My favourite wins are the $5k Accelerator member wins !

There is nothing that fuels me 🔥🔥🔥 more than seeing clients get results !

While I feel blessed, it's totally their win, and THEY deserve it !

For privacy I will call this member "Bobby", he sent me this, this Tue. 11 AUG. Morning :

If we boiled it down to the ONE thing that members who get a result do differently from those who didn't, it's this :

Taking action.

Think about it :

1. Those with the belief they can do it, but who don't take action : $0 closed.
2. Those even without the belief they can do it, but who take action : $5,000+ closed.

Taking action beats 🥊 Belief & Mindset. One can re-shape his beliefs simply by taking action. It's so simple. Yet, experts, we overthink things, have so many certitudes, while others less experienced, just take action and go faster ! What a great lesson !

So here's the thing, Bobby, is actually a CTO, employed, and not even (yet) a technical founder. Yes.

Here's what he did. He :

• Just wanted to figure out how to start his own business or make a shift in his career.
• Joined Engineers Can Talk community, then our events, then ...
• Joined the pilot version of the $5k accelerator in May 2026.
• During the program he got solicited with an opportunity from his own network (way before we started with outreach)
• Booked a prep call with me before a first conversations with a prospect.
• Being self-reliant, tried to do the proposal by himsel :scoping, designing, imagining what the architecture should look like.
• Started to build a complex proposal
• Got overwhelmed when it came to price a complex, risky project
• Called me to talk about it. I said STOP. Don't spend one calorie before sending a 3-option proposal. Option 1 is an audit.
• Asked me questions, and took action on recommendations
• Built a 3-option proposal from our templated, in his native language, based on input from his meeting with prospect.
• Shipped it and got client objections.
• Handled them and held his ground.
• Closed the option 2 of the 3-option proposal : boom €13.500 !
• Owns and deserves all the reward !🎉
• Can now start a business with peace-of-mind. First a paid diagnostic before building the next phase.

So I am wondering, if it took an employed CTO to close his first $5k+ strategic deal 100 days, what stops you from doing it in 60 days as a technical founder, with a service firm, with or without employees, and already closing 6-figure implementation gigs?