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It's Time to Stop Thinking Like a Freelancer
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I started consulting 10 months ago. The first time I offered my services I felt like a phony. Who am I to offer training / coaching / consulting? There are so many people better than me out there in the world, why bother? Who would pay me for my time? While I felt comfortable and confident […]
Success Hacking 101: How to Turn an Idea Into A Business Without Money, an Audience, or Technical Skills
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How can you turn an idea into a business: if you don’t have a “technical” skill (i.e. you’re not an engineer or programmer)? if you don’t have a lot of money (nor do you want to spend a lot of money to get the idea started)? if you want to get it up and running […]
The 3 Step Framework for Starting Anything From Scratch
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I get asked questions every day about starting, finishing, and shipping things. Let’s be honest: I bring this on myself. Not only do I write about these topics, but I ask everyone I meet or who joins The Resistance to tell me what they’re struggling with (and how I can help). The nature of this […]
5 Reasons You Should Write (and Publish) Your Work
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Ever since I can remember, I loved the idea of being a writer. After all, how cool would it be to create something as epic as The Lord of the Rings, or The Chronicles of Narnia, or Gates of Fire and know that this amazing story came from you? But time passed and I never did […]
How to Sell Anything (That's Worth Selling)
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Learn how to sell anything (that’s worth selling) in this 7-minute video that film critics everywhere are raving about*: *I can neither confirm nor deny this statement. This training is based on the launch of a business mastermind + training program for veterans, and is Part 3 of a 3-part training. In Part 2, I […]
How to Build a Lean Sales Funnel From Scratch
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In 2014, I collaborated on and launched a premium mastermind program. What started as just an idea several months prior culminated in a launch that brought in $40,000+ allowing us to fund our startup operation without a loan or investors. In part 1, I wrote about “The Open Loop Product Development Framework” - a process I […]
How to Launch a Business from Scratch (part 1 of 3)
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For a more in-depth look at building a team and shipping a product to market, check out: Collaborate: The Modern Playbook for Leading a Small Team to Create, Market, and Sell Digital Products Online. The Open Loop Product Development Framework One of the first major projects I collaborated on was a business mastermind for veterans. What's […]
The 3 Step Pivot Framework: How to Turn Failure into Success
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Last month I got an email from a friend. After 6 months of hustle, she's throwing in the towel. Why? I felt bad. I hate seeing people fail. I hate it even more when a project fails that hasn't been properly validated in the marketplace. In my friend's case, she had only tried one option. It […]
Lean Launch: How to Sell an Idea Before You Build it (a $41,000 case study)
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I recently launched a new product that generated $41,000 in gross revenue, and in this article, I'm going to break down how we did it. While the launch was a success, the remarkable part isn’t the amount we brought in (I’ve seen bigger launches). No, what’s remarkable is the process we used to get it […]
Pay What You Want: Share Your Work - Make a Profit
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Finally. After 6+ months of testing, tracking and recording... 3 months of intensive research, study, and compiling... And 1 month of all-consuming writing, editing, scrapping...and writing some more... I've finished my new book: The Complete Guide to Pay What You Want Pricing: How You Can Share Your Work and Still Make a Profit Author Tom […]