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Advice from a young Jeff Bezos
Here’s a PDF of Jeff Bezos’ 1997 letter to shareholders. Remarkable how prescient Bezos was, just three years after starting Amazon and four years before the company would have its first profitable quarter. Two parts of the letter that jump out to me… Because of our emphasis on the long term, we may make decisions…
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Big Mario Marketing
The day you understand this framework, is the day you learned marketing. Strong words there from Shaan Puri, but it is a key marketing concept, best explained with this image I posted to Twitter. That’s one of twelve “frameworks every entrepreneur should learn” that Shaan shared on a recent episode of the My First Million podcast. Lots…
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VTubers: the next big thing?
BBC.com reports on the rise of virtual YouTubers, aka VTubers, especially in Japan 🇯🇵 The most popular VTuber channel has grown from 200k subs last December to almost 3 million today. The most watched video on that channel is a music video by a VTuber named Kizuna AI, with 14 million views… Social Blade estimates the channel is earning as…
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$400k this year from a new course
It’s a course called Effortless Output in Roam by Nat Eliason, created and launched in Jan/Feb. Roam = Roam Research, “a note-taking tool for networked thought.” 👉 In a recent video, Nat broke down how he validated the idea for the course before building it… In short, he wrote up an article about how he used Roam, shared it…
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Sarah Cooper’s overnight success
Sarah Cooper is the comedian who blew up earlier this year with her lip-sync video of Donald Trump (23+ million views) 🚀 Now she has her own Netflix special coming out next week. Trung Phan researched Sarah extensively and found that her “overnight success” was actually 12 years in the making. Two key takeaways from his research: 1. Keep experimenting. Gary…
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$1.1 million selling suspenders online
Jackson Cunningham tells the story on Reddit. Especially interesting because he and his co-founder were very methodical about finding the idea (using keyword research) and building the company. They’ve apparently done similar with theatrical masks and luxury cat furniture 😸 Related: Backlinko has a great starter guide for keyword research that’ll put you ahead of the pack.
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Best Online Lottery Sites
To save you time and money, I’m testing and reviewing all the best online lottery sites. These are the absolute best sites I’ve found so far…
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Cheap Lottery Tickets: Where To Get Them?
Here are 3 ways to get cheap lottery tickets. The first 2 are your best bet. DON’T buy lottery tickets the third way unless you have no other choice.
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TheLotter Review
An in-depth theLotter review, from an actual lottery player. Discover the pros and cons of theLotter compared to other online lottery sites.
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Mystery Iraqi Guy – Online Lottery Winner
How did M.M. make money online? M.M. is the name given to the man who won the Oregon Megabucks lottery back in August 2015. Despite being an Iraqi citizen and living in Iraq, M.M. was able to buy a ticket for the Oregon Megabucks online via theLotter and won the jackpot. Here’s an explainer video…
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How To Stop Gambling
Wondering how to stop gambling? Here are 5 ways and lots of resources to help you stop gambling and take back control of your life, once and for all.
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Ted Tutton – Remote Tutor
Profile of a remote tutor. Find out how to find a remote job as a tutor, and see salary info for this kind of remote job.
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Tamara Teather – Remote Teacher
Profile of a remote teacher. Find out how to find a remote job as a teacher, and see salary info for this kind of remote job.
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The Coming Home Theater Boom
Matt from Takeaways writes that you might be able to capitalize on the upcoming home theater boom… This week Disney announced they’re shifting their focus to streaming while AMC warned they may run out of cash by the end of the year. It’s clear: due to COVID, theaters aren’t coming back any time soon. I believe…
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29 Psychological Sales Tricks
An insightful infographic from TitleMax. One trick: Include an expensive menu item most people won’t buy. By having a $50 dish on the menu, diners are more likely to shell out $30 for other menu items because it seems reasonable in comparison. Related video from Derek Halpern, making the case that you should always offer…
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