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I Quit Amazon FBA – My Business Went Bankrupt

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I tested my complete Amazon FBA business failure recovery strategy step-by-step. Here's everything that happened (unfiltered results). Discover the critical mistakes that led to my Amazon FBA bankruptcy, the exact financial breakdown of my 7-figure business collapse, and the proven recovery tactics I'm using to rebuild from zero in 2026.
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In this video, Amazon FBA seller Cynthia Wakeford from Sol La Vie Apparel openly shares her Amazon FBA failure, full cost breakdown, and the lessons she learned after losing money.

– Cynthia Wakeford explains how she started her Sol La Vie Apparel Amazon FBA private label brand, why she launched her first product, and how the business eventually failed
– Detailed Amazon FBA costs breakdown: Cynthia shares exactly how she spent $26,172.99 on inventory, samples, shipping, branding, photography, software, and Amazon fees
– Month-by-month Amazon FBA sales, revenue, and profit numbers, including how long it took before Cynthia realized her Amazon business was not profitable
– The biggest mistakes Cynthia Wakeford made with Amazon FBA: poor product research, choosing the wrong niche, manufacturer and supplier issues, and weak differentiation
– How Cynthia used Alibaba to source her product, what she looked for in suppliers, and what went wrong with quality, pricing, and minimum order quantities
– Amazon PPC advertising problems: overspending on ads, bad keyword targeting, high ACoS, and how ad spend turned small profits into big losses
– Discussion of using product research tools and keyword tools for Amazon FBA, and how misreading market demand and competition led to picking a losing product
– Emotional side of losing $26K on Amazon FBA: Cynthia Wakeford talks about stress, self-doubt, sunk costs, and the difficult decision to stop trying to save the product
– What Cynthia would do differently if she started Amazon FBA again: stricter product validation, better keyword research, more conservative inventory orders, and clearer profit targets

This honest Amazon FBA failure story with Cynthia Wakeford is packed with real Amazon seller data, private label product research tips, Alibaba sourcing advice, Amazon PPC lessons, cost breakdowns, and practical Amazon FBA keywords to help you avoid losing money on your first product and build a more profitable ecommerce business.

Google My Business Profile Optimization – Ultimate Tutorial for 2023 (Every Secret Revealed!)

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This Google my business profile optimization tutorial is the most comprehensive (u0026 Valuable) video guide available on the web for any local business owner.
In this tutorial, I take you through each component of your Google my business listing and show you how to make the most of them one by one and step by step.
This google business profile optimization guide is filled with tips, tricks, and trade secrets that will help you dominate your local competitors in google search results in 2023, attract more visitors and generate more revenue.
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1:30 Log into your profile
2:35 Business name
4:47 Business address
9:28 Phone number
10:20 Business Categories
12:46 Website link
15:19 Google reviews
17:48 Business hours
20:01 Appointment Link
21:29 Business Description
22:42 Years in business
24:01 Business attributes
25:09 Questions and answers
27:21 Photos
29:58 Products u0026 Services
33:08 Google posts
35:05 Messages
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The 10 KPI’s that Took My Business to $1,000,000

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Most business owners are tracking the wrong metrics, or worse, none at all.

In this video, I break down the 10 most important KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that every serious business owner should be tracking if they want to scale sustainably and profitably.

These are the exact KPIs that helped take my business to over $1,000,000, and they’re split across two critical areas:

– The Growth Engine: Sales u0026 Marketing
– The Sustainability Engine: Financials u0026 Delivery

If you're constantly asking:
– What should I be tracking?
– Why am I not growing faster?
– How do I spot issues before they become problems?

Then this video will give you the clarity, focus, and structure you need to move forward with confidence.

Whether you're just getting started or you're ready to scale, tracking these KPIs will transform how you run your business.

Learn how to install the dashboards, review the numbers, and make data-driven decisions that actually move the needle.

Start running your business like a true CEO.

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IN THIS VIDEO
00:00 – Introduction
00:11 – My early mistakes
02:18 – The 10 KPIs to Scale
03:33 – Growth Engine
11:16 – Sustainability Engine
14:47 – KPI Mastery
16:13 – Outro

How I Build Custom GPTs for My Business (Faster Results. Better Quality)

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Most business owners try AI tools, get inconsistent results, and give up. But there’s a better way. In this video, I’ll show you how to create a Custom GPT—a version of ChatGPT that actually remembers your instructions and gets things done the way you want.

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

Identify tasks you repeat every week

Write clear instructions once (and stop repeating them)

Set up your own Custom GPT that fits your workflow

See real examples: tradeshow follow-up writer, time entry summarizer, project tracker, and more

🛠 What You Need:
A paid ChatGPT account. That’s it. This small investment has saved me—and my clients—dozens of hours every month.

