What did you do today?

[Gareth]

What action did you take today to either start or grow your Fastlane business?

If you don't post in here then perhaps you should do something NOW so that you can.

 

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[Jake]

Trying to figure out why the cheap Chinese drone I purchased yesterday won't send a live feed to my phone.

This activity may not be immediately relavent to my business but just think of the possibilities!

Cheap drone
Aerial photography
????
Money

 

[JSM]

Trying to figure out why the cheap Chinese drone I purchased yesterday won't send a live feed to my phone.

This activity may not be immediately relavent to my business but just think of the possibilities!

Cheap drone
Aerial photography
????
Money

I was going to do this, still might. Have to get certified ($150 test) and violates the commandment of time. Wouldn't recommend a cheap drone for professional aerial photography.

 

[Ryan Wolf]

Ordered the packaging/stickers.

 

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[TonyStark]

Trying to figure out why the cheap Chinese drone I purchased yesterday won't send a live feed to my phone.

This activity may not be immediately relavent to my business but just think of the possibilities!

Cheap drone
Aerial photography
????
Money

Well there's your problem, it was probably in water!

 

[JSM]

Today I attempted to buy samples of the product that I might import but I'm having some problems with paypal and my internet isn't cooperating. Will have to do some more troubleshooting tomorrow after school. Think I fixed the problem I just have to wait for confirmation from PayPal.

 

[Alex Smith]

Getting ready to the work

 

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[steelandchrome]

I wrote two chapters to test my ability to write on my experience in retail leadership. Writing is not my thing though so not sure that I'm going to continuing with that unless I outline the basics for each chapter and how to implement strategies and outsource the physical writing.... also read a bunch of threads on here to try and Jumpstart my e-commerce ideas

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[Jake]

I was going to do this, still might. Have to get certified ($150 test) and violates the commandment of time. Wouldn't recommend a cheap drone for professional aerial photography.

Was more of a joke as I was bored on the train heading back to the drone shop. I don't think it will be relevant to my business at all but it will be a fun distraction and sometimes those are needed.

 

[MidwestLandlord]

Last week a friend of mine in Nebraska told me his neighbor was desperate to sell his house. Had just listed that day with a realtor for $65,000 (appraised at $63,000)

Pay off for the mortgage was about $45,000 according to my friend. I called the realtor, made an offer of cash for $50,000, and he took it. Overnighted him a check the same day. Bought it sight unseen. (we close in January)

This morning I called a landlord I know in that town and offered it to him for $65,000. After haggling, we settled on $62,000 cash, if I paint the interior. So already this morning I texted a handyman I know in that town and he agreed to paint it for $800

Total cash outlay should be about $52,000. I'll get a roughly 19% ($10,000) cash on cash return for about 5 hours of work total. Not bad.

Now if I could just do that about 100 more times, I'd be doing pretty good.

 

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[Andy Black]

Took a phone call from a local locksmith who a local plumber client referred onto me.

 

[CycleGuy]

Researched advantages and differences between an LLC vs S Corp in my state.
Talked with some other business owners irl about their past ventures and the mistakes they made.

 

[jpanarra]

Trying to figure out why the cheap Chinese drone I purchased yesterday won't send a live feed to my phone.

This activity may not be immediately relavent to my business but just think of the possibilities!

Cheap drone
Aerial photography
????
Money

I'm a pretty avid multirotor builder and pilot for a hobby. Where are you in, because if you're in the States, the FAA is a major dick about running a commercial business with a multirotor and will slap so many fines on you on per pic etc... It's a mess over there so wanted to make sure if your craft is registered and then you have a commercial small-craft license. Also if you do have a live feed, the FAA requires you to have an HAM licence as well. I'm a pretty active user over at RC groups forums as well, the commercial side has appealed to me for some time now but haven't had the motivation to take the classes and licence for the commercial side of things.

 

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[lowtek]

closed a deal for a local business selling their products online

$500 MRR

 

[TonyStark]

I worked on my website, and tried to increase my instagram's page followers.

 

[jpanarra]

Now a formal answer to this threas. I sent out 10+ cold emails, worked 1 hour on web tutorials and plan on doing more tonight. Worked on a clients page for another hour as well. Plan on working on a personal project for the majority of the evening.

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[Azure]

Began correspondence with multiple suppliers in the Indian spice industry in order to assess market viability to import to Canada.

