@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
🧵🛠️ DAY 1- CHOOSE YOUR INDUSTRY (AND HOW THIS PICTURE CHANGED MY LIFE) If you’re new here, this is DAY 1 of a 27 DAY series where you peek over my shoulder and watch me build a business from scratch. Let's get to it! 🧵🛠️
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Here’s Day Zero from yesterday so you can get caught up. SUMMARY: In the next 27 days I’m going to build a business from scratch and let you peek over my shoulder in real time. Step into a slim Jim and let's get started...
@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
10 years ago I wrote a 27 day case study where I let people watch me build a business from scratch. That case-study led to hundreds of people building multi-million dollar companies. Let’s do it again! 27 Days of Threads of me starting a business in real time! Day zero👇🏾
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
So if you’re in all the business FB groups. You’ve bought 7 Udemy courses You've read every startup book You’re on every email list Your timeline is endless Gary V videos… And yet...nothing? We can change that in the next month!
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
TODAY WE CHOOSE OUR INDUSTRY! Since we’re doing this in real time, at the end of this thread you can vote on what industry I get into and I’ll do whatever you choose.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Ok, just 30 seconds for my backstory. 30 seconds I promise, super quick!!! So I used to be an accountant working in the DC area. Actual picture of my old office building, if you recognize it, hit me in the dms.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
I hated my job and started googling and trying new projects while still at my job. I tried dating sites, advertising networks, consulting side projects, you name it. Nothing worked. My friends looking at me every time I had a new business idea...😂
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Then I came across this picture online. This guy Shoemoney was running adsense on his blogs and that’s what drew me in.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
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So I started following his blog, and Shoemoney ended up getting into local services and got me down a crazy path that ended up changing my life.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
So I made this list of things that were important to me in my next project...
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Local services fit the bill so inspired by Shoemoney I thought I would give it a shot and here's how things played out...
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
In 9 months after trying and tweaking the model, I got up to $40k a month while at my job and finally decided to quit (After hanging on scared for a couple extra months 😂) . This is when I quit my job. Peep the date. That was my last job ever!
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
I shared my story and helped a bunch of other people quit their jobs as well... (Not in the b.s social media story way, like for real, for real)
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
And now we're going to do it again....
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Ok Rohan, that’s cute, you’re gonna get to Day 1 or nah? Sorry just had to get the backstory out of the way.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Okay bet let’s get to Day 1. Choosing an Industry. Okay, first and probably the most important step is to figure out what to sell.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
So this step requires removing all emotion. We’re here to put up numbers. So we can't worry about passion, or if it fulfills some childhood dream, or get ourselves caught up with stroking our egos or anything attached to fuzzy feelings...
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
So instead of some sexy "business idea", we're going to build a <What are people already spending a shit ton of money on> business. Might be boring and unsexy, but that’s where we go. Practical, real world things that people buy. A lot!
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Alright so you got a couple of good prospects but cant’ decide what to go after, I came up with this random point system. This bad boy works for me. Closest to 100 wins.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
So for industry I’m going to narrow it down to local services like Shoemoney did. Why? Because it just freaking works. It fits all of our criteria. Plus I can get started from my laptop, never see anyone face to face, and apply e-commerce techniques and win!
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
As long as what you come up with matches our resources we’re on our way. We’re not going to spend two years begging people to invest in our dream when there’s a gazillion companies we can start for less than $1,000. And that’s what we’re going to do.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
And remember, we’ve already removed the “is it a good idea” risk out of the equation as well. So all we are left with is execution. Execution. Execution. Execution. Ohh boy this is where the magic begins...
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Ok cool, so here’s where YOU come in. Let’s vote on the industry that I’m going to work on. Yep we’re doing this in real time.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Based on your vote, tomorrow we're going to choose a domain, and get cracking. I'll lay everything out for you in real time and let you give your inputs every day as well. I got to do all the work, so this should be fun...
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
What to do now? 3 Steps. 1. Scroll up and vote on the poll. 2. Retweet the damn thread, it takes two seconds yo! 3. Proceed to step 2 ^ if you missed it. Oh and finally...
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
That's it y'all see you good peeps tomorrow, same time!
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Almost forgot, scroll to the bottom and drop and email here to get a pdf of all the tools we use and a pdf of the entire series when we're done.
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@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
Andddd here's day 2
@rohangilkes
Rohan Gilkes, CFA
2 years
🧵🛠️ DAY 2- THE BUSINESS MODEL AND LET'S CHOOSE OUR CITY If you’re new here, this is DAY 2 of a 27 DAY series where you peek over my shoulder and watch me build a business from scratch. Let's get to choosing our city! 🧵🛠️
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