Hi guys - I'm Chris from London and I'm excited to join the Fastlane Forum.
I've been self-employed/a business owner since graduating from university in 2009. Most of my income has come from doing consulting work. At times this has been extremely lucrative and I am able to charge up to $4,000 per day for my time. If anyone wants to talk about what it takes to make money from consulting I'd be delighted to share with and learn from this community.
The problem with consulting is that it's difficult to scale and (in general) not 'Fastlane' in nature. As soon as you stop consulting, in most cases you stop earning money. As such I've spent most of this year building a SAAS company and I consider it a modest success.
Working with a business partner I have created a software product for the music festival industry and in just 9 months we have worked with clients in 11 countries on 4 continents. Of course those are just vanity metrics and more importantly we have generated as much as $14,000 per month of profit that is 90% passive.
It has been a great journey and I have learned a lot (I had never written back-end code until March of this year and we built our product 100% in-house). The problem is that we broke one of the big rules, specifically the commandment of control. Much as our business has succeeded it is heavily reliant on third-parties. Consequently we are currently finalising an exclusive licensing deal with our largest customer. This will allow us to bring in $5k of consistent monthly profit with minimal ongoing effort on our part.
I believe in MJ's doctrine that a serious entrepreneur should only have one business. With the first SAAS product being licensed I'm working on finding my 'one business' for 2018 (and beyond). In the first few days I've been on the forums I've learned a huge amount and I'm very excited to be part of this community. I also hope to contribute by sharing my experience and I look forward to getting to know you all.
I've been self-employed/a business owner since graduating from university in 2009. Most of my income has come from doing consulting work. At times this has been extremely lucrative and I am able to charge up to $4,000 per day for my time. If anyone wants to talk about what it takes to make money from consulting I'd be delighted to share with and learn from this community.
The problem with consulting is that it's difficult to scale and (in general) not 'Fastlane' in nature. As soon as you stop consulting, in most cases you stop earning money. As such I've spent most of this year building a SAAS company and I consider it a modest success.
Working with a business partner I have created a software product for the music festival industry and in just 9 months we have worked with clients in 11 countries on 4 continents. Of course those are just vanity metrics and more importantly we have generated as much as $14,000 per month of profit that is 90% passive.
It has been a great journey and I have learned a lot (I had never written back-end code until March of this year and we built our product 100% in-house). The problem is that we broke one of the big rules, specifically the commandment of control. Much as our business has succeeded it is heavily reliant on third-parties. Consequently we are currently finalising an exclusive licensing deal with our largest customer. This will allow us to bring in $5k of consistent monthly profit with minimal ongoing effort on our part.
I believe in MJ's doctrine that a serious entrepreneur should only have one business. With the first SAAS product being licensed I'm working on finding my 'one business' for 2018 (and beyond). In the first few days I've been on the forums I've learned a huge amount and I'm very excited to be part of this community. I also hope to contribute by sharing my experience and I look forward to getting to know you all.
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
