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How I earn $3500/month online, writing about cannabis and cryptocurrency
I wake up whenever I feel like waking up. I have lots of free time for hobbies like painting, working out, socializing with friends, and traveling the world.
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Earning $50k from intentionally crap games
A fascinating (and funny) 45-minute talk by two game developers who, frustrated by the low ROI from building quality games, decided to try the opposite approach… They paid $15 for a basic slot machine game 🎰, turned it into a template, and used that to quickly generate hundreds of games for the Android App Store. “At this…
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50% of top Shopify stores are in this niche
According to data shared on Reddit, it’s the fashion niche 👚 Other points of interest from that thread and the full data set: (One caveat: as noted in the Reddit comments, the data set doesn’t include “headless” Shopify stores – ie. stores which use the Shopify backend but are hosted independently.)
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How to get rich (without getting lucky)
Here’s a famous Twitter thread about getting rich by a thoughtful entrepreneur, investor, and all-around rich guy named Naval Ravikant. He’s since expanded on those ideas in other formats: I’ve been listening to the podcast version on and off the past week, training my brain to be better at business 🧠
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On becoming a freelance career coach, resume and LinkedIn expert while raising kids in Madagascar
I work independently and earn $6,500/month online. Working from home gave us the flexibility we needed as a military family.
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Recommended Resources
A curated collection of the best tools and resources we’ve found for building an online business. Web hosting, email marketing, courses, etc.
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This book lives up to the hype
You’ve probably heard of Atomic Habits 📖 I started into it a few days ago – it’s one of three reads in this month’s FBB book club – and so far it’s living up to the hype. One of the many passages I’ve highlighted already: if you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end…
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$13-17/hour teaching English online
A solid overview of QKids posted on Reddit. Quick overview:
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Why Mr Beast is a genius
Here’s a nice 10-minute video breakdown of how 21-year-old YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast) is racking up ~300 million views per month and earning himself millions of dollars… Four keys: (Also interesting to see that video about MrBeast practicing what they teach. Almost 2.5 million views in a couple of weeks!)
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On building a $48k/month online business with no money, skills or experience
I own a website design agency, based out of San Francisco but with the virtual team in the Philippines. I bring home $20,000/month in profit.
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20 consecutive years of travel
There are a lot of overhyped travel bloggers out there nowadays. But one of the true originals – and still one of the best, IMO – is Wandering Earl, who has now been living a life of travel for 20 consecutive years 🤯 This week he shared the most important lesson he’s learned from his adventures: stop and…
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Now is a great time to do this
Words from Kayleigh Moore in the latest edition of her newsletter: Reach out to clients/contacts you haven’t spoken to/worked with in the past 3-6 months. Send a short email and ask what they’re up to, if they have any holiday plans, and if there’s anything you can help them with in 2020. It’s a really natural time…
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How to land a $145,000 remote job
Basecamp is an impressive company with many employees working remotely. They advertised an opening for a Senior Programmer back in July – with pay ranging from $145,000 to $179,000 per year – and ended up hiring a dude named Jorge who lives in Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸 On the Basecamp blog earlier this week, Jorge revealed how he got hired,…
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Above and beyond = overrated
Interesting thread on Hacker News: What mistakes did you make when starting as a consultant/freelancer? I particularly like this contrarian advice from Greg Kogan (username gk1): Stop trying to go above-and-beyond all the time. Do what you were brought in to do, and do it exceptionally well. If other opportunities come up, suggest them as follow-on…
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My first year as a freelance ghostwriter, now earning $3000/month while traveling East Africa
I’m based in Nairobi, Kenya, traveling around East Africa while working online and building a community for remote workers and digital nomads in Africa.
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