if i wanted to make my first $10,000 n 2026, i'd do this:

Being a “beginner” in a market where you feel behind is actually a cheat code to success.

I call this “weaponized incompetence”. It’s the state where you don’t know the rules well enough to be constrained by them.

• You don’t know the “best practices.”

• You don’t know what’s “industry standard.”

• You don’t know which approaches are “played out.”

So you do things the obvious way. or the “dumb” way.

And weirdly… those “dumb” or “inexperienced” moves often work better.

Because most markets aren’t won by the smartest people in the room.

They’re won by those who just do fast, and correct later.

For example, when I started my first business an agency. I didn’t have the money to have a big fancy webiste like Gary Vee had or like Iman Gadzhi had.

I didn’t know what figma was, or webflow… so I locked for alternatives.

So I found a website that let me put a “link in bio” and that had simple offers and a clean design that I could customise. That’s it.

No blog. No landing page. No careers page. Just straight to offers.

I ended up making my first $1 because I chose simplicity over random complexity.

By the way, the website I used years ago? Was Stan Store.

It’s what beginner entrepreneurs and creators are using Stan Store to start monetising their audience from day 1.

Here’s exactly how it works:

Stan is stupidly simple.
Like… dangerously simple.

My friend Sarah turned her “viral content” into a monetisation machine simply by adding this to her “bio”.

Her audience buys her products without her pushing them, because her content is essentially solving problems but her audience wants it all in one.

She hosts all her products, programs, and offers there without:

– Setting up complex automations
– Connecting 10 tools
– Stressing about payments, receipts, or tech

Content → Stan Store → Conversion.

Sarah runs a $1M/mo business with Stan Store and content. Nothing else.

Blows my mind every single time.

We also have Courtney, who follows a similar playbook.

Content to Stan Store Landing page = monetisation.

Now here’s the part no one talks about.

They don’t have one offer.
They have multiple.

And yes bro business Twitter would tell you that’s a “mistake.”

I disagree.

When you create content daily, your audience grows with you.

Their problems change.
Their budgets change.

So why wouldn’t your offers?

Here’s my model:

– 2 courses at $99
– 1 program at $999
– 1 cohort at $2.5k–$5k

Most people told me to only sell the high-ticket thing.

But I understand the long game.

Someone who buys a $99 course is 10x more likely to buy the $999 program later.
And then the $2.5k one.

That’s how you increase LTV without burning yourself out.

Stan makes this stupidly easy to set up.

Multiple offers.
Different price points.
One clean link.

All in one place, rather than multiple places and different designers and agencies telling you what to do.

If I had to start again today?

I wouldn’t touch a logo.
I wouldn’t build a fancy website.
I wouldn’t overthink branding.

I’d create content 5x a week that educates my audience on a problem.
I’d set up a Stan Store in 5 minutes and add current products I built.

And to connect both with each other, I’d push people to my “link in bio” through content or using lead magnets.

I don’t want this to get incredibly long so here’s a checklist for you to get started before 2026 and set up to make your first $10,000 this year.

1. Set up your Stan Store here.

2. Read this email on how to create content:

3. Watch this video on how I’d do both combined.

4. Just start, done is better than perfect.

That’s literally it.

If you want to stop overcomplicating monetisation and actually start:

👉 Try Stan Store here (14-day free trial)

We both win when you sign up — and more importantly, you finally stop waiting.

Love,
Lara

That’s literally it, kings and queens.

PS: Reply to this email with questions, I’m going back to weekly long-form emails on education and lessons. What is ONE thing you’d love to learn?