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First, a bit about me: I’m 30 years old. I’ve founded a startup backed by YCombinator and, more recently, worked as a Sr Product Manager at a tech company in San Francisco. Last December and January I had to go on medical leave for a series of brain surgeries. After a longer-than-expected...

I am already making some recurring money doing SEO but I want to increase my income and I have $10,000 that I can invest. What are the different things that I can do?

When the Justin TV website launched in 2007, it live-streamed Justin Kan’s life around the clock. Justin, along with Michael Seibel and two others, developed and launched the idea. By 2011, it evolved into Twitch, a gamers live streaming site. Michael later explained that, in the early days the...

🛠️ DAY 8: PRICING- LAYER ON VALUE AND CHARGE WHAT YOU WANT. Backstory: From Zero to $20 million in sales Day 1- The Industries that Work Day 2- Choosing Your City and Business Model Day 3- How To Choose Your Domain Day 4- Website and elements Day 5- Logo and focus Day 6- Copywriting Day...

I’m trying to get more official with my business, which is basically a glorified freelance operation that’s taken on a life of it’s own. One element of getting more “official” is getting my clients on a contract. Up until now everything has been “handshake.” But as I’m putting it out there...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a modern day philosopher. He suggests that people and things are in one of three states: Fragile, Robust or Anti-fragile. The opposite of Fragile is not Robust, but Anti-fragile - benefiting from disorder. Below are insights on Robustness and Anti-fragility from Taleb’s...

Tiktok is testing Stories that disappear after 24 hours and these will appear on left side of the home section. Pinterest adds shoppable video pins for creators. Whats app added disappearing Images and videos feature in chats. After being opened, content will disappear after 24 hours. YouTube...

Cold emailing has the power to open doors to influential people and great opportunities. Most cold emails will fail because, by definition, you don’t have a relationship (yet). Tapping into the power of email is one of the tactics covered in Brian Wong’s book The Cheat Code. No target email...

In 2002, life was terrible for James Altucher. He lost is home, family, friends, money and had no job. Deeply depressed, he spent all day in bed and contemplated suicide. Then, one day, he made the decision to write down 10 ideas per day. He started with a simple list of things and progressed...

I've used my cold emailing skills to connect with some big shots in various industries (from direct response to ecom to founders who sold their companies for 8 & 9 figures). I can't spill the beans on most of them (don’t know if I’m allowed to). I can only share Stefan Georgi’s name (one of...

While million dollar ideas don't come to anyone on a silver platter, if you sold something for $1.00 to one million people, you'd earn $1,000,000.00 in revenue. I'm looking to give something like that a try: Selling something for $1.00 to one million people. But I'm trying to figure out what I...

As entrepreneurs, we all know the most important thing is speed and focus. But I used to significantly struggle with my productivity and focus when it came to my business. I would start the week by planning out all of the tasks I wanted to get done for the week and start out strong, but then...

Hey r/EntrepreneurRideAlong! I posted here ~6 months ago when I quit my job to pursue a startup full-time. Linking the old post here for reference Shortly after that, we went through Y Combinator which was an incredible experience Wanted to share my 4 most unexpected lessons learned from YC...

R/dropship*** not dropshipping, sorreeeeee Long time wanted to do it and was so busy with other businesses and family and ignoring my own personal needs that I never went there. Never enough time or money. Well, I went there. I have it stocked with crap from the same old places mostly but we...

Hey Guys, I have created https://cryptofi.co to help individuals to create bitcoin invoices. Your customers will get the invoice in the mail and they can pay directly from there. We are noncustodial so just add your bitcoin address and start invoicing your customers and keep track of them. We...

I’ve run my own SEO consulting business since 2011. Unfortunately there have been about 4.7 trillion “best ways to work from home” articles published in the last 2 years listing SEO as one of the more favorable ways to make money virtually, so between newbies, ad agencies, and others trying to...

Hi everyone thank you for taking the time to read my post, all advice and perspectives are appreciated! BACKGROUND: I'm a 27 year old resident doctor, currently in year 4 out of a 5 year residency. Right now I make about $90,000 a year however as soon as I graduate from residency (about 2 - 3...

Hello everyone, A few months ago, I asked the SaaS community if they had a problem with users sharing accounts and abusing free trials to avoid paying for subscriptions. After receiving many different responses, I decided to dig deeper and interview a few companies that might be experiencing...

Passion: Find your true passion and infuse it into every aspect of your business. Let it be the driving force that fuels your determination and propels you forward. Planning: Craft a well-defined business plan that outlines your goals, strategies, and action steps. Continuously review and adjust...

So a bit of context - I’m 29 and have an already established company that does a modest $40k / mo gross. It’s a single member owned online business and I’ve built it by myself, so I’m comfortable marketing/branding/designing and product development. Here’s the thing - I want to start my next...