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  1. Maxkaz

    What's your Lambo? (What are you working for?)

    NOTABLE! CHAT 
    Wow, that is one old post :) My “lambo” is business itself. The things that can be brought to the world. I think of old age and death often and from what I know about old age persons’ perspectives, there are things which are and aren’t seem important at the threshold. And from that I derived 5...
  2. Maxkaz

    Handmade - handyman`s progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    This month and especially this week were so full of events that I nearly do not have time to write a progress update. I am squeezing it between some equipment maintenance and long-delayed writing of commercial propositions for the Monday campaign we start. Business takes shape So this was a...
  3. Maxkaz

    Wanna Be Rich And Famous

    INTRO 
    Hey, man, nice to meet you. We are all here about entrepreneurship and it is interesting and fulfilling. Have you read the books? Also we play a nice game here. We take a person`s post and count the "I" and "my"there as opposed to "value to others" and synonims. Gives you a nice estimation of...
  4. Maxkaz

    Something to binge-listen?

    MINDSET 
    Hey, people! What do you listen? I have big commutes and lots of physical work and got used to have something speaking to me in the headphones, usually some talk-shows on YouTube or podcasts. I want to switch the theme to smth more businessy. What can you suggest? My pearl of recent time is...
  5. Maxkaz

    Kinetic Execution OR Market Analysis?

    IDEA 
    I am 4 months into serious staff and my plans have shuttered like 6-7 times already, and some of them in the good way. My venture now is COMPLETELY unrecognizable from what was 4 months ago and what was planned back then. So as they say, plans are useless, planning is nessesary. Do a plan, but...
  6. Maxkaz

    Kinetic Execution OR Market Analysis?

    IDEA 
    I suggest you try "The right it" book by Alberto Savoia. It is short, but right on point of your question. If I would want to summarize it shortly, here it is: any data obtained without "skin in the game" (money, time, inconvenience) put into obtaining that data BY UNBIASED CUSTOMER is crap. All...
  7. Maxkaz

    My path to greatness. No distractions. No disturbing outside noises. Focus.

    EXECUTION 
    I really like that exercise @MJ DeMarco suggested in one of his responses earlier. Good old-fashion word counting. Number of times "I" is used in the post: 10 Number of times "value" is used in the post: 1.5 (I counted "demand" as 0.5 because it is kind of obvious low-level sort of "value"...
  8. Maxkaz

    how to automate a construction company?

    MARKETING 
    I do not know if it will be of any help, but I recently encountered an interesting business model. In my area there is a major player in the field of tree cutting. Major, but far-far away from monopoly - there is plenty of room for individual entrepreneurs here. The company over time aquired...
  9. Maxkaz

    Starting a business in a bad economical situation

    MINDSET 
    The whole idea behind Fastlane was to switch from the question "Who would buy XXX that I sell?" to a question "What the people would buy?" Do not put it all upside down. Start with what people want and need right now. If after some time situation would change - you already will accumulate...
  10. Maxkaz

    My reddest flag of imminent partnership failure

    Well, that was a surprise! Or was it?.. On Thursday one of our three-entrepreneur company suddenly left the country leaving the message that he made a mistake joining our business, that it does not align with his core values and that he wishes the two of us all the best. He did not steal...
  11. Maxkaz

    What if you've never had your FTE?

    MINDSET FTE 
    There is a post in the recents called “Wiping your windshield” or smth like that. I believe you should check this out. I firmly believe that one of the most needed prerequisites to success is slmost total destruction of one’s social circle. People around us are forming our normality. And they...
  12. Maxkaz

    How much money have you lost?

    MINDSET 
    During my FTE there were like 2-3 weeks when I already was suicidal but did not commit the deed because someone had to feed my two doggos and two cats. Eventually even this reason was overwhelmed but a happy ocasion saved me like 6 hours before the action was scheduled. So never underestimate...
  13. Maxkaz

    Partnership is like marriage

    MINDSET 
    Do you remember that faithful phrase a wise wife can tell to her partner to ensure equality and stability in marriage? It goes like this: “My money is my money. Your money is our money”. I’ve discovered a version of it for business partnerships: “Your tasks are your tasks. My tasks are our...
  14. Maxkaz

    How much money have you lost?

    MINDSET 
    It is not just about the muck imho. I believe that many wannabe businessmen are really afraid of primary customers. Those are people with different background, different standing in life. Take this cleaner case. What in the world is common between a person mopping the floor and a person, paying...
  15. Maxkaz

    How much money have you lost?

    MINDSET 
    What strikes me in the stories like this is that with each step you got further and further away from the money. It seems to be a bias of some sort in entrepreneurs, that the farther you are from the money, the more businessy a thing you do. Look here. Let us assume that we are talking about...
  16. Maxkaz

    Can I get into business directly or do I need to take 1-2 year corporate experience first to make it a success? (Read description for details)

    IDEA SCALING 
    Path 1 does not give you any benefits. And it contains 2 downsides. First, as a coq in a machine, you might be discouraged from building your own business by sheer size of an institution. You will sit at your desk, in your cubicle and tremble by size and complexity of an organization around...
  17. Maxkaz

    Business Idea: Marketing Agency

    IDEA 
    I am no marketing agency opening consultant, but I would advise just one thing - skew value. As a small business owner I`ve entertained the idea of hiring such an agency and after several attempts of contacting people claiming to be such agents I dropped the idea. Why? Because none of them...
  18. Maxkaz

    Money vs Values

    IDEA MINDSET QUESTION 
    In "Unscripted" there is a list of 13 ways to find a business idea. One of them is marketing inadequacy. In short - there is a product of some value but not marketed good enough for its worth - that is an opportunity for an entrepreneur. Seems that those PLR guys of yours do that stuff...
  19. Maxkaz

    Handmade - handyman`s progress thread

    EXECUTION 
    Still a night and day until new month, but the week is so packed that I`d better write now, while there is some time to breathe) So my third month in full-time business has passed. This month saw an expansion, We (it is "we" now, yay!) grew to 3 people. We expanded our areas of activity from...
  20. Maxkaz

    What do you think of my book collection to read this year

    BOOKS 
    Reading (actually listening on Audible during work) "Influence" now. Great book. Although I am still in the last third, it already helps me revamp my sales and make them more smooth. I`d recommend to merge it with Fiverr guide to making a gig. The ideas they give there on Fiverr are hugelly...
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