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    Entrepreneurs, why did you choose your industry?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 06:33 AM PST

    Hello entrepreneurs,

    what influenced you to start your business in the specific industry that you are in now?

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    How do I determine/negotiate my monthly pay for freelance Facebook Advertising?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:10 AM PST

    Hi there,

    I'm new to Facebook advertising and was wondering how people determine/negotiate what their monthly pay will be?
    I have a few companies interested in having me work with them to set up their facebook page and run ad campaigns for them, however I am not sure how to determine what my pay... anyone out there have any advice?

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    Businesses I can start with a van truck?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 10:57 AM PST

    My late uncle had a 1996 GMC W4000. It has a fiberglass bubble shell that opens to the side, he used it for concrete. His wife has offered it to me first. It has a dually rear axle setup and the diesel engine, with a pintle hitch on the back. I feel comfortable saying it can pull or haul just about anything up to its own size. The limitation is the size of the cargo compartment, which I estimate 6 ft high by 12 ft long on the inside, further limited by the fact that it has only a pair of doors about 4 ft high by 5 ft wide. If I bought a flatbed trailer then this limitation would be less significant. 1099 delivery services like GoShare are not in my area.

    I have the skills to do 90% of my own work on the truck, and after giving it a once-over I feel comfortable saying it is a solid vehicle. I have experience with some non-skilled home improvement work, like blowing in attic insulation, sealing asphalt, that sort of thing.

    If I wanted to go this route, would blowing in insulation and doing asphalt sealing be the best option? Are there any other options to monetize the truck?

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    Nonprofit IT services and consulting

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:21 PM PST

    Considering the pros/cons of starting a non-profit or charitable for-profit IT service(s) organization. Not well-versed in the legalities, would build a solid understanding before ever jumping in. I do have a few contacts that operate Non-profits now. My current employer (Healthcare) actually did this pivot a couple years ago.

    Conceptually this organization would provide consulting, developing, and implementing IT systems and services for other non-profits. I have about 5 years professional IT experience, but have been configuring operating systems via command lines since 95.

    I feel like this type of service would aquatint me with many local people and businesses. I would also be able to use this as additional padding to further career.

    The "wrinkle" is I ultimately want a for-profit IT service organization. That would focus on B2B services. I feel managing both concurrently would be a head-ache. I am thinking more of a pivot from non-profit to for-profit.

    Looking for advice if this would be a worth-while endeavor? Or would I be better served going for-profit and offering charitable services?

    Thanks in advance,

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    Printing and selling art online (Advice for a first-year university student)

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 06:06 AM PST

    Hey guys,

    I'm a first-year architecture student in the UK, and a large part of my course involves me travelling with my small sketchbook. I now have quite a significant collection of sketches, and after posting some of them on "Instagram stories" many of my friends and acquaintances have commented on the fact that they would pay for them – and some of them have told me they see a possibility that people would purchase them. This positive feedback makes me want to take this more seriously and use my sketches and drawings to generate some income (especially considering the fact that architecture is quite an expensive course)

    Currently, I have a collection of drawings in my A5 sized sketchbook (5.8 x 8.3 in) and have also done a few which are a bit smaller than this on pieces of foam board (which I've hung around my college accommodation).

    I honestly have no idea where to begin with scanning/printing art, let alone actually selling it.

    I'd really appreciate any advice you have on:

    • Software/scanners/printers to reproduce my originals (there is a free scanning facility in my university)
    • Online marketplace to sell my art
    • Pricing (I usually make these drawings in my spare time or on site - but I would like to make enough to generate a significant amount of extra income)

    It is possible for me to share some of my artwork so you can gauge my ability and recommend the best medium to use for selling it.

    I know it's a lot to explain to a person but to a young, budding architecture student (and a future entrepreneur hopefully) I would really appreciate any advice you have :)

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    Vacation Rental Management - Advice & Help Needed

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 11:26 AM PST

    Hello,

    I am a 24 year old entrepreneur from Spain, I have been hanging around this subreddit for a while now and I am pleasantly surprised by the support that is given among the members of the community. In my country there is no place to talk and share ideas with people of the same mentality.

    I would like to present my case and receive all kind of opinions in order to improve everything possible, as a person and company.

    Four months ago, with my 27-year-old brother, I started a "company" (I am registered as a self-employed worker, not as a company) to manage vacation homes. We operate in a subtropical island in Spain that is tourist in its entirety, many will know what it is;)

    Our client profile is usually wealthy people who has second empty homes and who do not have time to deal with them, which causes them losses.

