G'day G'day friends,

Oracle laid off 30,000 staff over email at 6:00 am on a Monday morning.

Even after working at Oracle for 34 years, Nina was let go via email:

here was no warning or even help to get another job.
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No thank you or loyalty.

Oracle really said: “F YOU. Goodbye and good luck.”

I take no pleasure in writing an email like this.

But this is the reality of the job market.

Here’s what you can do if you’re in Nina’s position:

1/ Take one high-value skill:

It can be:

Sales.

Coding.

Finance.

Marketing.

Leadership.

Or Nina’s case, product security leader.

Anything that your corporate 9-5 job paid you for is a high-value skill that can be resold.

2/ Create a high-ticket offer

Once you’ve identified a skill, package it into an offer.

Your offer is NOT your service.

Your offer is the problem you solve for your customer.

The value you will add to their business.

Charge $3-5k for this high-ticket, high-touch offer.

3/ Find a business that is desperate for that help.

Now, go find paying customers.

With Nina, I’d focus on selling his product security skills to softwares start-ups.

I’d look at any company that just raised Series A and B venture funding.

These companies are flush with cash, and need to find product-market-fit.

Before you ask, you don’t need a website, logo, or business plan.

What do you need? Your phone.

After decades in corporate, your 2-3 clients will be contacts, not strangers.

Message them. Tell them about your new direction.

Schedule a call and put your offer in front of them.

Close the clients who are ready to be closed.

Congrats, you’ve started a business.

You only need 2-3 clients to be making $10-15k per month.

As an ex-corporate executive like Nina, you've got everything you need to start.

Let’s Launch Together,

Michael “opportunity in a layoff” Lim.

P.S. If you want help jumpstarting your one-person business post-layoff, I’m opening up spots for 1:1 Launch Strategy Calls in May. Click HERE to book your call. ​