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    January 30, 2019

    Wantrepreneur Wednesday! - (January 30, 2019) Entrepreneur

    Wantrepreneur Wednesday! - (January 30, 2019)

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 05:05 AM PST

    Please use this thread to ask any wantrapreneur questions.

    We do this to not overflow the subreddit with wantrapreneur questions, so please try to limit the questions to this weekly thread.

    Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts.

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    So you want to be a twitch streamer? 1st year in review.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:40 AM PST

    With the start of the new year I always find myself reflecting on what I've done, review goals and achievements and whatnot. Last year I began streaming. I've found a lot of people IRL and viewers always ask a lot of questions about growth and finances. "How do I become a streamer" "How much money do you make" "1v1 noob".

    ​

    Seriously, I don't understand it because I wouldn't call myself successful in streaming by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd like to share my year in view as a case study for starting streamers. This is by no way shape or form a how too, advice, or hard and fast rule or guideline. This is simply one man's journey and it may deter a lot of you from actually streaming. You don't just hit that go live button and start making money hand over fist, it's a lot of work and you MUST love the work and not the result. So far 1 year in I'm still in love with streaming, the highs and the lows.

    ​

    BACKGROUND

    28y/o male, married with a son and fulltime job as an aerospace engineer. I was unhappy with twitch's interface when trending growth. Socialblade does a decent job and streamlabs was ok…. But I decided to import all the data to excel and start monitoring it myself.

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    I started streaming with Overwatch and soon switched to Fortnite. I have mixed feeling about playing oversaturated games. On one hand, I understand it hard to be found on the twitch directory… on the other hand there are tons of people wanting to watch that game so if you can get exposure elsewhere you can generate a decent following.

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    February 16th the was the first time I clicked that go live button. I had played around with OBS in the past, but this was the first time I decided to take it seriously. 0 marketing, 0 idea of what I was doing… 0 viewers. Couple of weeks in I got my friends to start lurking while we played but they were inconsistent, I was inconsistent but eventually I ended up getting affiliated. The viewers were literally my IRL friends and online buddies. May 2nd, I got the affiliate set up and got my first sub (again online and IRL buddies)

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    My channel was plain, and frankly quite boring. But when I started networking with other streamers and seeing some seriously top-notch production it motivated me to work had and make my stream stand out. Shout out to a couple medium streamers that inspired if that's allowed: Carvemup, UR2ezTV, and THEBETTYMEIN.

    I am not a top tier gameplay type broadcaster, so I needed to find a way to increase the production value. Spent some time learning how to make little animations and whatnot to be more entertaining and have something that makes my channel unique. Came up with a theme that I enjoy and incorporated that into the channel sometime in July. Something as silly as wearing some retro clothes and sunglasses jumped the channel growth up and the following started snowballing. Knew I needed a greenscreen for the type of stream I wanted and set that as a bit goal. Oct 1st set up the greenscreen really giving a lot of a control over the aesthetics of the channel. Growth is slow but steady.

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    2018 Growth

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    FINANCES

    Rather than go month by month you can see my graphs and breakdown of the revenue HERE. Obviously as the channel grows the more the gross from subs grows. But what is unexpected is how generous some people are. Sub gifting is one of the best additions to twitch IMO many people love gifting subs when they see those reoccurring faces in chat.

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    By and large the biggest contributor to income was cheers. See the comparison between subs and donations vs cheering.

    I have been blown away by the generosity of my community. Many are friends who want to help and farm bits but all those 10 and 20 bit cheers really add up over the year. 72% of all income earned was through cheering. Seriously shoutout to the LataPosse for all the support you guys are incredible!

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    Rev Without Bits

    2018 Bits

    2018 Gross

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    Now here is the fun part. Many people may look at that and think, "oh cool! See mom I can make money playing video games" and sure… $800 isn't anything to write home about but I'm more than thrilled with the success I've had. But Twitch tracks all the hours you've streamed so let's take a look at that. It took me 132.52 hours from the first time I went live until I got my affiliate status… and afterwards I streamed for another 351.13hrs making a grand total of 483.65 hrs broadcasting last year. I only streamed about 2-3hrs a day YMMV.

