Sink or Swim Entrepreneurship

[Longinus]

@Fox

Congrats with your progress in less than one year. I am really inspired with your action and I'm currently looking to make the same move to SE-Europe (somewhere in the Balkans probably).

Just one question: is your company registrated in Colombia, Ireland or Canada?

 

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[Chimp]

@Fox

Congrats with your progress in less than one year. I am really inspired with your action and I'm currently looking to make the same move to SE-Europe (somewhere in the Balkans probably).

Just one question: is your company registrated in Colombia, Ireland or Canada?

His company is registered in Canada

 

[PeeGee]

Have you ever considered subcontracting or outsourcing webdesign to cheaper countries such as Pakistan or India?
If you could do this successfully this would hugely increase the scalability and margins of the business

 

[Fox]

Have you ever considered subcontracting or outsourcing webdesign to cheaper countries such as Pakistan or India?
If you could do this successfully this would hugely increase the scalability and margins of the business

No. I do some little stuff on Fiverr but I like to work with people in the same time zone. I usually want things done fast and I hate waiting 8 hours for simple edits.

 

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[AlphaWulf]

Great motivational thread! I'm jealous of your life right now. What resources did you use to learn your coding skills?

 

[Dan_Fastlane]

@Fox any updates here?

 

[Imgal]

No. I do some little stuff on Fiverr but I like to work with people in the same time zone. I usually want things done fast and I hate waiting 8 hours for simple edits.

I know it's been a while since @Fox updated this and it's great that we live in a global world etc, but I couldn't agree with this point more. The biggest mistake I made with my web design business was to go global with it and have all my team in the UK. Having to wait hours to get simple edits with someone down the road is annoying enough. Having to wait that time and 8 hours on top of it was infuriating.

If you're just starting out as tempting as it can be my advice would be to keep it on the same timezone otherwise you'll end up feeling like you're travelling on a very slow train (because believe me the minute you think you can fill that waiting time with a side project... you're going to get everyone wanting their changes done!)

 

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[Fox]

@Fox any updates here?

Yes.

Business is well above 6 figures and thriving. I decided to get out and see some more of the world too so I have left Colombia and am traveling Europe for the summer. One country per month for at least a year. Just back from Malta and I go to Georgia Thursday.

I also got into coaching a little too which has been a lot of fun and I am glad to see others getting big results too. My "Making Money with Web Design "Facebook group is at around 2250 people and still growing strong. Lots of people killing it in there and helping each other out.

There are people on this forum with massive achievements but for me just being able to control my income was all I wanted when I started. It was a crazy first year but I hit that goal and much more. Knowing I can reach that initial big goal has given me the confidence to now go for much bigger goals. I stopped updating this thread but I still practice a lot of this stuff daily.

 

[All_In52]

It feels amazing. I am not as nervous as I thought I would be. More excited and ready to get going.
I still have another two weeks to prepare but I am nearly ready now if I wanted to go earlier. Only a few small things left to organize.

The books are (and it was tough narrowing down from over a 100) ...

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It feels amazing. I am not as nervous as I thought I would be. More excited and ready to get going.
I still have another two weeks to prepare but I am nearly ready now if I wanted to go earlier. Only a few small things left to organize.

The books are (and it was tough narrowing down from over a 100) ...

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Hey Fox,

I just quit my 9-5 last week and your library is strikingly similar to mines.. but you've now generated thousands of dollars, started your own coaching, web design, etc. I feel like I was in your position a couple years ago but with a lot less money (I had a $15/hr job, you were a petroleum engineer).

What's the difference between you and me? How do I get to where you are?