Quick back story. I'm 21, in college, will graduate in 1.5 years. I read TMF , was enlightened. Got fired from part time Walmart gig last month.
Since then I have been trying to think of all of these amazing ideas I could try these new fastlane principles on. I have thought of plenty of wild ideas that I cannot accomplish anytime soon. I was reading a lot about execution and decided to finally do something to make money.
I'll just mow some lawns! easy right??
I can borrow my girlfriend's parents' mower and weed eater and basically have no risk as long as I mow their lawn for free. I decided just to do it.
5 days ago I whipped up a name and logo. I was dicking around with Gimp (photoshop for poor people) and trying to learn how to do that. Total Cost: free (might not be legally free, but I dont have money)
4 days ago I used that logo and name and then a free brochure website to create a little ad. I printed out on card-stock paper at home (felt it would seem more professional). I fit 3 ads on one 8.5" by 11" page (landscape) and printed about 90 pages worth. 20 pages were useless because ink ran out so it became discolored and I wasn't watching the printer to stop it. So i ended up with about 210 ads. Total Cost: $100 for ink, paper, and a paper cutter tool (I feel like I messed up here. Seems very expensive..)
3 days ago I put 180 of those ads in mailboxes around neighboring subdivisions. One higher class and one middle to lower class. I know this is illegal but felt it would seem more professional than taping it to their front door. Total Cost: Free besides gas
2 days ago I started looking for website domains and getting on Angies list and Yelp. Total Cost: $70 for domain buy service from GoDaddy.
1 day ago I have bought 3 books on lawncare and have been researching it like crazy online trying to learn and think about ways to differentiate myself from the crowd.
Today I am starting to look for jobs because I need money and this is harder than I expected.
I feel like shit. Out of the 180 ads I have recieved 0 calls. I cannot believe I didn't even get one call. I knew business would be hard but damn.. worst part is how do I know what I did wrong? Unless I get a call I basically just lost $100 and am basically broke. They say learn from your failures but I don't know what to take away from this.
Total -$180 (with estimated gas)
I am not giving up but am at a stall with basically no funds and no income stream.
Since then I have been trying to think of all of these amazing ideas I could try these new fastlane principles on. I have thought of plenty of wild ideas that I cannot accomplish anytime soon. I was reading a lot about execution and decided to finally do something to make money.
I'll just mow some lawns! easy right??
I can borrow my girlfriend's parents' mower and weed eater and basically have no risk as long as I mow their lawn for free. I decided just to do it.
5 days ago I whipped up a name and logo. I was dicking around with Gimp (photoshop for poor people) and trying to learn how to do that. Total Cost: free (might not be legally free, but I dont have money)
4 days ago I used that logo and name and then a free brochure website to create a little ad. I printed out on card-stock paper at home (felt it would seem more professional). I fit 3 ads on one 8.5" by 11" page (landscape) and printed about 90 pages worth. 20 pages were useless because ink ran out so it became discolored and I wasn't watching the printer to stop it. So i ended up with about 210 ads. Total Cost: $100 for ink, paper, and a paper cutter tool (I feel like I messed up here. Seems very expensive..)
3 days ago I put 180 of those ads in mailboxes around neighboring subdivisions. One higher class and one middle to lower class. I know this is illegal but felt it would seem more professional than taping it to their front door. Total Cost: Free besides gas
2 days ago I started looking for website domains and getting on Angies list and Yelp. Total Cost: $70 for domain buy service from GoDaddy.
1 day ago I have bought 3 books on lawncare and have been researching it like crazy online trying to learn and think about ways to differentiate myself from the crowd.
Today I am starting to look for jobs because I need money and this is harder than I expected.
I feel like shit. Out of the 180 ads I have recieved 0 calls. I cannot believe I didn't even get one call. I knew business would be hard but damn.. worst part is how do I know what I did wrong? Unless I get a call I basically just lost $100 and am basically broke. They say learn from your failures but I don't know what to take away from this.
Total -$180 (with estimated gas)
I am not giving up but am at a stall with basically no funds and no income stream.
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