Colin Landforce 🛠 @landforce Twitter profile

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1 year

I was wondering why bitters bottles always have these jacked up old fashioned labels on em. Turns out the brothers behind this brand were entering their recipe in a contest like a hundred years ago. One brother worked on the bottle and the other the label. At game time they

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5 years ago I left my job to start selling weed with some guys I grew up with. Our first year we sold $1.2M to dispensaries a pound at a time. Now we're publicly traded and we'll do $130M in 2022. Millions of jars, joints, edibles, vapes. Here's what we did:

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You see headlines about this sneaker reseller whose mom was a Nike VP? Everyone is talking about how he used her CC and discounts. Meanwhile he was making $100k/mo selling inside info on a paid Discord channel — and told a journalist about it. Literally. Issa thread 👇🏼👇🏼

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Starbucks customers have something like $1.4 billion in balances in the Starbucks app at any given time. We give them a billion and a half dollar loan, no interest, and only ask for it back when we want to buy some 90% margin coffee from em. Absolutely incredible

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This dude has a cooking channel with 2M subs. A couple days ago he dropped his own sauce pan. Sold out 750 units @ $345 a pop. $258k

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2 years

This new Ikea campaign is excellent

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2 years

This video was my “ah ha!” moment for short form and Tik Tok. Few products less “viral” than a mf vacuum cleaner. 41M organic views. I bet this drove 7 figures in revenue with effectively zero budget.

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3 years

A friend of mine is buying generic water bottles on Alibaba for $1.98 and selling em on Etsy for $14.99. Made 509 sales… -Assume ~$5ea for shipping -Net around ~$7ea after Etsy fees That’s over $3500 profit. Lemme show you how to turn this hustle into a brand:

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3 years

We've all read Sapiens, right? If you want to dive deeper and learn more about history, here's a list of 29 incredible books about the past. The first one is required reading IMO. Big history guy over here! THREAD:

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3 years

I stopped reading business books a while ago, I'm reading history and biographies instead. Here's 43 biographies that'll teach you way more than the concepts and strategies you're reading about right now. The 3rd one is probably my favorite. THREAD:

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1 month

This is exactly how to make your first video:

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2 years

3 negotiation tactics I use to get what I want:

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3 years

MSCHF bought an original Andy Warhol for $20,000 and made 999 exact forgeries. They mixed the original in and sold 1,000 pieces that *might be a real Warhol* for $250 each. That’s $250k 🤌🏼 Here's what they did:

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3 years

A friend of mine is buying generic water bottles on Alibaba for $1.98 and selling em on Etsy for $14.99. 509 sales! - Assume <$5ea for shipping - Net around $7ea after Etsy fees That’s over $3500 profit. Lemme show you how to take this from a hustle to a brand though:

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3 months

I see your 4 way stretch moisture wicking performance polo and raise you A knit button up, linen pants, and a personality

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2 years

6 years ago I left my job to start selling weed with my friends. In the first 18 mos we did $13.6M. We got acquired, did some M&A, and went public in 2021. Now it's come full circle- we bought the business back. Here's what's next:

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3 years

I'm obsessed w/ this Hyundai retro EV concept the vibes are incredible

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3 years

The black market moves incredibly fast

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2 years

You remember the headlines last year about the sneaker reseller whose mom was a Nike VP? He was making $100k/mo selling inside info on a paid Discord channel — and told a journalist about it. He just popped back up on Facebook with 400 pairs of Jordan's for sale. THREAD! 👇🏼👇🏼

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3 years

My wife just bought a small DTC brand and quit her job to build it. Last week she had her first $1,000 day. How she got here, where she's goin: (THREAD)

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3 years

Wild thing is the kid could have kept doing it if he didn't feel the need to tell everyone about it. Ego is the enemy my guy. Anyway - Breaking down things like this is my jam, and I tweet about business, cards, and weed the rest of the time. Smash that follow > @landforce

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4 years

How it started How it’s going

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3 years

Costco uses its Kirkland Signature brand to rip off the best products in the world. To the tune of $39 billion dollars a year in sales. But it's not just cashews and olive oil anymore, it's $400 Scotty Cameron putters too. 🏌️THREAD:

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2 years

I am so sick of my Nest thermostat trying to efficiently heat my god damn house I’m about to rip this thing out of the wall and install a fucking on/off switch that respects me and does what I say. Is this tweet relatable or am I the problem?