    ​

    Assuming that was the ONLY time spent working on the stream (there are easily another hundred or so hours working behind the scenes on emotes, graphics, green screen, intro videos... the list goes on and on since I do all my own artwork) my hourly rate from Twitch comes to $1.74/hr. Also this is based off of GROSS income… if I took into account the money spent on a mic, camera, green screen, games, and everything else that I'm writing off on my taxes we would 100% be negative……

    So, do you think I'm going to continue streaming next year?!

    …

    YOU BET YOUR ASS I WILL!

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    Seriously! I do all this because I'm a geek and love graphs and trends but DO NOT get into streaming if it's solely for the money. Your time could be better spent working literally anywhere else. But I absolutely love streaming. The community building, the friends made, people met, hell even dealing with trolls is fun. It for sure has its ups and downs. There were days when streaming to no one you get frustrated and sad, and there are days when your tired and don't want to play games, but the reward is so much more than financial. My small community means the world to me and I hope all you aspiring streamers get to experience what I'm talking about.

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    That being said, I do have major goals for 2019 that revolve around growth and hopefully income (new merch designs that don't look like a walking billboard… whoops) and I know only going live for 2hrs a day is handicapping my growth but playing the slow game until I can go full time is the ideal dream for me.

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    To the more seasoned experts on this subreddit... what ways would you see that could help with scale-ability? the biggest problem on twitch is discoverability. Twitch sorts channels based solely off of "concurrent viewership" or how many people are watching you at the moment. It's very much a positive feedback loop... If you are popular you're at the top of the list, thus getting more exposure and getting more popular. the problem is if you're not popular there are very few ways to get your product in from on an audience. Where should i focus marketing for 2019? I currently use Twitter and Reddit but am looking for other suggestions... hell even local networking has helped. Friends and coworkers tell other. I'm thinking about getting stickers to place/give out to viewers to spread the word a bit. All suggestions are welcome.

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    I hope this annual breakdown shed some light on things no one really talks about on twitch. I hope I've either inspired or educated some of you on the fence when it comes to streaming.

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    Edit: since people are asking... my twitch is just my username https://twitch.tv/latapoxy in case you did want to follow. This wasn't meant to be an advertisement

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    I set a goal two years ago to hit $10,000 in one month and I finally did it!!

    Posted: 29 Jan 2019 02:28 PM PST

    Proof

    Hi all, I'm on cloud nine and need to gloat. I don't want to gloat on social media because I don't want to look like an asshole.

    I'm 23, this month I brought in $15,500 as a marketing consultant and through my outsourced recruiting company. I'd like to share a bit of my story.

    Two and a half years ago, I was failing in community college. I never wanted to go into debt, so I flipped cars to pay tuition. I also worked part time in data entry at an insurance company. Prior to this, I attempted to launch a company based on a hammock that I invented that had no competitors. It failed quickly. Am I not good enough to start a business? I hated school, hated the data entry job, was overall in a very bad place. I had -$10 every month to eat. I lived with my brother in a two bedroom rundown apartment. I ate parts of his leftovers (just enough so that he wouldn't notice) because I had no money for food.

    An acquaintance and I started a digital marketing company that leveraged his dad's network of small businesses from his direct mail service. For a little over a year, I ran that company and received little more than $100 per month as we tried to grow. We dispersed eventually, and I took my best client on as a marketing consultant/manager. I did every bit of their marketing for them. I was then making $2,500/mo. I started asking for referrals. I got one. $4,500/mo now. I stayed there for a bit as I was perfecting my process and daily tasks. I sold my car to pay rent. I bought a POS car that broke down once per week.

    6 months ago, I decided to try a soft launch of a recruiting service that didn't charge monthly retainers, headhunters fees, etc. I sent out 5,000 emails by signing up multiple free Mailchimp accounts because I couldn't pay to have the full service. I hooked one. I tediously constructed the whole process of that so that I'd have a good process to replicate in the future.

    I got two more marketing clients. I had one client drop. I gained another. And another. I started hiring freelancers to take some of the work off my plate while I keep up with the client relations side.

    For 2 months, I was just on the cusp of bringing in $10,000 in MRR. I was more stressed than I ever had been. What if it all falls apart? Where do I go from here? Am I even delivering value to these companies?

