I've challenged myself to make $100K in 100 days (DAY 30) - It’s day 30 of my journey.



**Who am I?**



I’m a Software Engineer living in Serbia, with no prior experience in sales or entrepreneurship.



**What I’ve already done in these 30 days?**



I’ve ... See More started working on a mobile app. I’ve created a couple of screens so far.



I’ve created a few digital products and selling them on Etsy.



I’ve started offering mentoring services for beginner level programmers.



I’ve uploaded a “Day in life” video on YouTube.



**What am I currently doing?**



I’m learning how to sell because it’s essential.



I’m filming new videos for my YouTube channel.



I’m trying to find a project on Upwork but it’s difficult since I don’t have any testimonials.



My blog (which I have since February) has started getting some organic clicks. I’m trying to dive deeper in SEO to get more impressions and views.



**What are the next steps?**



I want to grow my blog and YT channel.



I continue to do mentoring because it’s the only thing that makes me money so far.



I’m gonna try Fiverr.



I see a huge long-term potential in DeFi, so I’m going to start investing in it.



**How much I’ve made?**



I’ve made $1100 in the first month. Yes, it’s not a very impressive number. On the other hand, it was just an idea in my head which turned into the money in my bank account. Moreover, I wouldn’t make any money if I didn’t start the challenge.



**Summary**



Honestly, I planned to do more in 30 days. I thought I could create an MVP of my app, create more digital products, etc. But since I have a full-time job and there are only 24 hours in each day, I guess I did everything I could. Anyway I’m happy that I’ve started the challenge, it helps me be more proactive.

The OceanGate tragedy is a great example of why ideas are worth nothing and engineering and commercialization are far bigger than anyone thinks. - This is a great r/entrepreneur lesson.

Stockton Rush has clearly demonstrated how important the final details of taking a design from MVP to commercialization is. OceanGate had ... See More a great prototype, but clearly it was not proven technology. Controversy around the design limits and post dive inspection ultrasonic testing versus destructive testing occurred during the development. The design should be been rated to 50% below the working limits and then verified using destructive testing after 50 or 60 pressure cycles. The problem is creating a 400+ bar test facility at scale is incredibly cost prohibitive. Using carbon fiber in a compressive stress environment seems a bit "out of the box" thinking.

I worked for a company that manufactured subsea tools, and the number of companies that would come along with a great "idea", but without any rigorous engineering to back it up was amazing. You have to prove that a tool will run 100's of times without failure and then figure out how to manufacture and test it. The prototype is probably 10% of the total cost of commercialization. This is why your idea is not worth much. It is even more important when human lives are on the line.

I believe this also applies to software as well. Building a prototype is pretty trivial these days, but making it robust from a usability and security perspective is the large, underwater end of the iceberg.

RIP the crew of the Titan who had to illustrate this concept so well for us.

Outsourced sales people - Hello, small business owner here.
I've been thinking of hiring outsourced sales people for outbound calls.
We think of investing completely in a cold-call agency (such as Wing-Assistant) leaving them in complete charge of the sales funnel, from prospecting to pitching to closing.
The prospect we ... See More initially called (Wing assistant) quoted a price of close to 7,000 US dollars for a minimum three-month term
In your professional estimations -
1. how is this an option?
2. what other alternatives exist?
3. Is this price standard across the industry?
Additionally, if anyone is aware of an agency that charges on a per-sale basis, that would interest us.

How to advertise my Shopify store? - I am just starting out and i have very little money. Could anyone suggest me ways by which I could popularize my Shopify store by spending little to no money on advertising...

Unable to Get Entries in my Free Art Giveaway - Need Insight! - I've been focusing on increasing my Instagram presence to steer more traffic to my print shops. As part of this, I decided to host a free print giveaway to boost my visibility and give back to my ... See More followers. However, despite the post gathering 30 likes and 7 shares, not a single person participated (they simply needed to like the photo and comment which print they wanted for free).


Normally, my posts attract around 200 views and 50-70 likes each, so this lack of engagement is puzzling. Does anyone have suggestions on how to run a successful giveaway?

Value drop Day 8 - A Chrome extension making $42k/month - Missed me yet? Well, I’m back with 🔥.

Day 8 let’s Go 👇- Theme “Data Tools Built On Top of Marketplaces”

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1/ closet.tools - 42k/month Chrome Extension

The extension allows users to automate posting on the fashion re-selling marketplace ... See More Poshmark.

Currently charges users $30 per month

Pretty simple and useful tool.

Simple extension - Profitable - Low overhead

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2/ junglescout.com - $64M per year

Jungle Scout was started as a fully remote company in 2015 by Greg Mercer.

The company initially sold optimizing search tools to sellers solely on Amazon

The company quickly grew on this simple mission to help Amazon sellers.

Today they evolved and offer:

-search and market analytics
-inventory management
-sales intelligence

Pretty simple and inspiring growth.


3/ helium10.com - $39M per year

Provide data of Amazon and have a b2b business helping sell over Amazon.

Literally a Jungle scout competitor.

This tells me that sometimes you don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

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Go get it 👍

See you soon for Day 9 of Value Drop !

How much did you invest of your own personal money into your business venture? Did it work out or was it a failure? - Title