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  1. MRiabov

    I'm an inventor. Should I go for better or cheaper university? (I have to)

    SLOWLANE 
    Title: -SLOWLANE- Better or worse university? Sup TFLF, You might’ve seen me already. I’m an inventor, and I’ve invented a machine that can cook anything you want with a press of a button. So if you don’t fancy cooking, you can select a recipe, put in the ingredients, press start and it will...
  2. MRiabov

    FullCook: how to go about pricing?

    MARKETING 
    Sup TFLF. So I’m in the process of developing a brand-new machine, FullCook - a machine that can cook anything you want with a press of a button. So if you don’t fancy cooking, this machine will peel, cut, boil, fry and mash for you - doing all the cooking while all you need to do is just...
  3. MRiabov

    Living in the office: Yikes or a decent option?

    QUESTION 
    Sup TFLF. Long time no see. After 2 months of mostly physical problems with moving FullCook forward, I think it's time to make a leap. For those who don't know, I am currently living in a place where... I can't sleep well because my roommate keeps his music/lights/phonecalls up to 23:30 He...
  4. MRiabov

    Bad enough decisions lead to physical suffering.

    SOURCING 
    Sup. I'm writing this in 23pm, 2 hours after I should've slept already. F*ck. I endure 2 months of sheer physical suffering, day in and day out, and it's going to last for 2 months more. The reason? I'm constantly sleepless. In the place where I should have safety - called "home", I have a...
  5. MRiabov

    The Elon Musk's Strategy

    MINDSET 
    Sup TFLF, For my childhood I never was told what was the “right” thing to do. I was just thrown into fire and expected to swim to the surface. It made pretty interesting results. I was never really taught “the script”, and what I was told I deflected because “it can’t be right”. And so in my...
  6. MRiabov

    23.2 ROAS needed: realistic?

    QUESTION 
    Sup, So I'm in the process of putting my invention to Kickstarter, here is a couple of renders It cooks food by a press of a button. So, I've made a couple of estimations, and to fund my project on Kickstarter, I need 34800€. The way Kickstarter works is that if the goal is not reached I...
  7. MRiabov

    Is there an antidote to a bad company?

    PEOPLE 
    Sup, It's one of those problems I really do not wish anyone ever had, but it just happens and I must solve it somehow. I am in the dormitory, and... My roommate. F*cking hell dude. So, I live in a shared room, and my roommate keeps talking trash about me. I always try to concentrate on my...
  8. MRiabov

    How to live in with a roommate?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Sup, Maybe someone has read my execution thread, one month ago I've moved back to my university, and consequently in my dormitory. I usually usually not interacting with general public, because there is no reason to. As in "Distance yourself from the most people". It works. I wake up at 7:30...
  9. MRiabov

    Marketing? Money? Emails? What?

    MARKETING 
    Okay, while I can think clearly. So I have a product. You've seen it. For the past 2 months I have been working on it and aside from wiring it is ready. I will post pictures with detailed engineering drawings, schemes on INSIDERS if you wish. Even renders. I've sent some to @Aidan04 and he can...
  10. MRiabov

    If Steve Jobs were to cold call...

    MARKETING 
    Sup. After doing cold calls for my web design business, I have realized that the best way to test demand is to go and offer your product to buyers. Which brought me to the point, that I've started calling by the book. Asking @Johnny boy how he sent out so many voice messages, I've went to...
  11. MRiabov

    Is this strategy entirely wrong?

    MINDSET QUESTION 
    Sup, So I've recently noticed a simple pattern in all of my decision-making, "abhor everything bad until you reach perfect and maybe you'll reach success" This is how I approach everything. I abhor bad strategy until I look up or create the right one (very rarely create something myself), and...
  12. MRiabov

    WHO do I cold call?

    MARKETING 
    Sup, I’ve started cold calling as per advice outlined in the “Fanatical Prospecting” book recently (good read). So calls were made, and while most were auto-voicemail some were appointment setters (girls on the phone). It begs the question: WHO do I cold call? What is the problem? I keep...
  13. MRiabov

    Working out of the Script

    EXECUTION 
    Let's paint a picture: You are in a 4*6 room with 3 beds; 2 other people are basically strangers to you. Both others are video-game junkies and overall show no prospect of growth. You also share a kitchen with 16 other people, and you have no place to work other than this room or this...
  14. MRiabov

    Why are sales letters selling only 1-4%?

    MARKETING 
    Any good businessman had to become a good salesman at some point. For some, if was direct mail advertising, for some it was selling exterior cleaning outside of prospect's doors, and some got away with affiliate marketing. For Robert Collier - one of the direct mail salesmen of 20th century, a...
  15. MRiabov

    Everyone I'm offering clients already has clients. Should I just endure?

    MARKETING WEB DESIGN 
    Hey, I've been doing a web design agency - like a specialized skill of sorts. So far, I have signed 2 people up for a free job - although I didn't get them results yet, because after I've designed them a website neither of them has started transferring them to their domains. I was cold...
  16. MRiabov

    Any good self-management books?

    BOOKS 
    Sup. So I've been recently noticing that when I sit down to work, I sit, but although I am very determined to work, I am willing to do quality work, I have the mindset of helping people, I am accomplishing little. I am doing quality work. It's not "perfectionist" - but I am following my own...
  17. MRiabov

    - redacted -

    ASSERTION 
    Every. Every single one of you right now would much rather tell people that they are weak and they won't succeed than to see them grow. I repeat, in italics - Every single one of you right now would much rather tell people that they are weak and they won't succeed than to see them grow. I'm...
  18. MRiabov

    Has anyone here raised capital?

    QUESTION 
    Sup. Okay, who am I kidding, everyone knows I'm almost broke. I have started doing a web design "business", to fund my invention. I am in the process of designing a website for a client that I've found, but I know that even to get to 3-5k revenue which I need, it's going to take weeks of...
  19. MRiabov

    Is MJ's "The Great Rat Race Escape" a worthy read?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Sup, We have a power outage in the whole County Kerry in Ireland (300-500k people), and my computed died while I was making a Web design project for a client (more on that later) So I've opened my library and found "The Great Race Escape". It's long. Like badly, badly long. 1.5 longer than...
  20. MRiabov

    Anyone had moments when their cold emailing is very slow?

    QUESTION 
    Sup So, as detailed in my web design execution thread, I am cold-calling and cold-emailing. While I didn't have any success yet... Why am I so painfully slow? I have sat to work at roughly at 9:30am, now it's 12:00. For 2.5 hours I have sent 4 emails and made 1 call. I have no trouble working...
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