15 year old who discovered fastlane a year ago, but just started taking it seriously

[futurebillionair]

Hello forum users, about a year and a half ago, when I was 14, I discovered The Millionaire Fastlane and this forum. I have lurked the forum since then a bit, but only recently did I truly decide to take it seriously. I have also read Unscripted and am currently reading The Great Rat Race Escape .

I also already have a business idea, but I am not sure how good it is necessarily.

The Business:

The business itself is a website which serves as a hub where freelance game developers can meet up with people who may potentially want to hire them, I was thinking of having this site target the Roblox platform specifically, as this is a site where people are constantly trying to build games, so this site can easily help them find developers. This can also help developers find people who are trying to hire them. I also have a good bit of experience with Roblox. Roblox game development is in high demand at the moment, and in this situation, I am applying the logic "when others are digging for gold, sell shovels".

How this will be monetized:

- I will take a commission of what people are charging to be hired
- People can pay for a subscription, which can make people's profiles the first ones you see on the site
- Advertisements on the site

How I plan to advertise the site:

- I plan to mainly target Instagram and TikTok for marketing purposes, specifically those who are either into Roblox or those who are fans of guys like Andrew Tate and Hamza
- I plan to have an affiliate marketing program, where they will receive part of my commission on the accounts of those who registered via their affiliate link

 

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[EngineerThis]

Hello forum users, about a year and a half ago, when I was 14, I discovered The Millionaire Fastlane and this forum. I have lurked the forum since then a bit, but only recently did I truly decide to take it seriously. I have also read Unscripted and am currently reading The Great Rat Race Escape .

I also already have a business idea, but I am not sure how good it is necessarily.

The Business:

The business itself is a website which serves as a hub where freelance game developers can meet up with people who may potentially want to hire them, I was thinking of having this site target the Roblox platform specifically, as this is a site where people are constantly trying to build games, so this site can easily help them find developers. This can also help developers find people who are trying to hire them. I also have a good bit of experience with Roblox. Roblox game development is in high demand at the moment, and in this situation, I am applying the logic "when others are digging for gold, sell shovels".

How this will be monetized:

- I will take a commission of what people are charging to be hired
- People can pay for a subscription, which can make people's profiles the first ones you see on the site
- Advertisements on the site

How I plan to advertise the site:

- I plan to mainly target Instagram and TikTok for marketing purposes, specifically those who are either into Roblox or those who are fans of guys like Andrew Tate and Hamza
- I plan to have an affiliate marketing program, where they will receive part of my commission on the accounts of those who registered via their affiliate link

A solid plan of owning the space where buyers and sellers interact.. Helping the sellers find buyers, and buyers find sellers even better.
What would the smallest most minimal version of this look like?

Hint: Spend less time building the platform, and more time learning how to provide sellers "Leads" and "sourcing" sellers for buyers

-Maybe offer to bring leads to existing sellers for a %
-Offer those sellers to buyers on X platform

Only then would I start building your platform, and incentivizing your buyer and seller contacts to join. There are 10,000 websites created EVERY HOUR. You need to learn how to work with buyers and sellers, and how to bring traffic... Until you are overloaded with clients and need a space for them to interact more automatically without involving you. -Cheers

 

[Andy Black]

Hello forum users, about a year and a half ago, when I was 14, I discovered The Millionaire Fastlane and this forum. I have lurked the forum since then a bit, but only recently did I truly decide to take it seriously. I have also read Unscripted and am currently reading The Great Rat Race Escape .

I also already have a business idea, but I am not sure how good it is necessarily.

The Business:

The business itself is a website which serves as a hub where freelance game developers can meet up with people who may potentially want to hire them, I was thinking of having this site target the Roblox platform specifically, as this is a site where people are constantly trying to build games, so this site can easily help them find developers. This can also help developers find people who are trying to hire them. I also have a good bit of experience with Roblox. Roblox game development is in high demand at the moment, and in this situation, I am applying the logic "when others are digging for gold, sell shovels".

How this will be monetized:

- I will take a commission of what people are charging to be hired
- People can pay for a subscription, which can make people's profiles the first ones you see on the site
- Advertisements on the site

How I plan to advertise the site:

- I plan to mainly target Instagram and TikTok for marketing purposes, specifically those who are either into Roblox or those who are fans of guys like Andrew Tate and Hamza
- I plan to have an affiliate marketing program, where they will receive part of my commission on the accounts of those who registered via their affiliate link

Interesting. I played a bit of Big Paintball with my kids. They're forever spending money on Roblox.

Where do all the Roblox developers hang out and chat? Is it Discord servers, or ...?

 

[futurebillionair]

Interesting. I played a bit of Big Paintball with my kids. They're forever spending money on Roblox.

Where do all the Roblox developers hang out and chat? Is it Discord servers, or ...?

mostly discord, I have been in a few developer servers, and I think there is a lot of room for improvements

 

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[Andy Black]

mostly discord, I have been in a few developer servers, and I think there is a lot of room for improvements

How do game developers find those servers?

How do budding game developers learn and keep up to date?

How do companies currently find games developers?