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This dude started a Tik Tok account in January 2022. In less than a year he’s become one of the most prominent leather goods experts on the platform and launched his own brand. Content is powerful.

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2 years

Most will write this off as “cute girl in fitness niche, doesn’t apply to me” But this video explains a step by step playbook for how to build in a niche and launch product to your audience. The “sell other peoples products first” line is a gem tbh.

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2 years

The whole indica/sativa thing was made up by some dude 240 years ago. It was wrong then and it’s wrong now, so why is it the foundation of the entire cannabis industry? It's time for a thread:

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3 years

Years ago I couldn't find emoji balloons anywhere so I sourced em on Alibaba for $1.56 and sold em on Amazon for $19.99. Sold 650 packs… - Cost $7.77 landed to FBA - Net ~$8 each after ads $10k in sales in 2 months. Lemme show you what I did:

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3 years

Email eats 28% of the average person's workday. A few weeks ago I committed to improving my Gmail workflow and got it dialed. Here are the 4 things that tripled my email efficiency overnight:

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2 years

This 3D Air Max billboard is insane

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3 years

Amazon raised the yearly price of Amazon Prime by $20 yesterday. With 200 million Prime members, that’s an extra $4 billion per year without an ounce of additional cost. Nada. Incredible.

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1 year

How to find any brand’s suppliers:

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1 month

This is how to make an engaging video with your iPhone and no experience:

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1 year

Lesson 1: just ship it Lesson 2: weird is much better than normal Lesson 3: join the email list tbh

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3 years

I've worked with developers overseas to build mobile apps, internal tools, SaaS, and everything in between... I've probably saved $250k going this route instead of working with overpriced stateside devs. You've heard the horror stories... I've never had one. Here's how I do it:

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2 years

I'm trying to convince my barber to create his own haircare products... Here's how he could make an extra $40k this year building a small brand:

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1 year

@josemarquez The market always decides

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9 months

Been thinking about the Athletic Greens glow up a lot recently

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3 years

Cannabis companies are publicly traded and we've still got people in jail for selling weed. SMH.

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3 years

DoorDash is rolling out a program where everyone on their team does a delivery at least once a month. Some of their engineers, who make upwards of $400k, are outraged that they will have to actually use the product that they build. Bunch of losers.

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3 years

You can’t talk cannabis without talking about the 40k largely black Americans serving time. We’re working on a couple initiatives related to this, but The Weldon Project is a non profit you can donate to right now that works on exactly this:

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3 years

The Twitter app sucks for writing. - No auto save - Can't organize drafts - Doesn’t sync across devices So I built my own app:

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3 years

A normal person's guide to staking $OHM for 8,269% APY (THREAD)

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3 years

NBC rejected a cannabis ad for the Superbowl tomorrow, meanwhile weed is legal in more states than sports betting is.

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3 years

@Dr_Ezekwesili @dubonde_wav It's a huge problem, and it's compounded by HUGE disparity in state laws for weed. I'm looking at groups like the Weldon Project (and others) to support personally and for some bigger initiatives.

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2 years

Dave Portnoy is selling a $42 white label watch for $2400. This is a masterclass on how NOT to launch a brand to your audience. Fire whoever did this @stoolpresidente

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3 years

Starbucks customers have something like $1.4 billion in balances in the Starbucks app at any given time. We give them a billion and a half dollar loan, no interest, and only ask for it back when we want to buy some 90% margin coffee from em. Amazing. It’s time for a thread 👇🏼

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3 years

When I first needed custom packaging for a brand I searched "cigar tube" on Alibaba and emailed the first factory I found. Today we import 40ft containers from that same factory. Lorreta has saved us 7 figures, easy. Here’s how you can do the same:

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2 years

Logan Paul's energy drink "Prime" has done $200M in sales. It launched in January.