Finalized pricing with a new supplier for plastic products(garbage bags, poly bags, disposable gloves, skid wrap etc) to replace current slow lane job supplier and earn a sizeable percentage of recurring income from the deal.

 

[Jake]

I'm a pretty avid multirotor builder and pilot for a hobby. Where are you in, because if you're in the States, the FAA is a major dick about running a commercial business with a multirotor and will slap so many fines on you on per pic etc... It's a mess over there so wanted to make sure if your craft is registered and then you have a commercial small-craft license. Also if you do have a live feed, the FAA requires you to have an HAM licence as well. I'm a pretty active user over at RC groups forums as well, the commercial side has appealed to me for some time now but haven't had the motivation to take the classes and licence for the commercial side of things.

and this is why I don't live in the U.S.

It's a toy..

Thanks for the info.

 

[kkompoti]

Yesterday, i sold 4kg of honey for 36 euro total. reinvesting that in animal capital. small but i will grow.

 

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[Ryan Wolf]

New Business 1: Registered the new business with the state as a DBA under my LLC. Designed and ordered custom packaging.

New Business 2: Bought the domain name. Made a list of potential manufacturers found on Alibaba. Plan to reach out tomorrow.

Existing Coffee Shop: Finalized the January classes. Sent out the flyer and am already maxed out at 150 people in each class. Am planning a third and maybe fourth class for the overflow. Looked into getting new custom mugs. Set up a meeting with an important person.

Existing Snow Removal Business (SLOWLANE): Fixed the plow and salter, then had to go plow and salt. Easy money, though.

Unrelated Business Activity: Reading old posts on here and getting the cogs turning. Am currently learning about pricing psychology, favorite source so far being http://www.nickkolenda.com/psychological-pricing-strategies/

Trying to tune out the slowlane fam who are collectively getting worked up watching fuh fuh fuh football.

"Success is my only mother F*cking option, failure is not."

 

[GMSI7D]

today, i will meet a famous french entrepreneur. he is coming in my city to meet people and dedicace books.

i will try to grasp his " aura" and knowledge


his name is Olivier Roland:

he left school at 16 because it was annoying ...

he is 35

he earns 28,000 dollars a month

he works 6 months a year

he travels 6 month a year

his business is automated


so i don't know if this is fastlane but this is the kind of life worth living


( people might say : no this is not fastlane, you have to earn millions with ferraris

but for me fastlane is becoming free as fast as possible.
so yes olivier roland is a fastlane case for me )

 

[Andy Black]

Took a phone call from a local locksmith who a local plumber client referred onto me.

This guy wanted to meet yesterday evening. I've texted to see if he's available next week to meet.

This morning I've been loading videos up to Thinkific.com which is a nice course creation SaaS, similar to Teachable.com

 

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[NickC]

Doing product research, currently in the process of hiring a VA, so I've done loads of resume reading and messaging to potential workers. Also reading a little bit about ecommerce.

 

[Greg R]

Woke up at 4:00 AM to audit my books and finalize my financials (soft pat on the back).

 

[mayana]

Began working on Lesson #4 for a free course I'm offering. Lessons 1-3 are doing great!

 

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[Greg R]

Let us all remember that "just because it's work doesn't mean that it's important."

 

[Andy Black]

Let us all remember that "just because it's work doesn't mean that it's important."

Do you mean the market doesn't pay for activity (sometimes known as "work")?

Or do you mean there's more important things to do in life than business, so go spend some time with your loved one?


Either way, a good reminder for me. Thanks!

 

[Greg R]

Do you mean the market doesn't pay for activity (sometimes known as "work")?

Or do you mean there's more important things to do in life than business, so go spend some time with your loved one?


Either way, a good reminder for me. Thanks!

@Andy Black

Thanks for the +REP!

The guy on my left shoulder agrees with the first one, but the guy on my right says the second one!

In this context, it means that certain types of work hold more importance than the other.

For you it could be finding quality clients vs organizing your email inbox.

 

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[AllenCrawley]

What action did you take today to either start or grow your Fastlane business?

If you don't post in here then perhaps you should do something NOW so that you can.

What did you do @Gareth?

 

[Branks]

Sent 120 cold e-mails and had 2 previously scheduled idea validation/extraction phone calls that went better than expected

Followed up on a wholesaling real estate deal I'm interested in