 

[futurebillionair]

A solid plan of owning the space where buyers and sellers interact.. Helping the sellers find buyers, and buyers find sellers even better.
What would the smallest most minimal version of this look like?

Hint: Spend less time building the platform, and more time learning how to provide sellers "Leads" and "sourcing" sellers for buyers

-Maybe offer to bring leads to existing sellers for a %
-Offer those sellers to buyers on X platform

Only then would I start building your platform, and incentivizing your buyer and seller contacts to join. There are 10,000 websites created EVERY HOUR. You need to learn how to work with buyers and sellers, and how to bring traffic... Until you are overloaded with clients and need a space for them to interact more automatically without involving you. -Cheers

So in this situation, I should find people with game development experience, and then market to those who want to have a game built

And create a website for this once I am getting a lot of clients

 

[Andy Black]

So in this situation, I should find people with game development experience, and then market to those who want to have a game built

And create a website for this once I am getting a lot of clients

It's a two sided market place. Typically, if you get the side with the money first then the other side will come to you. Not always - Google didn't do it that way.

 

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[EngineerThis]

So in this situation, I should find people with game development experience, and then market to those who want to have a game built

And create a website for this once I am getting a lot of clients

Correct. Be the middle man, until you can transfer it too more automated means . You need to learn these skills, it will be hard. But you will be successful.

 

[futurebillionair]

How do game developers find those servers?

How do budding game developers learn and keep up to date?

How do companies currently find games developers?

Game developers find the servers through a site which advertises discord server

Idk how game devs learn and keep up to date nowadays, as I haven't been doing much development lately

People who want games built find developers through discord mostly at the moment

 

[futurebillionair]

Game developers find the servers through a site which advertises discord server

Idk how game devs learn and keep up to date nowadays, as I haven't been doing much development lately

People who want games built find developers through discord mostly at the moment

However, this is not that good for finding highly experienced individuals willing to do large projects from my experience, and my site is going to be likely targeting the individuals who want this done the most.

My site will also show the portfolios of those interested in being developers, which will help people who will be potentially hiring them to find out who is highly experienced better, along with a rating system (0-5 stars) for them.

 

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[futurebillionair]

Correct. Be the middle man, until you can transfer it too more automated means . You need to learn these skills, it will be hard. But you will be successful.

You have any tips for this, is there anything I should check out before I start, or should I just do it

 

[EngineerThis]

You have any tips for this, is there anything I should check out before I start, or should I just do it

Honestly, Alex Hormozi with $1million dollar Leads would be a great start.. But in the end, just start messaging people..
"Hey buyers, I can get you custom-designed avatars"
then..
"Hey sellers I have X amount of buyers looking for custom work. Can you satisfy their needs? Here are 5 buyers for free as good faith, I'll send you the others too but I want a 10% finders fee."
then..
"Glad I could provide you buyers with the custom work you wanted, if you tell your friends I will give you a bonus"
then..
"Hey seller, I have even more clients for you.. Same deal as before, but can you also throw in a special bonus for them?"

Hope you get the idea remember you need to be THE GUY. Always think, "How can I help more"

 

[futurebillionair]

Honestly, Alex Hormozi with $1million dollar Leads would be a great start.. But in the end, just start messaging people..
"Hey buyers, I can get you custom-designed avatars"
then..
"Hey sellers I have X amount of buyers looking for custom work. Can you satisfy their needs? Here are 5 buyers for free as good faith, I'll send you the others too but I want a 10% finders fee."
then..
"Glad I could provide you buyers with the custom work you wanted, if you tell your friends I will give you a bonus"
then..
"Hey seller, I have even more clients for you.. Same deal as before, but can you also throw in a special bonus for them?"

Hope you get the idea remember you need to be THE GUY. Always think, "How can I help more"

thank you for the advice, I have no experience in this yet, so I think this will benefit me a lot

 

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[Rarehelge]

Hello forum users, about a year and a half ago, when I was 14, I discovered The Millionaire Fastlane and this forum. I have lurked the forum since then a bit, but only recently did I truly decide to take it seriously. I have also read Unscripted and am currently reading The Great Rat Race Escape .

I also already have a business idea, but I am not sure how good it is necessarily.

The Business:

The business itself is a website which serves as a hub where freelance game developers can meet up with people who may potentially want to hire them, I was thinking of having this site target the Roblox platform specifically, as this is a site where people are constantly trying to build games, so this site can easily help them find developers. This can also help developers find people who are trying to hire them. I also have a good bit of experience with Roblox. Roblox game development is in high demand at the moment, and in this situation, I am applying the logic "when others are digging for gold, sell shovels".

How this will be monetized:

- I will take a commission of what people are charging to be hired
- People can pay for a subscription, which can make people's profiles the first ones you see on the site
- Advertisements on the site

How I plan to advertise the site:

- I plan to mainly target Instagram and TikTok for marketing purposes, specifically those who are either into Roblox or those who are fans of guys like Andrew Tate and Hamza
- I plan to have an affiliate marketing program, where they will receive part of my commission on the accounts of those who registered via their affiliate link

be sure to keep updating us every now and then, i'm excited to seeing your progress

 

[Andy Black]

Don't get fixated on the website part, and the 5 stars etc. Your job isn't to build a website, it's to help companies find talent, and talent find work. You may or may not use a website to do that.

