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Make an Extra $2k/mo
side project to pay rent
there’s a misconception that in business or as an entrepreneur you need to build a giant conglomeration
that you need to be shooting for 10’s of millions, that you need to be after all the crazy stuff, the cars, the watches, the highrise, everything
when really, we all actually want the exact same way, which is to just live a life that’s true to ourselves
and that’s different for all of us - but I can tell you this, as someone that has bought my dream car, a nice watch, that lived on the 45th floor in Miami with a water view
none of that is better than:
waking up whenever I want
setting my own hours of when I want to work
not looking at prices at the grocery store
picking up dinner for my friends
a lot of people don’t even want to be “entrepreneurs” they just want a side project on top of their job so they’re not so stressed over bills
my SaaS that I started made me $2,000 in the last 4 weeks while working on it less than 5 hours a week
I built a product that I knew had demand, and I have an automated cold email campaign running, and I have a sales guy managing the replies and ripping cold calls
besides that - I’ve formed a few partnerships, but I had to cool it on the marketing while my dev team spends the next month pushing some updates
and while the $2,000 doesn’t change my life, an extra $2,000 a month would change a lot of people’s lives
anyone can do this - you find an idea that’s in demand, you either learn to build the product, hire someone, or partner with someone
and then you focus on affordable customer acquisition channels (email / cold calling / content / partnerships)
it’s actually very simple, just like when you cook you follow a recipe, there is a formula to doing this predictably time and time over again
it’s how I started Closify and made my first million
it’s how I started Trackify, how I helped grow fastoutreach, and now Zappx
it’s also the same formula I gave Shachar and now he cracked $1,000 MRR
does it take some time? sure - all good things do
but anyone can build a software that makes them a few extra grand per month to just run on a few hours per week and collect your money
or maybe you do want to grow it to a big company for a big fat exit
whichever it is - the playbook is similar
if you want to follow the exact steps that I do for: finding ideas, building them, marketing them, building a team, etc
talk soon,
alex