    Our services try to help the owner and have a win-win relationship. We offer price optimization in online platforms (airbnb, homeaway, booking.com, etc), booking management, cleaning and laundry, assistance in check-in & check-out, professional housing photography (which we deliver to the owner free of charge), and maintenance management (if something needs to be fixed, it is billed separately by the company that does it)

    The business model is that we only charge if the owner gets paid, that is, if there is a reservation. In this case, we charge 25% of the reservation.

    Here where we operate is something "new" that is currently in great demand. A few months ago they wanted to make it illegal (because the government wants to take their part) but the supreme court of Spain has just approved and allowed the holiday homes in their entirety, so we are in a very favorable position.

    Being a "new" business here (I am aware that it has been taking place in other countries for a long time) there are plenty of opportunities to grow as there is a lot of tourism by the sun and good weather and there are many houses / villas / apartments for tourist use. In addition, there are not many companies that do the same as us, and they don't invest a lot of money (no billboards or ads)

    The problem comes when it comes to our ability to grow as a company. We come from a humble family and we do not have the necessary means or capital to grow as we would like. We only have 1 car and we can not divide at the time of going to do several check-in / check-out at the same time, resolve incidents, etc. Due to the relief of the island and the malfunctioning of public transport, it is necessary to travel by car, otherwise we could not operate correctly.

    We currently have 5 properties and the entire workload falls on both of us. It would be ideal to have an employee who takes care of 5-7 houses to be able to dedicate ourselves to attract new clients and improve the company.

    Also, we do not find software that can really meet the needs of the business, there is only one and it is quite expensive for us. ($ 1500 setup fee + $ 160 / mo + $ 20 per property)

    We would like to improve our presence in social media, know how to get more properties, how to obtain a second vehicle to be more efficient, how to advertise and market our business. We would also like to find an email + CRM software with which to manage everything from one place (not sales oriented, because we do not sell anything).

    I really think it can be a big business that can be delegated to employees and converted into passive income, with a bit of investment.

    Our website is: https://dragopm.com/en/

    Thanks to those who read until the end, I would like to read your opinions and advice in order to improve.

    Kind regards,

    Pablo

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    Do you know anyone who's owned a Mission Tortilla Route? Owner operator

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 05:43 AM PST

    I'm looking into buying a new route, but I'm not familiar with Mission Foods like I am with Pepperidge Farm and others. Is it worth it after all the business expenses and stale? I see commission is around 19 percent.

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    Just got a new desk at home and now I finally have a designated workspace, now I feel excited to work on my projects again.

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 04:46 PM PST

    I havent had a designated workstation at my home before, this means I had to either work on my bed or couch to sit with my laptop and work on something. My desktop was just on the side of my bed while the monitor sitting on my nightstand. This easily got me too comfortable and distracted to relax and hangout rather than focus on what I needed to do.

    Now that I have a place to sit and work, I feel excited to reorganize and get my stuff going again. My computer fits neatly in the desk and monitors sit right on eye-level.

    Anybody ever feel this way about creating a designated workstation?

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    Looking for constructive criticism for our website.

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 02:11 PM PST

    We recently launched our website for a local accounting business. Looking for ways to improve the overall quality and experience in the long term. Please provide any feedback you may have. Thank you. https://mtaccounting.ca

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    Does anyone know a US based payment processor that's an alternative to SuperPay?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 02:10 PM PST

    I really like the superpay.it model however they are UK based and thus charge higher fees for international processing. Are there any US based payment processors that are as simple as SuperPay?

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    What is the Most Effective Way to Advertise Photography Services Without a Website?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:57 PM PST

    I'm new to the photography world and have not built a website yet.

    I was able to secure clients through facebook previously. However, they changed their marketplace function, so now I can't advertise by just showcasing a small portfolio to potentials.

    Hope that makes sense... if not, I used to be able to post an ad on "FB services" that would be available to anyone looking for photography sessions. Now, the services section is gone.

    I'm looking for an easy/free way to advertise my services until I can build a website/Instagram.

    Does anyone know of how I can reach an audience quickly?

    Thanks.

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    What business/entrepreneurship books you recommend to those who are starting or thinking about starting a business?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 10:09 AM PST

    If you have read any books to help you start, do you recommend them?

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    Is this crazy?

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 11:04 PM PST

    Hey all. I want to start an auto hobby garage as there isn't one in my town. Basically a large garage with a couple of bays where you pay a fee, bring you car in, and we provide tools/consumables to use(towels, oil, filters, coolant, etc) stuff like a paint booth and large air compressor with lines ran to every booth, also specialty tools upon request to be signed out, also we could order parts for you if you needed them. Does this sound like a decent idea for a city of about 125k with nothing similar around?