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3 years

NFTs are way bigger than just digital art Here's a rundown for the non-nerds... I'll hit on: - What they are - Why they're valuable - What they can do [[THREAD]]

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3 years

So one day he calls his journalist friend to touch base about how cool he is. Dude notices the name “Ann Hebert” shows up on the caller ID cuz moms is still paying the phone bill. He googles her. She’s VP and GM of Nike North America. She’s also Joe’s mom.

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2 years

This kid is a king

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2 years

A year ago my wife bought a small eCommerce business doing $1k/mo. Since then she has more than 8x'd monthly revenue, and it'll do $10k in June. Here's how we're gonna take it to $50k/mo:

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2 years

Joe Biden's daughter-in-law buying legal cannabis at a dispensary with secret service protection while thousands of people are still in jail for weed is the perfect metaphor for American politics.

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3 years

I’ve been thinking a lot about how Clubhouse walked from a $4B deal with Twitter only to watch them launch Spaces in a matter of months and absolutely crush them. Absolutely brutal 😭😂

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3 years

Today we announced we're acquiring one of the largest dispensaries in California. It serves more than 1,000 people/day… from a single store. We expect more than $60M in 2022 revenue from the deal. Let me tell you about it:

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Colin Landforce 🛠

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2 years

Wow Krispy Kreme is really shooting themselves in the foot here eh

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4 years

How it started How it’s going

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5 months

Central Houston Nissan has been posting run of the mill content since last September without much traction. In March they started crushing: multiple videos with 10M+ views. They're using shocking viral videos as hooks spinning funny videos relevant to their business out of em.

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3 years

My wife posted her brand’s 8th TikTok video with only 69 followers. In 4 days it got ~220k views and drove $4,860 in sales. TikTok is wild. Here's the breakdown:

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2 years

Golf is blowing up right now and golfers are brand loyal, spend $, and play the game for years. Massive LTV in this niche. Here's how I’d build a golf brand:

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@landforce

2 years

How I find product ideas for any niche: 🛠️

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3 years

The story starts with a Portland kid named Joe. Joe’s mom is a VP at Nike and GM of North America. Like any self respecting suburban gen z kid, Joe uses bots to snag sneaker releases online faster than real users and stacks them at his parent’s in the hills outside Portland.

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2 years

A case study on the value of creating content:

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2 years

Burnout isn't from working hard, it's from being stressed and working on shit that doesn't make you happy.

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3 years

My grandpa just turned 105 years old. 98.8% of all the things I know are wrong, but these 105 things he taught me are basically a university. 🧵

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@landforce

3 years

Nerd Wallet is a billion dollar company built on doing SEO around a few keywords. SEO is still so underrated as a marketing channel.

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2 years

The dust is starting to settle on this TikTok video: • 4.2M views • 189k likes • 974 orders • $28k revenue Here are a few takeaways:

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3 years

Blazers in 5

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1 year

This process video addresses objections and anchors price high before it ropes you in.. Go to the site and it’s “only” $99 I wanna buy, but it’s sold out 😂

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2 years

If I had the time, I'd be building in these niches: • Home services for millennials • Kids apparel that isn't dorky • Golf brand/equipment • Productized accounting • F1 media/content Here's what I'd do:

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3 years

My wife’s brand has a video doing ~1,000 views every 10 minutes on TikTok right now. $1300 in sales so far today. It’s her 8th video, she had 69 followers when she posted it. TikTok is wild.

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3 years

Apple deserves a Nobel prize for that lil feature that automatically puts the code you got texted into the thing you’re verifying.

