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Hello and welcome! My name is Sam Priestley and I spend my time trying to build businesses in areas I find interesting while making enough money to live the life I want.
I write about them all here, so follow along and try not to make the same mistakes.
Recent Posts:
Value Betting – How To Make Money When The Bookies Get It Wrong
The odds you get at a bookmaker represent the chance of your bet winning. And sometimes, just sometimes, the bookies get it wrong allowing smart punters to get great value. This is the essence of value betting. Value betting was the final and most profitable step of...
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My Monthly Report – February 2019
Hello and welcome back to another monthly report. Last month I complained that I spent too much times playing video games and not enough working. Well I ended up doing almost exactly the same number of hours of work this month - 44% of my target of my target of 165....
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How To Start A Supper Club In Your Home
Every couple of weeks for the last year, we have welcomed paying guests into our home. Emma, my wife, cooks us a delicious three-course meal. And we all sit around a table together, eating, drinking and chatting. What I have just described is a business known as a...
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My Monthly Report – January 2019
Hello and welcome back to another monthly report. I hope you have had a good January! Fully refreshed and motivated after Christmas. Here at Priestley Towers it started well. I hit the ground running with my New Year Resolutions. Excited and determined to be a new,...
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My 2018 Yearly Report & New Year Resolutions
Another year has shot by and I've been spending my Christmas doing what I do best - sitting around thinking. Thinking back on how the year has gone. The mistakes I've made, the opportunities I've grabbed. And thinking about the future. I left 2017 very excited. The...
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Creating and Scaling a T-Shirt Printing Business
Normally I write about successful businesses we have created. Well, today is slightly different. Today I’m writing about a business we failed to even start. This following post is from November 2015 and I am reposting it as it is still very relevant and was the...
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Why Do So Many People Who Try To Make Money Online Fail?
Most people who try to start an online business fail. Why? They'll tell you the market is too saturated, or no one liked their content. But that's not the real reason Most people fail at online business because it is too easy I have started quite a few different...
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The Best Sports Arbing Software – Updated For 2019
This article is aimed at people who have at least a basic understanding of sportsbook arbitrage. If you’re new to advantage play gambling be sure to check out this introductory article on matched betting before diving into the more complex world of arbing software. I...
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10 Best Christmas Presents For Entrepreneurs In Your Life
If you're like my friends and family, then you are probably struggling to think of good Christmas presents for entrepreneurs in your life that don't cost a bomb. Don't worry! There are a lot of really useful and inexpensive gifts you can get. So here are the best....
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My Monthly Report – November 2018
Welcome back to November's monthly report. A lot happened in November both in work and general life. I went on holiday, sold a bunch of gin and released seven podcast episodes. Less fun was that we hit stock issues everywhere, which a month before Christmas is a...
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How To Get Customers For Your Business
We are going to cover 10 different strategies you can use to get customers for your business. For each one I will give some tips on where to start and show real life examples from my businesses. They work and can be used by everyone, whether you have a coffee shop, a...
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My Monthly Report – October 2018
Welcome back to another monthly report. October was a great month because I have finally completed on the sale of an investment that for complicated reasons has taken about two years and a lot of work to sell. I definitely find it difficult to be optimistic and focus...
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Highlights:
Gin
I started a brand of gin. Follow along from when I first had the idea to now.
Amazon FBA
Matched Betting
Lazy Entrepreneur Podcast
I dive into how you build a business the lazy. Way what is working and what isn’t.