The Weekly Startup #13

Welcome to The Weekly Startup. The weekly newsletter intended to spark your inner fire and build a life you don't need to escape from. 

In today's email:

• Learning SEO (a Free guide to acquire the skill)

• What to do if the outlook of a possible recession scares you

• Building a content website with 20k (and selling it for 500k - Challenge)

• 22+ Niche website ideas (To help you start your own content website)

• Building a fully automated Print-On-Demand webshop (A short guide)

My Value Play

As some of you might know the intention of Startup Library is not only to inspire but also to help you get started. I've rearranged my website for the 50th time last week in my ever-lasting journey to make it faster and more valuable. 

I've narrowed my structure down to 5 topics. 

• Guides (More in-depth articles and ebooks to learn a specific skill)

• Side Hustle Hacks (Side Hustle ideas and lists with remote jobs and possible hustles)

• Inspiration (Success stories and ways to find happiness)

• Growth (Tools and skills to help you grow. Personally and Your Business)

• Reading (Book & Article summaries for anyone lacking time)

You can click the topics to navigate to the right category right away. I would love to hear from your if everything works properly or if you encounter some issues. You can reply to this email if you want to share anything.

I'm kicking off the more in-depth Guide section with a guide on SEO for beginners. I'm working on a guide on buying businesses next. Give me 2 more weeks to finish it.

CEOs are preparing for a recession.

I saw this post yesterday on CNBC's Instagram:

A vast majority of CEOs believe we're headed toward a recession and are cutting staff, sustainability efforts and diversity budgets to prepare for a downturn.

Some 91% of U.S. CEOs are "convinced" a recession is on its way in the next 12 months, according to a KPMG survey of 1,325 CEOs between July 12 and August 24, 2022. And the top ways they're preparing for a downturn are to pause or reconsider efforts around ESG — or environmental, social and governance (59%) — and downsize their employee base (51%).

Messages like this will be popping up more and more going forward. It's not unusual. It has happened many times. The market moves in cycles. Upward and downward. 

If this topic freaks you out I recommend you read my article on ways to recognize, what this could mean and how you navigate it properly. 

Building a content website with 20k and selling it for 500k challenge. 

Meet Scott DeLong. The man behind some big content website flips. Who is not only retired but now sharing his knowledge. 

He took on a challenge about 7 weeks ago to build a content website off scratch using 20,000 as a budget over time. He plans to sell it after 12 months for at least 500k. 

He is sharing his learnings on his website every week. Tune in if you like to stay in the loop and learn from it.

I firmly believe he is going to get it done. As a matter of fact, I'm following him up close and already made some big changes on my own platform because of him.

You can follow his challenge right here: 

I'm not done with Scott DeLong yet. His website is filled with great content to get you started. So don't limit yourself to the challenge. Dive in and learn how to launch your own content website. No idea what kind of website to start? Check out articles like this one:

Short Guide to building a Print-On-Demand webshop (fully automated)

I've actually started this webshop 2 years ago and it worked. I pulled the plug because the topic didn't interest me enough to keep going. Feel free to run with it.

I've made a brief guide explaining what I did and what tools I used to start this print-on-demand (fully automated) webshop.

Don't let the title fool you. I've targeted it to moms solely because I believe they are more passionate about the newborn topic it covers.

How You Can Help Me. (If you like this mailing)

First of all, thanks a lot for reading. It motivates me to create and find more content going forward.

I want this information to be free for everyone. The world will only be a better place if chances are distributed more evenly. Inequality is already growing too fast. It's up to us to tighten the gap. 

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Thank you!

You made it to the end. I hoped you liked the insights provided in this mailing. This email is brought to you by Startup Library, a brand of The Growing Investor. I intend to shift my cheezy quote game on Instagram to a more serious game where I share with you the resources I use to keep myself updated and motivated. If you got any suggestions feel free to reply to this mail or send me a DM on Instagram. If you found value for a friend I would appreciate it if you'd share this mail with them and have them sign up as well.

Thanks again and I'll see you next week with new resources to shake your professional world.