Built and sold a multi 8 figure company at 27. Sharing mental & business frameworks to help you win at life & business.
CheatCode #31: Go and read this essay if you want to increase your odds of success.
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Something to make you think:Stop trying to convince people who are scared of believing in themselves to be more ambitious. Go alone. Those who really want it will catch up. Something to make you act:This week's action point is actually very simple. This essay is written by Oliver Samwer, one of the founders of Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet are known as the clone factory. They built an Ebay clone and sold it back to Ebay for $43 million in 90 days. They built a Groupon Clone and sold it to $1bn in 3 years. Hate them or love them, they know how to build businesses. The above essay is what Oli Samwer wrote in business school explaining why startups are successful. They used the same playbook from here to build their successful companies so you could say...it works. Read it. Apply it. Make some money. That's all for this week. Really short one because I want you to take action. P.S. I'm hiring for several full time positions right now & if you're spending time reading this newsletter, you're probably the type of person I'd like to speak to. I'm hiring for:
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The Cheatcodes
Built and sold a multi 8 figure company at 27. Sharing mental & business frameworks to help you win at life & business.
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