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Hey there, welcome. Thanks for tuning in today. This episode is part of a new feature

called your first $1,000. As you might guess, it's all about how someone made their first

$1,000. How did they get to that point? Not their first $100,000, which is awesome, but

also a long story. How did they actually get started? And in this case, we're actually

looking at a transition. As someone goes from one side, us all to another, this feature

comes to us from Vicki Weinberg in the UK. We first featured her bamboo baby products

business. Try to say that several times fast. Back on episode 1520, and as she worked

more in that business, which was going along quite well, she began getting a lot of questions.

These questions were not, in fact, about bamboo baby products, at least for the most part,

they were more about how she sold on Amazon. So of course, she faced a choice there. Do

I pay attention to these questions? Pay attention to the direction it might be leading me in?

Or do I remain focused on the core business? So Vicki, in fact, did a bit of a transition.

She now focuses more on guiding people through the process of Amazon selling, which as she

explains, can be quite complex, which is totally true. So let's hear more about that transition.

How do you go from one side, us all to another? How do you make your first $1,000 in a new

business? And among other things, Vicki has a really interesting perspective on being

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