Starting a profitable business

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Garrett breaks down a fast path to becoming a millionaire: start a business using what he calls the Porter model, and chase cash flow first. A friend named Rich calls the pattern that follows "the zigzag," alternating between cash flow, resources, and scale until you reach the goal.

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Business over jobs: Garrett claims starting a business is the fastest route to becoming a millionaire in the current economy, not slow accumulation through employment.
Porter model as a filter: Before committing to a business idea, use the Porter model to test whether it can actually be profitable from day one.
Cash flow comes first: The starting point for any new business isn't team building or scaling, it's securing cash flow immediately.
Resources follow cash flow: Once cash flow exists, that money lets you build resources and hire a team.
Team enables scale: With resources and a team in place, you get the capacity to scale the business.
Scale loops back: Scaling doesn't end the cycle, it feeds you back into chasing cash flow again at a higher level.
The zigzag framework: Garrett's friend Rich names this whole pattern "zigzag," a repeating move between cash flow, resources, and scale rather than a straight line to the goal.

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“Just go to cash flow first. Then when you have cash flow, then you can build resources and get a team. And then that cash flow and that team can help you scale, and then you go right back to cash flow. (Garrett Gunderson, quoting Rich)”
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