Imagine you got wind that a games development company needed 5 more Roblox programmers. You could pop into the Discord servers frequented by Roblox programmers and ask if anyone's interested. Bet you then get some people to sift through before passing on their details.

How can you find the roles that are available, and/or ones coming up?

Are these sort of jobs posted on Indeed, Careerjet, Fiverr, some Roblox marketplace, etc?

Can you help the recruiters find talent using your current network?

Start by figuring out who's got the money and is looking for someone to give it to. How can you get in front of them and help them give that money to someone?

 

[futurebillionair]

Don't get fixated on the website part, and the 5 stars etc. Your job isn't to build a website, it's to help companies find talent, and talent find work. You may or may not use a website to do that.

I don't plan to have a website until I have a large customer base after reading some of the suggestions here

 

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[rishj]

doesn't fiverr already have 800+roblox developers?
how you're supposed to outrank them?

 

[EngineerThis]

doesn't fiverr already have 800+roblox developers?
how you're supposed to outrank them?

He’s not. He’s going to connect them to buyers

 

[futurebillionair]

doesn't fiverr already have 800+roblox developers?
how you're supposed to outrank them?

My business will connect developers to people who need them and vice versa

However, my business is very similar to that, except for the roblox development niche, which will give me a value skew

 

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[Aidan04]

If you're going to build a platform I would highly highly recommend reading "The Cold Start Problem".

The issue with building a marketplace or platform is that there are 2 sides, and you need both to make it function.

It's an absolute grind to attract one side long enough to grab the attention of the other side. There has to be enough incentive for both sides to use the product.

This is why many developers say that building a platform is one of the hardest and least profitable software products to build.

Uber didn't break even until 2023, so it's going to be hard unless you have some uncle who is a VC investor.

 

[futurebillionair]

If you're going to build a platform I would highly highly recommend reading "The Cold Start Problem".

The issue with building a marketplace or platform is that there are 2 sides, and you need both to make it function.

It's an absolute grind to attract one side long enough to grab the attention of the other side. There has to be enough incentive for both sides to use the product.

This is why many developers say that building a platform is one of the hardest and least profitable software products to build.

Uber didn't break even until 2023, so it's going to be hard unless you have some uncle who is a VC investor.

Should I be profitable if I manage to attract both sides to my platform at a significant degree

 

[EngineerThis]

Should I be profitable if I manage to attract both sides to my platform at a significant degree

Facebook makes zero money as a platform... They make a ton of money selling Lead data to Advertisers... That's how you need to shift your thinking.

 

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[Andy Black]

This might help:

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[futurebillionair]

Facebook makes zero money as a platform... They make a ton of money selling Lead data to Advertisers... That's how you need to shift your thinking.

so in this situation, selling leads to my customers would be an example of a good way to make money from the platform, instead of from the platform itself (such as the subscription + cut of sales I mentioned in my first message in this thread)

 

[EngineerThis]

so in this situation, selling leads to my customers would be an example of a good way to make money from the platform, instead of from the platform itself (such as the subscription + cut of sales I mentioned in my first message in this thread)

Bingo, and you can start doing this NOW without a platform, which is more my point .

 

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[futurebillionair]

Bingo, and you can start doing this NOW without a platform, which is more my point .

I don't think a platform will even be that necessary until I have a large customer base

 

[EngineerThis]

I don't think a platform will even be that necessary until I have a large customer base

Now you get it . Go out and collect 100 "No's" and report back.

 

[futurebillionair]

Now you get it . Go out and collect 100 "No's" and report back.

I am expecting a lot of nos, but I only need a few yesses

 

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[Fit Tech Goat]

Hello forum users, about a year and a half ago, when I was 14, I discovered The Millionaire Fastlane and this forum. I have lurked the forum since then a bit, but only recently did I truly decide to take it seriously. I have also read Unscripted and am currently reading The Great Rat Race Escape .

I also already have a business idea, but I am not sure how good it is necessarily.

The Business:

The business itself is a website which serves as a hub where freelance game developers can meet up with people who may potentially want to hire them, I was thinking of having this site target the Roblox platform specifically, as this is a site where people are constantly trying to build games, so this site can easily help them find developers. This can also help developers find people who are trying to hire them. I also have a good bit of experience with Roblox. Roblox game development is in high demand at the moment, and in this situation, I am applying the logic "when others are digging for gold, sell shovels".

How this will be monetized:

- I will take a commission of what people are charging to be hired
- People can pay for a subscription, which can make people's profiles the first ones you see on the site
- Advertisements on the site

How I plan to advertise the site:

- I plan to mainly target Instagram and TikTok for marketing purposes, specifically those who are either into Roblox or those who are fans of guys like Andrew Tate and Hamza
- I plan to have an affiliate marketing program, where they will receive part of my commission on the accounts of those who registered via their affiliate link

Solid business G! Keep going, I hope you'll succeed!