Hi to all. Glad to be here. I'm in my 40's and would love to finally start an online business. But, since I'm more than 20 years in produciton planning it's hard for me to even come up with an interesting niche to start with. How do you guys come up with ideas what kind of online business to start? How do you check whether it's worth going for it, once you figure it out? Well, I'm really at the beginning. Does Alex have a classroom for a complete beginner?

What are your conclusions looking at these results? 👀👇 @Alex Colhoun @Marcel Lindwurm

Hello Growth Innovators, TL;DR (too long; didn’t read) version: 1. I mentor people that want to start or grow a career in Tech & 2. Optimizes businesses starting with their process and then by automating those processes with Salesforce-style CRMs It is a pleasure to be here. I wrote my first line of code when I was 7 on a computer my dad built 🙂 and although an entrepreneur at heart, I guess I found technology as the path to optimize anything. That is how I landed in tech, I had a few various businesses along the way in various industries, but starting 2010 I stumbled upon training and mentoring people that want to join the tech industry, specifically Salesforce. And that is what I have been doing ever since: - I trained hundreds of people on how to become Salesforce experts - 80 of those people banded together to form our own implementation agency - Almost finished writing my book on the same topic (How to become a Salesforce expert) - and overall I help the people I train about positive thinking, leadership, inspiring others, and just helping people overall - love travelling and live between San Francisco, Montreal, Zurich and sometimes Eastern Europe Now, 2025 is the year when I finally finish my book that I started last year (98% done), properly continue/restart with the podcast, and go all in into LinkedIn and Substack for Personal Brand authority as the CRM Guy! 😆 Excited to be here! What is your biggest challenge with LinkedIn (just curious)? For me, it’s lack of time and so the need to systematize!

Looking forward to learning from you guys. I’m looking forward to making this my primary platform. I live in Charlotte NC. I own a Staffing company and a People Development company. I plan to consolidate my communities onto this platform.

Most people only look at reach and impressions. But the real power lies in the emails LinkedIn automatically sends to your subscribers. Example from my wife: 👉 Her last newsletter had only 93 impressions – with just 250 subscribers and about 2,000 followers. 👉 Still, she got an inbound application via email, because the reader felt deeply understood by her content. That proves: It’s not about big reach. It’s about the right people seeing the right content. Now imagine having 1,000 of your ICP as subscribers – and being able to send them strategic content, for free. That’s basically your own email list inside LinkedIn. 💬 Question for you: Are you already using the LinkedIn newsletter – or do you still think it’s “too small to matter”?