    Last month, I got another recruiting client. This month I got a recruiting client and another marketing client. All contracts have been signed and all invoices have been paid for the month.

    This month, the revenue of my S-Corp holding company was $15,500. I am ecstatic. I've never felt this high before. I've never been as proud of myself as I am in this moment. I bought a 2009 Audi wagon in cash and my girlfriend and I are buying a house later this year. I'm taking her to Costa Rica, where I plan to propose to her. She's been with me from the beginning. She played dumb as I gave excuses as to why we shouldn't go see that movie or go mini-golfing, when the real reason was that I didn't have enough in my account to pay for it.

    As I said, revenue is $15,500. I will gross about $12,500. $1,500 to freelancers, web fees, phone bill, and gas, and $1,500 to advertising. I can safely plan on at least $15,500 each month moving forward. For the foreseeable future, I plan to pay myself $2,000/mo and put $10,500/mo in the business' savings account until there's enough there to safely pay myself a shareholder's bonus and use it as downpayment on a house.

    It's crazy what two years of being a stubborn idiot can do if you want something bad enough. I was eating my brother's 10-day-old Chinese food and telling my girlfriend we shouldn't go grab dinner because I wanted to make tuna sandwiches (I didn't want to).

    To all that are currently where I was, it's worth it. I wouldn't trade this feeling for anything. To those that see $15,500 in monthly revenue as child's play, I pray that I'll be up to par with you in the future. And to my girlfriend's dad that said I'd never make any money without a degree, I cannot wait to tell you the news.

    Edit: adding proof because nothing in this sub is real without proof.

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    How many of you are part-time and started part-time with your side hustle? If you went full-time, how long did it take? How was the time balance?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 09:48 AM PST

    How many of you are part-time and started part-time with your side hustle? If you went full-time, how long did it take? How was the time balance?

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    How To Respond To An Offer To Buy Your Business

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 02:56 AM PST

    Getting an expression of interest in buying your business - whether accompanied by a number​ or not - can be very flattering. However, there are some important things you need to know.

    1. Don't trust the offer. Small businesses get offers like these all the time but many are fake (in some way, shape or form). ​​

    2. If the offer is from a competitor, the chances are that they are after information about your business. Competitors often make all the right sounds about how and why they want to acquire your business but, most often, they are simply after information.

    ​​3. Appoint an expert to represent you. There is a huge disparity in knowledge between investors and owners of small businesses .​​

    4. Business owners often make the mistake of thinking that because they are smart and have built a successful business they have the savvy to negotiate (or even talk) with the pros. Even in the most casual initial conversations the pros will be making mental notes to use against you! One common ploy is to let you talk up your business - anything you say can and will be used against you later... and they are very clever in how they do it!

    ​​5. If the offer is from a business broker, the chances are they are just fishing. Brokers often come up with lines such as, "We have eager buyers looking for businesses just like yours". They are usually lying. They have a subscriber list but it's probably highly untargeted, badly out of date and unlikely to have what they claim.

    ​​6.​ If the buyer includes a figure in his offer, that's a warning sign in itself. Buyers don't mention numbers unless they've first had a chance to carefully examine the books, the operations, the tax returns and various other paperwork.

    ​​7. Do not spend any of that money till you have received it! There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. No matter how certain you are that the deal is in the bag, it probably isn't.

    8. One buyer is as good as no buyer. If you want to get the best price for your business you need to have multiple buyers on the scene. If someone has made the first approach it falls upon you now to find other buyers to create competitive tension. That is not easy to do.

    9. Do not discuss anything till you've got a Non-Disclosure Agreement signed... not even whether you'd consider selling or not. Even just meeting or speaking with the party who expressed an interest enables them to claim publicly that you're looking to sell your business ... and that could be detrimental to you as staff, customers and suppliers get nervous about an impending sale.

    10. Do a lot of research before you respond to any offer.

    Cross posted in the subreddit I moderate on Buying & Selling Businesses. Please subscribe if you're interested in this topic.

    Have you ever had an offer to buy you out? Did that end in a completed transaction? Why ... or why not?

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    Breaking Up With Business Partners

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:05 AM PST

    So yesterday my two business partners informed me that they wanted to be bought out of our business. I'm a bit frustrated about the situation, but here's the gist.

