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- Why do so many self-proclaimed millionaires spend so much time trying to sell you a course?
- Here's my audio book list
- Would you refuse a job offer if an HR or company manager lacks enthusiasm and does not engage?
- Any things I should know for an interior painting business?
- What kind of licenses or zoning issues will I have trying to open a Glass shop/bar/cafe/small venue
- Found a good opportunity but need advice
- Please recommend me team/ project management software
- Get early tickets to Startup Conference
- What company would you recommend I use to develop an app? Many of the ones I found have a lot of fake looking reviews.
- I just launched my side-project, hellonext.co; can you help me test?
- How to validate business idea? Lean Startup Method
- Audio Book List
- Overcoming years of mindless building to finally making my first successful product
- What would it take to bring back Vine?
- On the Immorality of Advertising in a Technological Age and Solutions to the Problem
- Is anyone here in the payday loan business space?
- Why would people by from you locally instead of just buying the same product online?
- I feel like we should help each other out growing instead of growing solo then posting it here
- Who want's to join a public eCommerce challenge?
- How do you find Low or Poor Supply and High Demand?
- If you build it.....they will ignore it!
- I have a great idea for an online application, but have no idea how to actually get going
- Is anyone able to help me out?
Why do so many self-proclaimed millionaires spend so much time trying to sell you a course? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:37 AM PDT One thing I've been finding online when trying to research making money online, selling products, info products, etc. is that there are SOOOO many people who claim they make tens of thousands of dollars a month (some times per day), who are starving to death for you to sign up for their newsletter or $20 course. [link] [comments] |
Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:57 AM PDT I have the (mis) fortunate of having several relatively distance clients that I have to visit frequently. As such, I churn through audio books. I find great success in using books to re-enforce a mindset I want to build. Specific advice is often tailored to a certain context and should not be listened to explicitly. No single book is neither holistic or infallible. Particularly for complex topics you should read a few books and look for the trends between them. Chances are there will be 2 or 3 things that are valuable with the rest of the topics being micro-changes. Business
MarketingYou won't learn marketing from a book. They're basically all snake oil. These are at least some what interesting from the story telling perspective.
General Advice
Misc
EDIT: Clarification that "course" is a university course - not something I'm trying to peddle. [link] [comments] |
Would you refuse a job offer if an HR or company manager lacks enthusiasm and does not engage? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:34 AM PDT Hi. So imagine, you get an invitation to a job interview. You show up at the place and see two people in the meeting room. 1 is from HR personnel/manager, the other one is just a random employee. They open their conversation without confidence. - Sooo.... What should we tell you? This is the company and we do this. I don't know what to tell you, honestly. I ask them questions about the company, about the position and culture. It appears that they are dodging the questions. - Me - what is the purpose of this role? - Um... Well, we do stuff here. Anyway, do you have any interests? - Yes, (I tell some of them). - Well, you won't have any of this here. *Awkward silence* - Okay! We will send you a test. Let us know once you have it done - we will have a chat. And that's it! I mean this was the most awkward job interview. The people questioning me had no interest in me whatsoever. Now I'm stuck with a dilemma - should I finish the assignment or not? I feel like it's going to be a bad place to work, judging from the first experience with them. What would you do in my shoes? Have you experienced anything similar? This is related to a life of a fresh entrepreneur - I have my own project which has already paid off. But an additional income from a regular job would give me some funds for marketing and freelancers. [link] [comments] |
Any things I should know for an interior painting business? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 11:01 AM PDT After getting fired from my shitty job last May I decided to say fuck it and start up a pressure washing business. More like the lemonade stand version of a pressure washing business, I'm talking one man band, 2.5gpm unit, soft washing houses for cheap. I'm paying my bills and loving not working for anybody, but it's almost winter and I need to figure something out. I'm thinking I'll do some interior painting using the same tactics to get clients as I am now, aka putting myself all over Facebook and making my whole family share that shit. Does anybody have any tricks of the trade that I might not think of starting out? What are the common pain in the ass points. Or, should I do something else for the winter that can put a couple bills in my pocket every week. [link] [comments] |
