First $100K buisness in 2026

[Lyubov]

Thoughts on this? Seems like a good bit of it is yapping and common sense for creating a vision for yourself, but to me it's largely marketing nonsense.

[LordFall]

I think you and a lot of other people on this forum are overthinking and generally falling into laziness when it comes to business.

Most of these ideas work. Document yourself working on them for at least 3 hours each day and you'll be shocked how much progress you'll make in even 2 weeks let alone a few months of dedicated effort. 

I've posted many business ideas and productivity hacks on this subforum and elsewhere and I rarely see people reply to them let alone try them.

Can you share what your business experience is and what you've tried so far? Or are you at step 0 and just thinking that business advice on Youtube is a scam? I'm more trying to deconstruct this attitude rather than singling you out particularly to be fair. I just feel 90% of this forum is stuck in stage green passivity where they lack the effectiveness lessons from stage orange and judge it or are intimidated by it. 

[Jordan of the Shire]

I like Jensen Huang's statement. He said, if he knew how hard it would be to grow Nvidea, he wouldn't have done it. So starting with naive optimism is important. Asking "how hard could it be?" then try things. Just do it and see what works and what doesnt. 

This is the process. Whatever business you're in is really dependent on vision, values, networking and solving a real problem well. Building goodwill by being of service, being a reliable friend, being optimistic and courageous even when people are like, fack off you gotta get a real job. haha. and continuing to push through the hard times. 

It's kind of like an energy ball. The more focus and attention you put to a thing, the more it grows. Focus on first principals. What are the essential key components, make the requirements less dumb, create a prototype, pitch it to people, gather support, build feedback, iterate. Over and over.

One technique I like is, if you have a service, schedule your first workshop or class or release on the calendar and then hold yourself to that date. Then invite people to that date personally. Then do it. 

As you approach that date, all the mental garbage comes up on why you should cancel or not do it. Just relax. Do it. 

I personally look at money as a bi-product of doing something well. It is the effect of different causes going well, rather than the goal. 

Instead of "may I have x amount of money", focus on the causes - "may I develop the skills, values, mindsets, and relationships that causes money to flow"

The pressure of attaining a dollar value is backwards.

Edited 2 hours ago by Jordan of the Shire