📊 Why This Works:
Custom GPTs can increase your productivity just by cutting down on repetitive work. And once it’s set up, your team can use it too—without needing to ask you the same questions every day.

🎥 My Real-World Example:
I used to manually summarize hundreds of time entries to show clients what we worked on. Now I copy the data into my GPT, and in seconds, I get a clear, client-ready summary. No more burnout, just better output.

❌ Common Mistakes to Avoid:

Don’t rush setup—spend time testing your instructions
Keep inputs relevant and clean
Train your team how to use it properly

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My Business is Boring, But Makes Me $252,000/Month

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My Business is Boring, But Makes Me $252,000/Month. In this video I'll be showing you guys the boring business that makes me $252,000/month, and teaching you exactly how you can use it to do the same yourself. This boring business is the best business to start in 2026. So pay attention. Hope you all enjoy!

How I grew my business to 6-figures by WINGING IT (+ how you can too!)

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How I Build Systems (so my business runs without me)

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If your business can't run without you, you have a job, not a business. In this video, I'm going to show you exactly how I transformed my 40-hour job into a real $200K business that can operate without me. I'll walk you through my MASTER SYSTEMS SPREADSHEET and exactly how to build one for yourself.

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[04:04] what even is a system?
[08:24] step 1
[09:26] step 2
[13:29] step 3
[15:27] step 4
[21:02] step 5

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Google My Business SEO 2025 (7 Tricks to Rank #1 in Google Maps)

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👋 In this quick video, I'm sharing my top 7 hacks for improving your Google My Business SEO in 2024. These are the same tactics I've used to get my 40 location local business higher up in Google Maps searches, and I'm excited to show you how you can do the same.

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7 Simple yet powerful Local SEO tips.
Easy way to get more reviews .
Understanding Google My Business ranking factors.
Local SEO strategies to put you on the map.

GMB SEO can be tricky, but it doesn't have to be! These hacks are straightforward and have really worked for me and my business.

👍 Like, Share, and Subscribe for more tips on boosting the online presence of your local business. Got questions or want to share your success stories? Drop them in the comments below!

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5 CEO Secrets I Wish I Knew When Starting My Business

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In this video, I reveal the 5 critical CEO secrets I wish someone had told me before I built Wayleadr into a global company serving major clients like OpenAI and Uber. After years of hard lessons and mistakes, I'm sharing the exact systems that transformed my business.

These aren't theoretical concepts – they're battle-tested strategies I use daily to manage teams across multiple time zones from New Zealand to the United States.

You'll discover:
– The 3P System (People, Product, Pennies) that creates unstoppable business growth
– Why your intuition during hiring matters more than you think (the mistake that cost me dearly)
– The crucial difference between advisors and mentors (and when to leverage each)
– Why market size decisions determine your success ceiling from day one
– Time management frameworks including the Eisenhower Matrix and the Friday at Five hack I borrowed from Elon Musk

Whether you're a startup founder, small business owner, or aspiring entrepreneur, these proven CEO secrets will help you scale faster while avoiding the painful lessons I had to learn through trial and error.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Secret #1: The 3P System
04:44 Secret #2: Product Automation
06:16 Secret #3: Advisors vs. Mentors
08:25 Secret #4: Market Size Strategy
10:36 Secret #5: Time Management Frameworks

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If you're an aspiring entrepreneur, founder, or business professional looking to scale your company or improve your productivity, this unfiltered look at entrepreneurial life will give you practical insights you can apply immediately to your business journey.

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I started Krüst as a food business when I was 23 years old, it grew to become a multi-million business over the next 5 years, employing hundreds of people as we grew to become Ireland's largest supplier of donuts, selling to National retailers, before I sold my stake in 2018 to focus on growing my new technology company Parkpnp "the Airbnb for parking spaces" and later Wayleadr, the "World's first parking software for offices", with some of the leading Fortune 500 companies such as Colliers, Indeed and Netflix as happy clients. Innovation is key."

I have personally hired hundreds of employees for my businesses and get asked questions constantly on this topic by aspiring entrepreneurs, hence the video today which I hope has provided you with some of the basic tips to hiring. I will be covering many of the topics discussed on how to hire in more detail in later videos.

This video along with the others I am doing right now are part of the beginners guide to starting a business playlist on my channel. Over the last few months I have been helping many different aspiring entrepreneurs during my innovation Saturday sessions where I jump on a call for 15-30 minutes each Saturday with as many entrepreneurs as possible. Many of the questions I get asked about startups are similar so therefore I thought it would be better and more scalable to put the answers here on youtube to help as many aspiring entrepreneurs as possible in one go. If you liked the content, I would appreciate if you could like and subscribe to help the youtube algorithm to pick this channel up. I look forward to hearing about you and your entrepreneurial journey in the comments section and if you have any suggestions on topics for me to cover please feel free to share them.