    In our first year, we did $14,903 in profit. Our model is a little different in that we have much lower up front fees in exchange for equity or revenue share in our clients on the back end from what they generate as a result of our efforts. As you can imagine, the first year will be slow with a model like that, and we're really looking to build a long term business collecting on equity and revenue for maintenance.

    To ensure we were all on the same page, we built in a vesting schedule in our operating agreement where nobody would be fully vested until 6/1/2020, and we specifically discussed we were in it for the long haul. I thought we were all approaching this from the same mind set. To that end, we decided not to draft a buy/sell agreement until closer to our vesting date after we saw how the business was doing.

    This month was about 1 year in business, and my partners are not happy with the return they've seen for the time they've put in. They expressed concern that we didn't make a lot of money in year one like they were hoping. This was a shock to me, because we agreed on the model and set the expectations very clearly in the beginning.

    They want to be bought out. While we have the vesting schedule which basically gives them no rights to any of the cash yet, I also don't have a way to get them out before 6/2020 without going to court because we never created the buy/sell agreement or delineated working obligations in our operating agreement. So basically they could stop doing anything and still have claim to their share come June of next year. And if the revenue share contracts we have pick up, then they would have claim to that as well.

    So long story short, we came to an agreement that I'd keep the company and its assets and about $6000 of the profit, and they would split the remainder as the buyout. They both get less than 1/3 of what was in the original agreement, and I think it's a fair enough compromise given the vesting agreement we had.

    Lesson learned friends; always be sure to document everything in writing, and don't ever think you can just trust somebody in business.

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    Trying to harness university's expertise as a student; ghosted by a professor who was developing something similar, how to handle professional relationship?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 01:12 PM PST

    So I met a connector who gave me names to contact, all experts in their field. It turns out one of the professors named was a perfect match of all the knowledge and research focus on what I'm developing. I reached out and shared my implementation and excitement. He offered to meet and chat about our approaches, but he ghosted me after my reply.

    I didn't send another because something smelled fishy. By a huge coincidence another student I met and shared what I was doing before meeting the connector, was his assistant. We only found out when he cc'd his whole group working on the project.

    I didn't want to continue our relationship, but now I want to reach out to others in his department and others who are working on similar spaces around the university that I'm sure he has relationships with all of them. Is it weird to sort of go behind him? How do I manage this?

    I just want to move on, and try other people.

    Thanks

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    I own a small advertising firm, started a couple of months ago. I had a great Facebook " recommendation/review" from a client that I did really well for. I just checked my business page today, and while it still says "recommended by 1 person 5/5" their written review is no longer there

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 12:35 PM PST

    I don't see any reason at all as to why the client would remove the review, is there another possible explanation for this? Facebook support could not have been a worse help.

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    What to do about copied (maybe stolen) business name?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 06:57 AM PST

    Iv owned my stump grinding business Stump Shark which you guys help name since around 2012. I have a unique name and logo which is a shark biting into a stump.

    I also wrote a blog post a couple years ago which has been pretty popular. Since then Iv probably had about 20 people reach out to me for info on how to start their own business. That blogpost is by far my most popular page and has been viewed thousands of times.

    I'm obviously a local service business and am not too concerned with any other competitors other than ones in my state.

    But since the blog post two more "stump sharks" have popped up. Neither in CT but both have a shark biting a stump. Neither directly copied the logo, they just copied the concept.

    Unless someone says otherwise I don't plan on doing anything about it. They aren't even close to competing with me locally and neither are trying to impersonate me or using my goodwill.

    Also I don't have a trademark.

    My only fear which is a total long shot is for one of them to go national.

    Should I be worried at all? Or should I take any action?

    TL;DR - other service business are using my name and logo concept. Should I do anything about it?

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    Business without Presence

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 04:26 AM PST

    So, I come from a background of a family owned and managed industrial business. It's amazing money, but it's hellish work. I'm just out of college and I just started working there full time. The thing is, growth potential is there, but I also feel like we're a little stuck. If my dad ever has to leave, most things would stop getting done and few people care or know how to run a lot of the details that he does. My question is this: how do guys like Richard Branson start 300+ companies (300 is made up) without managing them? How does he trust some other CEO to manage the individual subsidiary? Are owner absentee businesses imaginary? I feel like we have to be more hands off if we ever want to get bigger, and personally I would like to start other businesses too, and I don't have time to manage all the little details of all of them. What do y'all think?

