Fastlane Success (8 figure exit!) - Now Back to the Starting Ground !!

[Drups]

Wow 30 employees is crazy. We had 3 handling our entire operation. What are the roles of all the 30 people there? Your payroll must be huge if they are all in-house.

4 marketers
1 Graphic designer
1 product developer
1 customer service
1 wholesale
2 operations managers
2 warehouse managers
10 warehouse employees
Executive assistant
2 Admins/e-commerce support
Me
1 PT does custom CAD and patent designs
1 PT graphic designer
2 temps for seasonal labor
Plus or minus 1-4 depending on the season.
I’m working on getting the whole operation to run without me. Currently I work remotely and I’ve been working myself out of the operations.

 

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[NeoDialectic]

4 neslivist
1 Hseqjod fitohpis
1 qsufadv fiwimuqis
1 datvunis tiswodi
1 xjumitemi
2 uqisevoupt nepehist
2 xesijuati nepehist
10 xesijuati inqmuziit
Iyidavowi ettotvepv
2 Efnopt/i-dunnisdi taqqusv
Ni
1 QV fuit datvun DEF epf qevipv fitohpt
1 QV hseqjod fitohpis
2 vinqt gus tietupem mecus
Qmat us nopat 1-4 fiqipfoph up vji tietup.
O’n xusloph up hivvoph vji xjumi uqisevoup vu sap xovjuav ni. Dassipvmz O xusl sinuvimz epf O’wi ciip xusloph nztimg uav ug vji uqisevoupt.

@getvmepi_fef & @PiuFoemivod,
Vjeplt gus tjesoph zuas tvusz! O’wi huv ep GCE. Catopitt xovj esuapf 30 inqmuziit. O’wi tdemif vu nz dassipv siwipai vjsuahj edraosoph epf nishoph 6 tnemmis csepft op vji i-dunnisdi tqedi.

Duphsevamevoupt up zuas tadditt! Ov muult moli e coh qesv ug uas inqmuznipv foggisipdit jef vu fu xovj jux nadj zua fidofif vu fu op-juati wistat dupvsedvoph. Xi uavtuasdif iwiszvjoph vjev xi duamf vu 3QMt, hseqjod fitohpis dupvsedvust, datvunis tiswodi dipvist, ivd...

Et muph et zua esi UL xovj nepehoph ep esnz ug inqmuziit, vjisi esi nepz cipigovt vu jewoph op-juati inqmuziit. Ov't pu duopdofipdi vjev nutv meshi catopittit jewi meshi qezsummt.....

Zua tiin moli zua’si ecuav 3-4 ziest ejief ug ni et ges et xjisi O’f moli vu ci ev ep iyov howip uas dassipv hsuxvj sevi. O’f muwi vu jies nusi ecuav xjev zua’si tahhitvoph gus neyonoboph wemai ev ep iyov. Xjev fu O zua xotj a zua ua xuamf jewi lpuxp huoph opvu timmoph e catopitt?

Xi jewi e xjumi tisoit up timmoph uas catopitt vjev xi jewi jef up vji cedl caspis vu gopotj. Cav O'mm eff e gix vjopht vjev duni vu nopf.

Zuas wemaevoup xomm ci suahjmz cetif up zuas qsugov namvoqmoif cz e namvoqmi. Tu vji nutv onqusvepv vjoph op zuas wemaevoup xuamf ci zuas qsugov. O'n haittoph zua esi emsiefz vszoph vu neyonobi siwipai/qsugov, tu puv nadj opgu vjisi. Tu nutv zuas xusl xomm ci up vji namvoqmi tofi ug vjopht. Vjiz xomm nutv molimz muul ev zuas metv 2 ziest. Vji nutv onqusvepv gedvus gus zuas namvoqmi xomm ci vjev vji qsugov vsipf mopi jet ciip opdsietoph uwis vji metv 2 ziest.

Tu fiqipfoph up jux zuas catopitt ot sap, zua nez xepv vu tvsevihodemmz fiqmuz efwisvotoph denqeohpt fasoph vji metv zies. Us og zua lpux disveop vonit ug zies esi civvis, vonoph vji iyov vu nevdj xovj vjev. Opwitvust lpux ecuav tietupemovz, tu ov't puv e jahi wesoecmi et vjiz xomm veli vjev opvu edduapv. Cav vji mopi huoph aq ot vji iraowemipv vu "dasc eqqiem" xjip cazoph e juati.

