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?

Hey guys, excited to join you on this adventure. Here's a bit about me: • Former mechanical engineer. • Last year, I decided to go full-time, building a boutique email marketing agency. • Been writing on LinkedIn for about 7 months. • Currently living in Bangkok. • Love being outdoors in nature, going on adventures, and cafe surfing. I love to write, my email game is strong, but I've realised there's more to it when it comes to growing a LinkedIn audience and attracting high-value clients from the platform. So I'm here to learn... I'm here to connect with like-minded people. And I'm here to help You, in any way I can. Thanks for reading. Arran.

Happy Thursday! After loads of comments about making an area where everyone can find each other, I'm building out a module in the classroom where everyone can connect with each other. On this post, drop the following information: 1. What is your first name? 2. What is your LinkedIn URL? 3. What niche do you create content in? 4. How many followers do you have? 5. Bonus if you want: What city/country are you based in? 🇺🇸 I'll be building a Google Sheet where you can find our entire community. You'll be able to connect, message each other, and build further relationships without having to guess what people do. Reply with these answers and I'll start building! (Feel free to respond to other members as well just to create some convos on this post!) Cheers, Alex

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!