What kind of licenses or zoning issues will I have trying to open a Glass shop/bar/cafe/small venue Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:50 AM PDT Ive had a dream since I was a kid to open an awesome cafe now as an adult and as a glass blower id like to merge the ideas into one , basically a glass shop in the back and a cafe/bar in the front with a small stage . Is this possible ? what kind of licenses or zoning would I have to adhere to , Ive just been working out of my garage so I have no clue what Id need to go a step further [link] [comments] |
Found a good opportunity but need advice Posted: 02 Sep 2018 12:42 PM PDT I am unofficially affiliated with a medium sized publicly held company "BIG" and have found a startup company "STARTUP" that "BIG" is going to invest in. STARTUP has been in proof-of-concept and licensing mode for 3+ years and is in need of cash to continue and then take the next step. BIG has verbally offered to buy 50% of the stock for $100k and the sole owner of STARTUP has verbally agreed. Next week, BIG will present the offer (cash and stock) and they want me to run the deal and then, probably, the company. I have never been the position where a company buys half of another company before and would welcome comments on what normally happens in this situation and what are the options or variations. Questions - What happens to the $100k purchase price? Does it go into the company or straight to the STARTUP owner? If he gets it, how does it get accounted when he puts some of it back into the company? What happens when BIG invests more money - (probably about $500k in the first year - there are good opportunities)? Is that considered a loan? Or does it buy more stock? If more stock, where does that stock come from? What are the typical agreements or restrictions that come with the initial investment like this (such as first right of refusal on stock sales, taking out additional loans, etc.)? I would be involved (this is in my industry and I found the opportunity) but what should I ask for? What part of the company would I ask for? I would need a salary, where would it come from? How about the founder's salary? Also, can someone point me to case studies where this kind of deal is described and then examined? Thanks muchly. [link] [comments] |
Please recommend me team/ project management software Posted: 02 Sep 2018 11:51 AM PDT I am running a small size company (less than 10 employees). Until now all the important info, book keeping and reservations been typed in to Excel. But now we have like 6 different excel files with various different sheets. It is extremely time consuming and sometimes difficult to keep track on all the data. So I am wondering if there is any management software that could ease up the flow, both for us owners and people who work for us to get better ways to add and access data. Our company provides transfer services. Most of the staff are drivers, which means that they need to access some information on the go. Let me give you an idea what the software should be able to do:
Any software suggestion or other tools recommendation would be highly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
Get early tickets to Startup Conference Posted: 02 Sep 2018 01:48 PM PDT This is an interesting conference and wanted to share with fellow redditors. 1 International Startup Conference, IgniterCon 2018 happening Oct 13,14 2018 at Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA. get your Super Early bird ticket before its all gone. Our Keynote speakers this year are Nancy Duarte, TED Speaker and Author of slide:ology, Don Peppers, Author of Customer Experience: What, How, and Why Now and Ravi Belani, Managing Director, Alchemist Accelerators.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/igniter-international-startup-conference-tickets-46570376249 [link] [comments] |
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I just launched my side-project, hellonext.co; can you help me test? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 12:54 PM PDT I just launched my side project, hellonext.co; an extremely simple product that allows your customers to provide feedback/feature requests and upvote existing ones; As a product owner, I'm trying to see if this can help product managers set their roadmap with the data the receive from hellonext; I'm looking for beta users, and people from r/Entrepreneur can avail free subscription for the first one year. If you think there is something missing in the platform, please provide your feedback at https://hellonext.co/feedback As a customer, you can maintain one single account and follow multiple products that you use and give them feedback before or after you buy the product; and you get regular updates about the changes in the feedback/feature you requested; P.S.: Trying to build out a better landing page though. But I'm sure you can get a sense of the product once you sign up. :) [link] [comments] |
How to validate business idea? Lean Startup Method Posted: 02 Sep 2018 06:51 AM PDT I am wondering how would you validate a business idea, do you think you could just build 2-3 landing pages each for different services and run Adwords campaigns for them and at the end you choose the one with the most leads and actually build it? [link] [comments] |
Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:05 AM PDT Hello All, I am looking for a list of books to read that can help me. Whether it be motivational or business oriented. Just drops some books below. [link] [comments] |
Overcoming years of mindless building to finally making my first successful product Posted: 02 Sep 2018 11:41 AM PDT I've posted here before with my experience running an online t-shirt business and I got a lot of great comments and conversations going. I've been building something completely different for the past 7 months, which started as a community and became something akin to a product (if I can call it that, as its a web app). It's not monetised and I am exploring various ways of making it so, but so far it has been the most interesting and successful side-project I've done. So I've made a short blog post documenting my journey so far, which I thought people might find interesting. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it and would definitely like to hear from those of you that specifically built products that fostered a strong community, or the way I did it - started building a community, which later required an actual product built around it. [link] [comments] |
What would it take to bring back Vine? Posted: 01 Sep 2018 05:24 PM PDT I think the dismantling of Vine was one of the most heinous cultural crimes the internet has ever seen. I don't know shit about shit but I've had a few beers and I've been watching old Vine compilations all night, laughing my tits off. These videos have millions of views and a bunch of nostalgic commenters saying 'RIP Vine'. Nothing ever replaced it. I can't open up an app and be guaranteed a buffet of 6.5-second lols anymore. What kind of a life is this? I wanna bring it back. Can I hire one of you fuckers to code this shit? Would it cost a lot? [link] [comments] |
On the Immorality of Advertising in a Technological Age and Solutions to the Problem Posted: 02 Sep 2018 11:20 AM PDT
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Is anyone here in the payday loan business space? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 11:03 AM PDT Thinking of starting a non-franchised payday loan business in Canada. Can anyone here give me any sort of direction (Laws, restrictions, profitability, things to avoid, startup capital (I'm assuming 150k min. including lending money), is it worth it? [link] [comments] |
Why would people by from you locally instead of just buying the same product online? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 11:02 AM PDT Looking to import items and resell in my country but not sure which items to sell that people wouldn't just get the same way I import them, by buying it online. [link] [comments] |
I feel like we should help each other out growing instead of growing solo then posting it here Posted: 01 Sep 2018 08:55 PM PDT Unless proof of growth is given, so we know it's actually legit. But otherwise, we should use this sub as a community of entrepreneurs helping each other grow and also networking with each other, no? [link] [comments] |
Who want's to join a public eCommerce challenge? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:35 AM PDT Video Explanation: Here I'm bored of reading the content on this sub, I want to add some content that will motivate others to take the leap to stop reading and start doing. You learn way more from doing, you just need a general direction to start heading in. That's why I'm doing an eCommerce challenge (more of a personal challenge) to create a video series walking any through the process I use to successfully launch eCommerce stores with sales on day 1. I'm looking for 3-5 people who want to build their own sites alongside myself. I'll share all of my methods with you and help with any roadblocks you may encounter. I'm using $500 as my budget for the project, I ask that you dedicate the same amount to your project so the only variable in the challenge is the niche. Some of the thing's you'll learn:
Thanks for reading and watching! Feel free to DM me if you're interested in joining. [link] [comments] |
How do you find Low or Poor Supply and High Demand? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 10:18 AM PDT |
If you build it.....they will ignore it! Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:32 AM PDT Hello fellow entrepreneurs. I'm a little frustrated and would love to have some advice as the business I began two months ago is already gathering cobwebs! I'm already not sure if I should cut my losses as I haven't made one penny as of yet. I'll give you a quick rundown before I get to the questions- I'm a professional motion graphics designer and animator. I've worked on character games and animation at a profile company but most recently had been working as a motion graphics designer producing engagement videos on social media along with youtube explainer videos, banner ads, aparel design, basically stuff that utilized my creative skills. At that company, our core demographic was older women and so my portfolio is now chalk full of stuff made to appeal to that audience. Getting a little bored with this, I decided to launch my own little business in an attempt to appeal to small to medium businesses seeking engagement video, youtube video, web animation content, advertisements, illustration...etc. I'm