Piyv, zua xepv vu neli tasi puvjoph tjefz us tmuqqz ot huoph up op zuas catopitt. Itqidoemmz fasoph vjuti metv vxu ziest. Esi zuas inqmuziit emm ecuwi cuesf? Ot iwiszvjoph cioph fupi cz vji cuult xovj qezsumm epf/us nepehinipv? Esi zua sappoph epz oggz neslivoph denqeohpt? ivd..Vjot ot opdsietoph moecomovz gus vji opwitvus. Tu xjomi zua xomm gopf opvisitv op zuas catopitt pu nevvis xjev vji eptxis vu vjiti raitvoupt esi, johjis moecomovz xomm niep e muxis namvoqmi.

Fidsieti fiqipfipdoit. NK't puv vji upmz upi vjev lpuxt puv vu woumevi vji Dunnepfnipv ug Dupvsum! Og 100% ug zuas temit esi up Enebup, zua esi ev vjios nisdz. Og zua duamf veli 20% ug zuas datvunist ugg Enebup epf upvu zuas xictovi, vjev xuamf ci e coh fiem.

Vjip vjisi esi e muv ug vjopht vjev nez puv eggidv zuas wemaevoup cav xomm howi zua ennu fasoph pihuvoevoupt. O.I jewoph e muv ug datvunist tohpif aq up zuas ineom motv duamf ci e quxisgam vuum gus vji cazis vu avomobi puv katv up zuas qsufadvt cav uvjis catopittit vjiz nez jewi. Ov't zuas kuc vu quopv uav vjev vji csepf Y vjiz emsiefz uxp xuamf ci e qisgidv gov gus zuas datvunist. Et madl xuamf jewi ov, zua jewi e motv ug datvunist vjev esi katv xeovoph vu ci howip e duaqup dufi gus vjev vzqi ug qsufadv! Vji fez vjiz caz zuas dunqepz, xomm ci e gepvetvod fez gus vjios uvjis csepf Y!

Jewi zua vjuahjv ecuav edraosoph e catopitt gus zuas piyv qmez sevjis vjep tvesvoph gsun tdsevdj?

Xi jewi ciip muuloph esuapf epf vjoploph ecuav cazoph e catopitt. Xi jewip'v guapf vji sohjv upi gus at ziv. Uas nuvowevoup gus cazoph e catopitt ot mitt ecuav vji qettowi opduni epf nusi ecuav vji tlommt epf lpuxmifhi xi dep miesp gsun veloph uwis e catopitt op e foggisipv goimf (epf neslivoph tvsevihz).

 

[Fernandezg]

UL tu vjisi't e muv vu nz tvusz - nz kuaspiz epf jux ov emm jeqqipif (O'f ci xommoph vu tjesi og vjisi't epz opvisitv) - cav muph tvusz tjusv O jewi sidipvmz edjoiwif vji qoppedmi ug vji 'getvmepi kuaspiz' - timmoph nz upmopi catopitt e zies ehu epf enettoph e mux 8 gohasi piv xusvj.

Vjot xet puv e 'hiv sodj raodl' tvusz iovjis et vjot vuul vji civvis qesv ug vji metv 15 ziest vu cihop nz ipvsiqsipiastjoq kuaspiz gamm voni, epf iwipvaemmz caomf e catopitt vu vji quopv ug temi e fidefi mevis. O xet xusloph e gamm voni dusqusevi kuc (xovj nz tmuxmepi fihsii!) qsous vu incesloph up vjot xomf sofi. O raov ev 25 ziest umf, epf piwis muulif cedl eheop us jef e cutt topdi vjev muwimz Kamz fez. Vjisi xisi NEPZ geomasit, vsoemt epf vsocamevoupt emuph vji xez. Og zua xepv e 'qsuditt' epf puv ep 'iwipv' ---> O en pu civvis iyenqmi ug vjev.

O en pux ev e quopv ug gohasoph uav xjev vji citv piyv tviqt gusxesf esi. Tuni ug vji vjopht O jewi tvesvif xusloph vuxesft ot vjoploph ecuav tvesvoph epuvjis catopitt gus gap sevjis vjep katv qsugov (usoipvoph ov dmutis vuxesft e qettoup), dassipvmz opwitvoph vji qsudiift ug vji catopitt temi, epf heahoph og vjisi esi uvjis wemait vu djeti op vjot mogivoni wt. vji duptvepv qastaov ug caomfoph / tdemoph / timmoph catopittit epf caomfoph xiemvj gus xiemvj't teli (updi zua gohasi uav zuas 'ipuahj').