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    How to quickly earn about 430$ (320£)? I’m an artsy person, I also know two languages, Iearn very quickly (both computer or manual/organizational stuff)? I know it’s too broad but I don’t want long-term business

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 09:59 AM PST

    I'm looking for some inspiration, power washing and more physical job is not really good for me, I'm a first year undergrad international student (UK) - Management and Marketing. I can paint/draw decently (digital), I know how to use software for drawing, office stuff etc. and I never had problems with that. Once instructed I can do anything but people reading CV dont really care about it since I don't have experience for job that I applied to. So - now I'm looking for something, maybe connected with art (selling something? designing?) that would allow me to earn that money (for travel - I calculated almost everything) in 1-2 months? I don't have any ideas and would appreciate any useful page/advice/links etc:) I know it sounds naive or something but right now I really want something short-term and quick - I thought maybe something connected with valentine's day? Drawing small comics-like potraits of couples? Into a form of a book?

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    I've got 1k+ followers and growing on Instagram on a page that posts cool pics from the city I live in, how can I make money from it?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 01:40 PM PST

    Hi guys,

    Roughly 1k followers and growing.

    Pictures posted are cools photos of the city I'm from.

    How can I start to make money from it?

    Thanks.

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    Help need advise, You Tube Advertising

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 01:37 PM PST

    I am looking into marketing a product I manufacture. Does anyone have experience working with youtube ads? From what I can see, you simply input your budget which is charged daily, IE $10 a day. Then they take care of the rest?

    ​

    I am not looking to be the next Tai Lopez (though he seems like a great guy). I just want a good way to advertise a niche product to the right people.

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    Seeking Recruiting Advice (For My Business)

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 01:05 PM PST

    This is similar to a post I made about a week ago, but I realized that my last post was far more of an advertisement than a request for advice that can actually help me with the expansion of my business.

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    My name is Nolan Clarke, I'm senior at Evanston Township High School (IL) and I helped found a small business called @ChoreBug. ChoreBug is a community driven startup that connects high school workers to an online platform that allows them to match with members of their community seeking workers to complete odd jobs (e.g. yard work, moving, cleaning, etc.).

    The business has been very successful in my city (Evanston, IL) and we are now looking to expand to communities and high schools across the country. We are currently trying to recruit students to register as workers (pay is $15/hr and people only work when they choose), and affiliates (people who will essentially start a branch of ChoreBug in their city by recruiting workers and advertising to clients [they make money on every worker they sign up and on every job each worker completes]).

    My question is... how can I get the word out to recruit reliable affiliates? What is a good platform or method (besides reddit)?

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    Online Business Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, etc.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:49 AM PST

    What is the best way to get terms and conditions setup setup for an online digital service website? Is this something that can be done on your own or should a lawyer develop this for you? I want to make sure I am covered from a legal stand point and don't get sued because I didn't state something or stated it incorrectly.

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    Other strategies similar to Gary Vee's $1.80 strategy

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 08:42 AM PST

    Hi, I'm looking for strategies that are low cost, but require some elbow grease, much like the $1.80 strategy Gary Vee talked about a year ago. I'm in a huge, clearly defined niche, but there are no big blogs or forums to do commenting.

    So, I'm basically looking for some 'thinking out of the box' kinda strategies.

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    need help completing pitch deck (revenue/marketing) for fitness app

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 12:12 PM PST

    hoping to speak with someone who could help in this regard as id like to relay the right information and not be vague. pm for more info thank you

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    Advice on fulfilling digital orders (and tracking)

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:39 AM PST

    Hi guys,

    ​

    We have an online business where we sell digital goods (PDF), which are delivered by email. But we have an issue where customers are claiming they never received the product and issue a charge-back on their card.

    ​

    What we are looking for is a service to help assist in the digital fulfillment and tracking of the order.

    ​

    Essentially:

    1) Customer buys product from our website

    2) We upload the PDF and customer email to the fulfillment system.

