It is all numbers, price, and service.
You got to have that or you have lost before you start.
Jack, I've seen you say this a bunch - about how the numbers have to work out first, and how the business has to make sense. My question is how can a person evaluate an idea? You have mentioned numerous times to go after the old/boring industries, but how do you take an old or boring industry like office supply or nuts and bolts and make it make sense?
I have been feeling disheartened lately because I feel like both of my business projects suck. My software is really niche and really tough to find potential customers - I call all day long and get nothing. Even if I were to get a sale it would only be $500. Those numbers don't make sense. I feel like my fishing idea could work, but at the same time my value prop is to sell fishing stuff to new people who want to get into the sport by making it easy to understand and providing education. It just doesn't seem like something that I can scale to 10 million in 2 years like you are talking about.
Can you offer any insight? I know you are offering a 'spin' on how the industry you are in was traditionally done - how does a person go about finding the right angle of attack?
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