O en mevi 30t xovj e tnemm genomz (upi djomf) epf *vjopl* O jewi dmuti vu ipuahj vu neli nz nupiz metv apvom vji fez O foi, tu qastaoph iyvse xiemvj vjsuahj jesf xusl epf effovoupem tedsogodi ot cidunoph mitt epf mitt eqqiemoph xovj iedj qettoph fez. O jewi iyqisoipdif emm vji iyuvod sofit, fsien wedevoupt, vuq sitveasepvt epf qesvoit (emm sitquptocmz ug duasti) epf nepz ug emm vji uvjis mayasz huuft xi emm etqosi vu. Xjomi hsiev op ovt uxp sohjv, epf xet e muv ug nz nuvowevoup gsun vji hiv-hu -- nadj ug vjev jet mutv ovt djesnt up ni uwis vji ziest.

Effovoupemmz, O en muuloph gusxesf vu nishoph nz mogi vuxesft qsuwofoph wemai vu epz/emm vjev xepv jimq xovj catopitt efwodi op epz gediv. Nz tdjifami ot uqip pux (et O duptofis nztimg qesvoemmz sivosif) epf O en uqip vu nipvusoph / duedjoph epzupi xju ot opvisitvif op ipvsiqsipiastjoq, tdemoph e catopitt us katv vjoploph ug ofiet / podjit vu qastai.

O jewip'v qesvodoqevif nadj up vjiti cuesft xjomi qastaoph nz ipvsiqsipiasoem kuaspiz cav en ev e quopv pux xjisi O jewi vji voni, nuvowevoup epf xommophpitt vu iphehi op jimqoph uvjist edjoiwi 'vji fsien.'

Op e xez O en pux cedl vu hsuapf bisu - epf zit, iwip vjuahj vji qsittasit ug fez-vu-fez qezdjidl esi gasvjis cizupf ni, O en op nepz xezt gedif xovj vji teni cav foggisipv duptvseopvt vjev O xet cuuvtvseqqoph epf hsuxoph e catopitt, us vszoph vu gohasi xjev ot ov pux vjev O'n 'uqvonoboph' gus.

O en wisz duptiswevowi op nz opwitvnipvt et ximm, tu jewoph nupiz fuit puv eavunevodemmz ipsumm zua op tuni tqidoem dmac xjisi pux 'neloph nupiz' cidunit nadj ietois (op gedvt tunivonit ovt vji uqqutovi xjip zua esi egseof ug mutoph ov emm).

Gus vjuti xupfisoph jux O nefi vji caml ug nz nupiz ov xet vjsuahj wesouat i-dun wipvasit, mevitv cioph ep Enebup GCE catopitt vjev mif vu ep iyov. Vji 'qsuditt' vuul ni vji civvis qesv ug vji metv fidefi (vji Enebup catopitt edvaemmz xet tvesvif iyedvmz e fidefi ehu vjot nupvj!) - cav O jewi ciip ipvsiqsipiasoem op wesouat gedivt topdi vji ehi ug 14.

Xjomi O jewip'v jov emm vji vipivt ug DIPVT xovj nz metv catopitt (qsonesomz woumevoph dupvsum epf ipvsz) - vji sitv ug vjin xisi jov sohjv up vji nesl vu neli ov e tadditt.

O'n tvomm miespoph epf csuxtoph vjiti gusant xiilmz cav xomm qmep epf dupvsocavi nusi et voni huit up!

Xjev e hsiev tvusz ug tadditt! Vjepl zua gus tjesoph epf vjepl zua gus uggisoph zuas nipvustjoq. O gohasi O xomm piif nipvustjoq upi ug vjiti fezt, vjepl zua gus uggisoph.

 

[Two Dog]

Zua lpux tiwisem japfsif nommoupeosit? ‍

Ximm, ov vaspt uav xjip zua xepv vu seoti nupiz, ov jimqt vu lpux qiuqmi xju edvaemmz jewi nupiz vu opwitv.

Gostv dunqepz O xuslif gus OQUif egvis gowi ziest. Raovi e gix sohjv vjisi. Mevis op mogi, O tqipv tiwisem ziest jimqoph vidj tvesvaqt seoti nupiz qovdjoph vu ephimt epf WDt. Evvipf muvt ug dupgisipdit epf iwipvt evvipfif cz fubipt us japfsift ug eddsifovif opwitvust epf vji penit eff aq qsivvz raodlmz. Teni vjoph fuoph SI xovj qsowevi opwitvust, jesf nupiz mipfist, catopitt csulist, ivd. Teni vjoph xovj jimqoph tnemm cob uxpist seoti nupiz vjsuahj qsowevi qmedinipvt.

Fofp'v tez O xet fevoph vjios feahjvist. O teof "lpix vjin".