    3) Fulfillment system emails a private URL to customer

    4) Fulfillment system tracks whether the URL has been accessed (ideally logging data such as IP address, datetime, etc).

    ​

    Are there any services you can recommenced to help with the fulfillment piece?

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    Importing from Hong Kong?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 11:22 AM PST

    Hello!

    Me and my friend started a spirit apparel business that we are selling to college bookstores in the united states. they are unique pieces of clothing that we have designed with the help of our manufacturer. We've been done two shipments through courier of about 50-60 pieces. We send boxes to different locations near us and pick them up.

    Now we're getting to a point where we want to send more of a bulk style on a shipping container, but we have no idea how to get an import license for this. We're stuck and not sure what to do next in order to get bigger orders here legally. Our manufacturer is willing to work with us but we have no idea what to do. Any advice is appreciated.

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    Instagram automation advice

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:46 AM PST

    Hi, does anyone know of an Instagram service that does both the automation side of things such as socialcaptain.com but also has the ability to schedule manual posts, preferably with a grid builder? I was hoping to not have to purchase two services if there was a suitable all-in-one

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    What do I do during my gap year?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:27 AM PST

    Hey guys, I'm a 17 year old from Germany who is going to take a gap year after graduating from high school! You would seriously help me a ton if you had any concrete ideas on what to do in this time. Is there a possibility to intern at a startup during this time? Is there any organisation which might let me go abroad while studying/interning in things like business/marketing/entrepreneurship? I'm currently working on a business but my parents will definitely not give me the money/permission to just go abroad and work on it from there.

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    side-hustle advices

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:27 AM PST

    hi guys, i have a fulltime as an engineer, but been trying to learn web dev on the side and built a few websites averaging $1k each project. I know it's not scalable since it's service based, but i'm stuck on how to scale and how to build a business that can net me more and replace my fulltime income. Any advice for an engineer noob-entrepreneur like me would be awesome, thanks.

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    Quick question about print on demand payment transactions.

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:26 AM PST

    So if I understand correctly once you setup your website and get a sale, the pod provider charges you a fufilment price and whatever you charge above that goes to you. My question is how long does it take for that profit to go into your account? If my store all of the sudden gets higher than normal sales do I need the funds in the attached bank account to support all the new business, or will I be ok with just a couple hundred to keep circulating? Thank you in advance!

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    Why don't more people do Online/Digital work?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:24 AM PST

    The internet is seriously the biggest storage base of knowledge and opportunities ever created, and you have access to it everyday. Yet people don't ever think to use it to improve their financial situation in creative ways, or at the very least help them along the employment process. This just never comes to mind for most people, for the masses it's either work that 9-5 or resort to something illegal. I feel like this might be a serious attributor to why so many people are displeased with the current economic landscape, and why so many complain of poverty and a crippled employment market.

    We've entered and passed through the digital age, yet we're still relying on industrial age employment methods. Going & applying for a job, working that wage labor, coming home to the kids after a hard days work, repeat. Our technology and opportunities regarding employment have steadily improved, but the way people approach employment has always remained the same. It's almost amazing, because it seems like this is a BIG thing that people are just glossing over.

    Now obviously everything I said only applies to populations with access to the internet, but considering 86.2% of the country has internet access, I can say this applies to the majority of folks in America. I seriously believe a lack of thinking outside the box is what's holding a lot of this country back from realizing true financial freedom. What do you guys think?

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    How to hire freelance sales?

    Posted: 30 Jan 2019 10:08 AM PST

    Hey guys.

    Real quick: My partner and I made the transition last year from running everything ourselves to hiring outside help so we could finally take a little breath (we've been in business for 9 years now).

    The problem is, for the sales rep we hired – though very sweet and attentive to customers who have already booked – our conversion has gone from 33% to 13%. Out of all of us – us two owners and the people who do the job hired – she's the only person making money. It's super frustrating.

    The salesperson doesn't even need to live in the local area. We can teach them everything. We just need results, results, results.

    I've looked up "how to hire a freelance sales rep" but results are mostly for finding people to go to trade shows, go on sales calls, etc.. I'm looking for someone who can work full time from home (or coffee shop or whatever) and focus on the job at hand and make us money. We pay really well – base + commission + bonus.

    Where can I find these people??

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