pretty open minded towards a demographic and content, from children to gamers and even to adult oriented stuff. Whatever I can make money from. So I've built the website, added an instagram, fb page and a twitter account, telling everyone who will listen about my service, and....nothing. Aside from paying for ads, I'm not sure how else to promote my business ? Friends and family are good for pats on the back but essentially useless in terms of local leads. Just going by craigslist and others, I realize I'm in a highly competitive marketplace but I've in the past created engagement ads that hit well over 1 million shares and youtube videos that have hit 1 million, so the effectiveness of my work is not an issue. In terms of pricing, there are so many variables that I can't simply put an exact price on my products without a detailed description from potential customers. What am I not communicating properly? How can I find my 'niche' when I don't know what has the best chances of working out? My website is hotsytotsycreative.ca I apologize if posting it is against the rules but this is NOT meant to be a spam as I need constructive, honest feedback. Also, I'd be willing to collab in some way with your small business if there is some sort of match. [link] [comments] |
I have a great idea for an online application, but have no idea how to actually get going Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:30 AM PDT Hey guys, I'm a serious newbie (from the UK) here and I'd really appreciate some advice from people who know the basics on how to get started with a business, so far this is where I've got. I have a new idea which I'm pretty certain hasn't been done before, it's an online social application which is on the subject of dating/relationships. I have designed a PowerPoint presentation which shows my idea in detail, I have included data graphs which show why I think my idea will work and I have interacted with public a lot and included my feedback and comments. I have created a survey and I have been out to numerous different towns and cities to get the publics opinion by approaching people on the street. So far I have about 200 survey returns and about 90% of them really praise the idea and were very keen on he concept (I made sure to vary the age of people doing the surveys between ages 17-50). So now I have proof this idea works and people have shown an interest, but I have absolutely no idea where to even start, who do I ask to design the app? How much money would I need to get it going? Should I pursue an investor? I know exactly how I want the app formatting and I have already registered my business as a limited company and designed a logo, but now I'm kind of at a dead end on where to go from here? I'm sorry if this is vague or may seem like I'm doing it completely wrong, but I have no experience or education in the business world. I would even sell my idea to someone who knows more what they're doing, but I wouldn't know where to even start with that! Thanks for taking the time to read this if you have, I would really appreciate some pointers or advice, even if it's negative. [link] [comments] |
Is anyone able to help me out? Posted: 02 Sep 2018 12:06 PM PDT Hello Everyone, Two months ago I launched My ''Pug themed Store for Humans'' (We sell clothes, accessories and house items). Since then, I didn't make one single sale (if we exclude the 4 fraudulents orders I had to refund - with extra fees). I've been working on my site for at least 50 hours/week while having a part-time job (20-30hours/week), trying to optimize the site to generate more traffic, interacting with people on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, loads of different forums and to friends and family. I also hired someone to work on my SEO to boost my ROI (it costs 900$ for 3 months and they guarantee that my site will be on google's first search page), I've been making/posting ads on google shopping and Facebook (facebook ads and self-ads in niched facebook groups) and I used PPC on Google and Bings. Since the begining, I must have spent 3000$ on all sorts of things, doing tests, using apps, ads, some courses (I know I shouldn't have paid for that, but what is done is done) I've done everything by myself - it's been a lot of work - and I've come to the point that it's really hard for me to look at my website without being super subjective. I've reached the point where I really need to start making sales because School is starting and I won't be able to invest as much time as I would like on my website. In addition, I'm a 22y/o student who has a dog (my bestfriend), a rent to pay, a nasty landlord - Because of the investments on my site, I'm currently kind of broke and I don't know how I'm going to make it threw next month. I'm asking for your help because I've been working so hard without having ANY returns on investments and I feel There's definitly something I'm doing wrong. Even with 40-80 visitors a day, none of them are converting into buying products. For the last time, I'm humbly asking for some feedback, or anything really... Here's the link to my store : https://pugyou.net/ Thank you very much for taking the time to read this post, you can't understand how much I appreciate it! Have a wonderful day [link] [comments] |
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