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@landforce

3 years

Cannabis is the future. They're saying it’s the next generational wealth opportunity. Here are 11 threads to get you up to speed on weed:

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3 years

He’s telling a Bloomberg journalist all this btw This is a little vague I guess, like he didn’t finish with “and those *right* people are my mom”

Sneakerheads Have Turned Jordans and Yeezys Into a Bona Fide Asset Class

When the pandemic presented a buy-low opportunity, one college dropout hit the road and filled his truck with $200,000 worth of kicks.

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3 years

Mailchimp bootstrapped an email blast service to a $12B exit and people still think you need a revolutionary idea and VC $ to do a software startup

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4 years

A lot of you have been seeing all this Gamestop $GME stuff and don't know what's going on... It's amazing, hilarious, brutal, all of the above. I dug in to try n understand it all, lemme give you a rundown. //THREAD//

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3 years

Most articles are mentioning that her credit card and discounts were used. Does selling Nike’s private information constitute corporate espionage of some sort? Maybe this is a stretch but it’s jumping off the page at me. Do you know dude? @Heskicks

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3 years

My grandpa turned 105 yesterday. He's the last living player from the 1942 Rosebowl, was a commander in WWII, and is a walking gratitude machine. His line as long as I can remember is "wishing you daily happiness for no particular reason" Says it with every goodbye.

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3 years

Petition to keep Facebook off forever

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3 years

We lost $500k in Q4 of 2017. We laid off people, we couldn't pay our bills. It was the hardest 6 mos of my life. I drove to work everyday visualizing spring time and telling myself I was built for this shit. I’m built for this shit. The obstacle is the way. 🗣

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@ChrisWoods2009 I’m not a wizard man idk

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2 years

This is one of the best ads of all time

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3 years

By the time he’s in college at the U of O, he’s at a pretty serious scale with a coordinated cook group. Using bots and the boys, he’s snagging Nike, Jordan’s and Yeezys at scale and immediately flipping them for an extra $100+/pair. His mom’s Amex floats it. $200k/mo.

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3 years

I was reading Starbucks' 2021 year end filings last night (Saturday night LFG) and saw they recognized $164.5M in breakage revenue for the year. Thats $164.5M in FREE MONEY - gift cards and app deposits that were never used. Scale is crazy.

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3 years

I got a quick cut from my barber last week and convinced him to launch his own branded hair products... they have 70%+ margins. In 10 min while I was in the chair we sourced everything needed to launch his line for under $500. It was a blast. Lemme show you:👇

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More than $5,000,000,000 of marijuana flower will be sold this year in the US. That's $5 Billion with a "B". Just in flower. But nobody agrees HOW it should be sold.... It's time for a thread 👇👇👇

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There are 40,000 Americans behind bars for marijuana. Meanwhile: - 36 states have marijuana programs - Companies are publicly traded - There’s weed stores on every corner How the hell did we get here? 👇🏼

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I’ve been doing recreational cannabis for the last 5 years. This year it’ll be a $24 Billion dollar industry. Here are 5 BIG opportunities I see in cannabis right now. Spoiler alert: None of em are growing or selling weed. 👇👇👇

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2 years

Cannabis investors vs cannabis operators

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You’re still not convinced content can move the needle for your business, meanwhile this dude is crushing Tik Tok with his sign shop lol.

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2 years

Dave Portnoy’s response to criticism about his lazy build-a-bear watch brand is that he’s been working on it for 2 years. So my man @Shwinnabego breaks down how he made it an actual brand in… an hour. Love this energy 😂

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1 year

Just realized how good the Sun Microsystems logo is. Damn

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He’s REALLY good at finding when large retailers are going to slash prices so he can buy em up. He’s also buying up stuff that’s discontinued. He’s like.... REALLY good at this stuff. You know Portland- if you know the right people this info is floating around hahaha

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I first posted my backstory in April. Since then I’ve met thousands of new people on here, we've gone public, made the largest dispensary acquisition in California history, and a whole lot more... so it’s time for an update.

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I had a random idea last month My developer built it overnight It just hit the $1,000 revenue mark lol I had a problem, solved it, and now it's making $ Here's what I did: