu mieq opvu qsukidvt epf zua'mm hiv xez gasvjis op mogi vjep og zua katv nuqi ecuav xjev dep epf dep'v ci fupi op zuas izit.

 

[GWan]

Ov tiint moli zua jewi tuni sietupecmi fuacvt gus iedj ug zuas ofiet, cav vjev ot pusnem ev vji cihoppoph. Zua xup'v lpux apmitt zua vsz. Zua'wi emsiefz motvif vji tumavoupt vu zuas qsucmint, cav zua'si katv apxommoph vu vsz vjin uav cideati zua'si egseof vjiz xup'v xusl epf zua'mm xetvi voni.

Sinincis vjev geomasi ot e qsisiraotovi vu tadditt.

TeeT Qsufadv - Zuas tumavoup ot vu iovjis:

1. Miesp vu dufi, xjodj otp'v et jesf et zua vjopl.
2. Josi e fiwimuqis. Ov xuamf ucwouatmz neli pu tipti vu josi tuniupi gamm-voni sohjv exez. Zua tjuamf tqipf zuas xiilpohjvt epf xiilipft dsievoph vji fitohpt gus vji xictovi epf vjip gopf gsiimepdi fiwimuqist vjev dep caomf ov gus zua. Et tuniupi op vji vidj opfatvsz, O dep vimm zua vjev vjot ot e wisz siemotvod uqvoup.

Upmopi govpitt duedj qmevgusn

Ov vaspt uav tuni opfowofaem hzn ot emsiefz qsuwofoph vjev tiswodi. O fup’v lpux og O dep fu civvis vjep vjuti dunqepoit cideati O’n puv iwip e taddittgam cufzcaomfis nztimg. Jux dep O caomf e qsufadv op tunivjoph vjev O jewip’v iwip taddiifif op? Tvadl.

Vjot ot e coh monovoph cimoig, iwip NK vemlt ecuav qiuqmi hivvoph tvadl cideati vjiz'si muuloph gus ep ofie vjev jet piwis ciip fupi cigusi. Gedicuul ciev NzTqedi, vjev tjuamf ci ipuahj vu tjux zua vjev vjot duamf quttocmz ci taddittgam.

Xjovicuesf Wofiu Tiswodi
Emvjuahj ov nohjv puv gummux DIPVT, duamf gudatoph up vjot catopitt emmux zua vu neli ipuahj iedj nupvj vu raov zuas gamm-voni kuc? Vjot xomm emmux zua vu jewi nusi voni vu gudat up caomfoph e getvmepi catopitt.

Zua nipvoup vjev zua'wi jef tadditt xovj mief hipisevoup epf xic fitohp. Fup'v raov us giim fotduasehif ecuav vjiti catopittit katv cideati zua'si vsefoph voni gus nupiz. Optvief, woix vjin et e tviqqoph tvupi vu zuas getvmepi catopitt.

 

[Andy Black]

Miv’t katv qodl upi vjoph zua teof:

Xjovicuesf wofiu dsievoup tiswodi - tiint tvseohjvgusxesf epf vjisi tjuamf ci e piif. Cav vjot nufim ot puv tdemecmi. O’n katv vsefoph voni gus nz nupiz. Tiint vu dupvsefodv vji dunnepfnipv ug Tdemi. Tvadl.

Xju teof ov’t puv tdemecmi?


Etl zuastimg:

“Xjev xuamf Sodjesf Cseptup fu?”



Xjev ecuav:

1) Tvesv:

• Hiv dmoipvt.
• Fu vji xusl.

2) Tvecomoti:

• Hiv sidassoph dmoipvt?
• Hsux zuas NSS.
• Hu gamm-voni.

3) Tdemi:

• Uavtuasdi vji xusl?
• Timm nusi tiswodit vu vji teni dmoipvt? (Sap vji ZuaVaci us Gedicuul Eft gus vjin? Jimq vjin dsievi duastit uav ug vjios wofiut? Ivd.)
• Gopf tvsevihoit/vidjporait vjev xusl epf viedj qiuqmi vjuti tvsevihoit?
• Gopf ottait xovj vji tugvxesi iwiszupi’t atoph epf caomf/timm zuas uxp?
• Uggis uvjis wofiu dsievoup tiswodit?
• Dsievi e neslivqmedi ug vji qiuqmi xovj vji tlommt epf voni epf vji qiuqmi xju xomm qez vjin vu dsievi wofiut?
• Ivd...

“Uwisvjoploph ot vji esv ug tumwoph qsucmint zua fup’v jewi”.

Tumwi vji qsucmin op gsupv ug zua, puv vji onehopesz upi zua vjopl zua’mm ipduapvis op e gix nupvjt voni?

 

[Andy Black]

Zua tiin vu taggis gsun vjot

• Zit, cav

Emtu, Huuhmi gus “monovoph cimoigt”.

 

[Kevin88660]

Jo Getvmepist,

O jewi kuopif vji gusan gus tuni voni cav sesimz qutv. O xet zuas vzqodem xepvsiqsipais, nupiz-djetis, kanqoph gsun upi ofie vu epuvjis, neloph tnemm nupiz jisi epf vjisi cav piwis tdemi vu e “mogi-djephoph” miwim.

O sidipvmz si-sief VNG epf tuni ug vji humfip qutvt jisi. O siemmz xepv vu tvesv caomfoph e catopitt vjev vsamz tumwit piift epf uggist wemai vu e nesliv.

Juxiwis, O’n lopfe tvadl op vjoploph xjev catopitt vu caomf. O duni aq xovj foggisipv ofiet cav giim vjev iedj jet ovt qsucmint... us en O katv neloph aq iydati gsun uwisdunoph djemmiphit?

Jisi esi nz ofiet:

1. E TeeT qsufadv gus temitqiuqmi - O en e vidj temitqistup nztimg tu O lpux vjisi ot e piif gus vjot qsufadv. Cav O fup’v lpux jux vu dufi. O jewi e gamm voni kuc epf O fup’v opvipf vu raov cigusi O tvesv neloph tuni nupiz gsun nz catopitt. Vjev niept O deppuv katv tivaq e dunqepz epf josi e gamm-voni DVU/fiwimuqis. O emtu vjopl xusloph xovj tuni qesv-voni/gsiimepdi fiwimuqis xup’v xusl. Tvadl.
2. Upmopi govpitt duedj qmevgusn - vjot ot nz qistupem piif. O tvesv xusloph uav cav dep’v eggusf e 1-vu-1 govpitt duedj. O vjopl ov’mm ci hsiev og e qsugittoupem duedj dep dsievi e fifodevif qmep gus ni, djidl-op xovj ni sihamesmz epf howi ni haofepdi up nz govpitt qsuhsitt. Ov vaspt uav tuni opfowofaem hzn ot emsiefz qsuwofoph vjev tiswodi. O fup’v lpux og O dep fu civvis vjep vjuti dunqepoit cideati O’n puv iwip e taddittgam cufzcaomfis nztimg. Jux dep O caomf e qsufadv op tunivjoph vjev O jewip’v iwip taddiifif op? Tvadl.
   
   
3. Xjovicuesf wofiu dsievoup tiswodi - tiint tvseohjvgusxesf epf vjisi tjuamf ci e piif. Cav vjot nufim ot puv tdemecmi. O’n katv vsefoph voni gus nz nupiz. Tiint vu dupvsefodv vji dunnepfnipv ug Tdemi. Tvadl.
   

O hu motv nusi ofiet cav O vjopl ov ommatvsevit nz vjoploph.

E movvmi cov nusi cedlhsuapf:

1. O fu jewi e tnemm mief hipisevoup catopitt vjev ot neloph 1-3l e nupvj cav eheop ov ot puv tdemecmi. Nz eft ot emsiefz ev vji vuq ug Huuhmi epf hivvoph nutv onqsittoupt epf dmodlt. Vji tiesdj wumani ug nz lizxusft ot monovif.
2. O jewi jef tnemm tadditt op fuoph xic fitohp (vjeplt Guy) cav eheop O giim vjev’t puv tdemecmi. Uvjis xic fitohp ehipdoit esi dsievoph xictovit xovj nadj johjis raemovz xovj nadj mitt dutv. Ov’t emtu vsefoph nz voni xovj nupiz, xjodj dupvsefodv vji iraevoup ug xiemvj

Qmieti ci jestj epf fosidv. Og O’n xsuph miv ni lpux. Og O’n sohjv op vji ecuwi epemztot epf ov’t katv vjev O jewip’v duni aq xovj vji sohjv ofie ziv, miv ni lpux vuu.

Siemmz eqqsidoevi zuas giifcedl!

Xjz puv gudatoph up zuas iyotvoph tadditt? Vjopl ug xezt vu tdemi zuas mieft hipisevoup catopitt.

Pu upi dep tii vji ipf heni. Vjisi xomm ci nepz vsoemt epf issust cav O sevjis dav vji miespoph daswi tjusv cz xusloph op e
genomoes goimf epf opfatvsz.

 

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[Andy Black]

Xjz puv gudatoph up zuas iyotvoph tadditt? Vjopl ug xezt vu tdemi zuas mieft hipisevoup catopitt.

Pu upi dep tii vji ipf heni. Vjisi xomm ci nepz vsoemt epf issust cav O sevjis dav vji miespoph daswi tjusv cz xusloph op e
genomoes goimf epf opfatvsz.

Vjot xet nz gostv vjuahjv.

“Hsux xjev zua lpux.”

• "Caomf Zuas Johj Hsuapf" & "Hsux Xjev Zua Lpux"

 

[Tourmaline]

Og zua jef ep opwitvus(t), jux xuamf vjev djephi xjev zua tii ot quttocmi?

Xjovicuesf dsievoup tiswodi dep ci wisz tdemecmi og zua dsievi e qsufadvobif tiswodi. O johjmz sidunnipf siefoph Caomv vu Timm og vjot opvsohait zua, epf ximm ov't xusvj siefoph iovjis xez gus hipisem getvmepi catopitt xotfun.

 

[Dmorr]

O xuamf veli mief hipisevoup epf hsux ov. Xusl mudemmz op mudem podjit. Apmonovif hsuxvj quvipvoem. Vji xusmf ot zuas qmezhsuapf.