MBA2687 Q&A Wednesday: What's The Fastest Way To Make Money?
Episode
20 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Startups, Sales & Revenue, Software Development
AI-Generated Summary
Key Takeaways
- ✓Venue strategy: Book cafes, restaurants, or co-working spaces on weekdays one to two months ahead to secure free or low-cost space, as venues provide rooms at no charge when you purchase food and drinks from them.
- ✓Pricing formula: Calculate all costs including food, drinks, venue, insurance, and photographer, add a 10 percent error buffer, then price tickets at 50 to 100 percent profit margin to fund quality experiences that justify higher ticket prices and sell easily.
- ✓Payment processing: Use Stripe payment links at 2.9 percent plus 30 cents per transaction instead of Eventbrite's 10 percent fees. Send RSVP forms first via Google Forms, then email payment links requiring payment within seven days before spending any money.
- ✓Revenue potential: A monthly dinner for 12 people costing 850 dollars with 300 dollar tickets generates 2,750 dollars profit per event, scaling to 33,000 dollars annually monthly or 143,000 dollars running weekly before considering upsells or larger events.
What It Covers
Hosting events generates immediate cash flow by collecting ticket revenue upfront before spending money. The episode provides a complete framework for planning, pricing, and executing profitable events from networking dinners to destination trips.
Key Questions Answered
- •Venue strategy: Book cafes, restaurants, or co-working spaces on weekdays one to two months ahead to secure free or low-cost space, as venues provide rooms at no charge when you purchase food and drinks from them.
- •Pricing formula: Calculate all costs including food, drinks, venue, insurance, and photographer, add a 10 percent error buffer, then price tickets at 50 to 100 percent profit margin to fund quality experiences that justify higher ticket prices and sell easily.
- •Payment processing: Use Stripe payment links at 2.9 percent plus 30 cents per transaction instead of Eventbrite's 10 percent fees. Send RSVP forms first via Google Forms, then email payment links requiring payment within seven days before spending any money.
- •Revenue potential: A monthly dinner for 12 people costing 850 dollars with 300 dollar tickets generates 2,750 dollars profit per event, scaling to 33,000 dollars annually monthly or 143,000 dollars running weekly before considering upsells or larger events.
Notable Moment
The host reveals his Christmas party for entrepreneurs sells easily because attendees eagerly pay for social experiences, with people actively seeking opportunities to gather in person and network, making events simpler to sell than courses or apps.
Episode Transcript
What's the fastest way to make money? That's today's Q and A Wednesday's question from Darren, and I love this one because the answer surprises most people. It's not launching a course. It's not freelancing. It's not creating an app. It's none of these. One of the fastest ways, if not the fastest way to make money, is hosting an event. Stay with me. I'm telling you right now, this is one of the best ways to just understand how to make money outside your paycheck and build a viable business. I wanna break it down step by step and how you can get paid as quickly as this week. Let's do it. Welcome back to the $100 MBA show. I'm your host Omar Zenholm where I deliver practical business lessons three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday to help you start, grow and scale your business. Before we jump in, can I get thirty seconds of your time? We love guiding you on your business journey and we wanna help even more people build their dream businesses and lives. So if you could hit the follow button on this podcast app, it would be greatly appreciated. It's completely free and it helps us out more than you know. Thanks. You see, events really flip the script. Instead of you chasing customers, you create something people want to be a part of. That's the beauty of events. People love to have a good time. We're talking about network mixers, dinners or rooftop parties, meetups, industry round tables, even destination trips or events that you do overseas or even within your country. You sell tickets first. You collect the money upfront. You don't spend a dollar until you lock in revenue. It's fun. It's energizing, and it's profitable, and it works fast. I've done dozens of live events here in Sydney, in New York City, in cities that I've been to around the world when I travel. Every single time, I'm reminded this is one of the easiest ways to generate cash. It's one of the easiest things to sell because people love having a good time like I mentioned. I'm actually running an event, a Christmas party for entrepreneurs called the Crazy Ones Christmas Party. And as I'm running and preparing for this event and selling tickets to it, I'm again reminded, man, this is so easy and it's so nice to sell something that people are happily looking to spend money on. Right? They're just throwing money at the situation, throwing money at us because this is sounds like a good time. It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be interesting. And people love to socialize. It's something that we learned in COVID that people love to get together now and see people in person and just have a blast. But how do you pull it off properly? Let me show you exactly how to do this so you can start next week, if not this week, even if …
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