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$407,443 Naming Chinese Babies
Beau Jessup created a site to help Chinese parents choose English names for their kids, charging $600+ daily. Think beyond one-off favors; your help could be a business opportunity.
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To Get Better, First Get Worse
Pat Walls is the founder of Starter Story, which pulls in about $45,000 in monthly revenue. Pat plays a lot of tennis 🎾 He likens improving as an entrepreneur to improving at tennis… The pusher won’t fix his mediocre backhand. He’ll cover it up, hide it, and protect it with hacky tactics. The pusher avoids his weaknesses. The…
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Elon Musk’s Cheery Fatalism
Elon Musk’s response to a tweet about how to deal with anxiety… Accept worst case outcome & assign it a probability, which is usually very low. Now think of good things in life & assign them probabilities – many are certain! Bringing anxiety/fear to the conscious mind saps it of limbic emotional strength. Cheery fatalism is…
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100 articles in 100 days
Anne-Laure Le Cunff built Ness Labs to $100k ARR by writing daily for 100 days, leading to exposure, consulting contracts, coaching clients, and media features. What’s your version?
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$20,000/Month Reptile Vlogger
Brian Barczyk started vlogging about reptiles 🦎 back in 2008. Here’s his first video… Now he’s got 3.3 million subscribers on YouTube, charges $30,000 for a sponsorship deal and earns about $20,000 per month from ad revenue. One of his most popular videos: Two Head Snake Eating!! (skip if you’re squeamish)…
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$35 Million Selling Dog Ramps Online
Sometimes it’s better to buy and scale an existing business rather than build one from scratch. For example, Ramon van Meer bought an ecommerce dog ramp business for $300,000 and in 2.5 years scaled it to $35 million in revenue 🤑 He wrote: For me, it is easier and faster to go from 1 to 10 vs…
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Freelance Writers Den Review
A review of Freelance Writers Den by Carol Tice. Essential info, price and discount details, red flags, reviews from real students…
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$1 Million Online Treasure Hunt
Check out this insanely complex puzzle from Bored Ape Yacht Club, plus the solution. The grand prize was worth more than $1 million in NFTs and ETH 🤯 Related: How Four NFT Novices Created a Billion-Dollar Ecosystem of Cartoon Apes
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3 Years to $500k ARR
Plausible is a privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative founded by Uku Täht and Marko Saric. Grew from $400 to $500k ARR in under two years using “beef marketing.”
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The Paradigm Culture Wars
Nathan Baschez with a thoughtful essay about overcoming Web3 bias 🧠 A taste: If you’re excited to join the new paradigm but you’re worried you’ll look like a fool if it all comes to naught: don’t worry about it and dive in! My only advice would be to focus on building, and keep the “collecting” / “investing”…
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3D Artists Selling Digital Clothes
Check out this article from Vice: People Are Buying Digital Clothes Because That’s a Thing Now Digital fashion makes everything traditional fashion does—shirts, dresses, pants, hats, shoes, and accessories—but none of it is tangible. Instead, customers “wear” digital clothing through augmented reality and digitally altered photos. Mentioned in the article is DressX, a digital clothing marketplace. Last…
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Sold his website for $6 million
Doug Cunnington recently interviewed Larry Ludwig… Larry started a site called Investor Junkie in 2009. Less than nine years later, he sold it for $6 million 💰 Along the way, Larry monetized entirely with affiliate marketing. Btw, if you’re interested in affiliate marketing or SEO, definitely check out Doug Cunnington’s website and mailing list, especially his famous Keyword Golden Ratio.
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Become the Archer, Not the Arrow
🎯 Words from Clint Bruce, a former Navy SEAL and seasoned entrepreneur… “For so long I was an arrow trying to hit my target, now I am an archer trying to let fly my arrows in the right direction, but trusting them to find their way.” Via Codie Sanchez’s latest newsletter: 86% of Self-Made Billionaires Have THIS…
