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Can you successfully operate this business anonymously? Do you need sort of a face of the company/service? If so, can you use pseudo name/personality?

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My dear Wall Street clowns, Which is better? In terms of exit and multiple/valuations?

1) $2m revenue (high end), 500k net profit (25% net profit)

2) $10m revenue (mass), 500k net profit (5% net profit)

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Awesome writeup. On the personal comment stuff, I've personally been having big success avoiding that. I run a business who get's the personal comment stuff all the time and I hate it because I know it's fake and they just want me to hop on call.

I go with the honest and upfront "I found your email on a list" and it works like a charm. Actually getting better responses and sales rates doing this than the personal shit

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How do you go about the legal / risk reliance component of consulting contracts (thinking of starting a SME financial diligence practice)? Also have you posted any guidance about creating websites / online marketplace and how to get started?

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Why is a background in tech sales/software engineering/wall street a prerequisite to do this?

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I’m mostly in analytics. I feel like my niche would not allow a one person shop to work. Am I stuck in the “analytics for X” niche or have you seen more specific segmenting?

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Any pointers on how to figure out how much Lead Gen Agencies are charging per Lead within a niche? Seems to be gatekept by scheduling a call at these agencies

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What about a crypto consulting service helping (elderly) people setup everything? I’ve personally helped a few around me and can imagine it’s something that could take off, just like during the dotcom era setting computers up for people.

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I've been inspired by all the BowTiedBull posts on starting a WiFi business.

My niche might be too tight - Uniswap v3 pools. Otoh, it turns experienced DeFi users into v3 chads.

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Are we talking about the Gartner consulting company here?

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Fulfilment is the trickiest part when it comes to Lead Gen Agency. You basically have to 1) hire 2) train people to follow your cold outreach blueprint 3) help them understand customers product & what problems the product solves each time you get new client.

Do I get it correctly?

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