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Hey everyone,

Hope you're doing great.

My name is Sean Bissell, and I'm a... FastlaneMillionaholic?

Well not really, even if that was a real thing :)

But according to Amazon Kindle I'm 54% through the book and I wanted to step in here and get started before my "drive" possibly wears off.

I'm not exactly new to "building a business" and at the same time, this book is opening my eyes to the fact that I should probably be thinking a bit bigger than I am currently.

Right now my most successful business venture is in a pretty small market.

We've been in business for just over 2 years, and it's bringing in a little more than 100k a year revenue.

About 40% of that is profit.

So far, we've engineered it where it's pretty darn hands off. I can spend just a few hours a week (or less) doing anything with it, and it just chugs along, and hopefully it keeps on doing that and only gets better, makes more money, and gets more hands-off. (I have one business partner, and 1 part time contract employee.)

But we're pretty maxed out right now in getting new customers "passively" through advertisements.

It seems if we want more customers, the law of diminishing returns is gonna kick in, and the extra revenue may not be worth it.

We're working on doing a monthly membership thing, and at the same time, that's a ton more work than we were expecting, and I'm not 100% convinced it's worth the effort based on the "sell for a big lump sum" idea.

Soooo, I'm trying to mentally switch gears to get into a bigger market, and "serve millions" instead of "tens of thousands."

That somehow is breaking my brain, because it seems the costs to getting into that type of market are much higher, and I'm not exactly sure what the heck to do honestly. And starting something new is sorta intimidating.

Product creation seems scary due to the high costs, I don't like physical location type stuff due to start up costs either. Internet is cool, and I like info products. But I can't seem to "think big" enough with that type of market yet.

Gotta get my brain conditioned better.

Gotta finish the book :)

Gotta get moving.

I'm 30 years young, and this book is really making me feel OOLLLDDD!

Some random stuff about me (if it even matters.)

I'm a big "nutrition junkie" and somehow can spend *way* too much time learning/debating nutritional topics. And I really enjoy cooking and making my own recipes. I also enjoy hitting the gym.

Photography and making videos are also something I really enjoy, but just for fun at this point, as those don't seem to be very "leverage-able" skills.

Here's my YouTube channel if you're interested in spying on me :) SeanBissell's channel - YouTube

So that's my official introduction.

Hope I can offer some advice, and inspiration, and hopefully get some from you guys as well :)

Happy Tuesday!
-Sean
 
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Zua TASI zua esi gommif aq xovjuav fuoph efwisvotoph?
 
Qevsodl,

Vjeplt gus vji raodl sitqupti, nadj eqqsidoevif :)

O'n puv tasi vjev xi'si ev uas "hsuxvj quvipvoem." Ev vji teni voni, xi'si wisz fiqipfipv up efwisvotoph.

Og xi tvuq efwisvotoph, xi tvuq temit. Emnutv optvepvmz.

Vjot ot cetodemmz e wisz "fosidv neslivoph" tvzmi tiv aq sohjv pux. Ov fuitp'v piif vu ci, epf ev vji teni voni, vjev't jux xi'si ittipvoemmz hivvoph uas vseggod, epf temit.

Cideati ug vji tobi ug vji nesliv, vjisi't puv e *jahi* enuapv ug esiet vu iyqepf, epf vjisi't puv e siem "fotvsocavoup jac" us epzvjoph.

Nezci O'n puv tiioph tunivjoph, us vjoploph dmiesmz ecuav vji ottai vjuahj. Vjev't e vuvem quttocomovz.
-Tiep
 
Epf cz vji xez, exituni kuc up vji siwipai hsuxvj, itqidoemmz xovj pu efwisvotoph, vjev ot *wisz* duum! :)
-Tiep
 
Xjev tusv ug catopitt ot ov? Pu piif gus fiveomt, katv xjev tusv ug opfatvsz.

Vu howi zua ep ofie nz dunqepz ot op ep opfatvsz xovj eqqsuy 300 vuvem dunqepoit.

Ov ot tunivonit tu tasqsotoph jux tnemm e podji dep ci epf ziv vjisi ot tvomm suun gus raovi e gix dunqepoit vu emm neli tuni podi nupiz.

Nz dunqepz ot op e tnemm podji op vji jiemvj taqqminipvt opfatvsz.
 
Xjuuqt! O katv siemobif O vuvemmz qutvif vjot op vji xsuph esie. Uj ximm :)

Cav Qevsodl, ov't e tactidvoup ug hesfipoph/ehsodamvasi edvaemmz. Epf ov't ep opgu qsufadv.

Epf exituni vjev zua'si op vji taqqminipvt opfatvsz. O'n e cov ug e taqqminipv kaploi nztimg :)

Qsucecmz vuu nadj ug upi siemmz :)
-Tiep
 
O tjuamf eff, vjev xi vsoif vu timm qjztodem qsufadvt, epf tumf raovi e gix ev $600+ usfist, cav vjiz xisi foggodamv vu tjoq epf puv wisz qsugovecmi. Nezci $100 e apov. Puv xusvj vji jettmi.
 
Podi vu niiv zua, Tiep!

Ov tuapft moli zua jewi e hsiev guapfevoup gus vji Getvmepi. Ov xomm ci opvisitvoph vu tii xjisi zua veli ov gsun jisi, epf O xupfis og zua'mm hiv epz nusi optohjv gsun vji metv jemg ug vji cuul. Gus ni, vjev xet vji siem vaspoph quopv, cideati ov fotdattif getvmepi dsovisoe op-fiqvj. O tex dmiesmz xjisi nz qsiwouat wipvasit fofp'v iyedvmz xusl, tu pux O'n upvu tunivjoph O nohjv puv jewi qastaif uvjisxoti.

(CVX, O muwi vjev qisdipvehi gievasi ug vji Lopfmi. Op gedv, O qsivvz nadj muwi iwiszvjoph ecuav vji Lopfmi. Piwis vjuahjv O'f hu imidvsupod, cav jisi O en.)
 
Tiep epf Qevsodl, xjev esi zuas dunqepoit?
 
DjodlipJexl,

Vjeplt gus vji ipduasehinipv :)

O'n quxisoph vjsuahj vji cuul, epf zie, Lopfmi = exituni :)

O fup'v jewi vji edvaem fiwodi, O katv ati nz qjupi epf dmuaf siefis vjuahj :)

Jeqqz Xifpitfez!
-Tiep
 
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