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    Any inspirational stories or advice about people leaving retail to "being their own boss?"

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:40 PM PST

    I am so absolutely tired of working retail. I am 20 and I know she people may think I am too young to complain or I need experience, but I just cannot deal with it. I mentally cannot. The boredom is horrible for my ADD and it making my depression worse. I wish I could quit, but I need money.

    I want to do something, but I don't know what. I don't know what I'm skilled at or interested in. So I can't just write a blog or ebook or start a podcast. I feel trapped.

    I am trying to find some inspiration or advice. I feel like crying everyday at work and one of these days I am going to have a full mental break down or snap at a customer or my manager.

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    After 2 years of hard work and around $75k in R&D, I just sent off my first invoice!

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:02 PM PST

    (This was supposed to be a cross-post from r/smallbusiness, but r/Entrepreneur wouldn't let me do so. Hopefully just re-posting this way is allowed.)

    Phew, what a wild ride. I've been in the "pub entertainment" business for around 15 years, managing my own operation for around 8. A little over 2 years ago, I started tinkering with the idea of a device that could run fully-automated "pub Bingo" shows, just like a human host would run them. I still have the little pencil sketch I did of how the system would work.

    Around February 2017, I started taking every online class I could find on programming, networking, computer science, and IoT (edX, Coursera, Udacity, Kahn Academy, and Lynda.com are all awesome, free sources of online education). Using that information, I put together a pretty damn thorough outline of how my device would work. I was originally going to code the whole thing myself, but my lack of security expertise made me nervous, so I eventually decided to hire a freelancer (best decision I ever made).

    Near the end of 2017, my mom's mental state started deteriorating. She had been suffering from mild dementia for a while, but was now unable to function without supervision. My dad was taking care of her, but we knew he couldn't do so forever. I'm in Iowa and they were in Nashville, so there wasn't a lot I could do to help. In an act of desperation, I pulled the trigger on starting development of my product. It was not a smart or logical decision; I just knew we would need help with her impending medical bills, and I thought (hoped...) that if my business idea took off, I could take care of her and my dad without bankrupting our family. Unfortunately, she passed away on May 5th, 2018. By this point, I was deep into development, and decided to soldier on.

    I ended up hiring a freelance developer off Upwork.com for $100 an hour. He had a PhD in computer science and taught at a university. He was able to take my initial outline and run with it. In very little time, we had a working prototype up and running. We had to pivot a few times due to a few unforeseen hurdles and roadblocks, but the final product ended up remarkably similar to that initial pencil sketch I did so long ago. In hindsight, I realize I never would have been able to succeed without the expertise of this amazing freelance developer.

    Once school was back in session in 2018, my developer's availability dropped due to their teaching schedule. I brought on a second developer to build the entire back-end of my system. I was incredibly fortunate, as he, too, turned out to be a total rock star (at $100 per hour). He and my other developer worked closely together to connect my device to my backend system.

    I've now got my devices installed in 6 venues, with one of those venues running it 3 nights per week. I'm doing a very slow rollout while I test what works and what doesn't. The device is pretty damn cool, if you don't mind me bragging a bit. It's literally a robotic Bingo host, able to run live Bingo better than a human host. It makes announcements, plays music, and calls numbers. It knows everyone's card, so it has ways to kind of play with the audience, dragging out calls to add suspense when it knows someone is close. The entire device is about the size of a shoe box, and the entire system is fully-automated. The venue just plugs it into their sound system and then never has to touch it again. Say they want a Wednesday 6-8pm show, the device turns itself on every Wednesday at 5:30 to start playing music and making announcements. At 6:00, the show starts. Users connect to the device from their WiFi-capable devices, such as phones, tablets, and laptops.

    So after devoting all of this time and money to the development of my product, I just wanted to take a sec to share my excitement for finally being able to send out my first invoice for this new service. The invoice for $33.24 won't make a dent in the almost $75k it's taken me to get this thing off the ground, but it's a major milestone that proves there's at least one venue that sees merit in my idea. Thanks for reading!

    -Woody

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    How does a person with non-rudimentary business knowledge operate a successful business?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:02 PM PST

    Hi, I have a question that may seem odd at first, but please bare with me. I'm asking this because I am confused as to how much business knowledge is "enough". When do I know its time to stop learning about running a business and start actually doing?

    There are certain people like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill who had no business background and got their business up and running. But how were these people comfortable being CEO's without studying the necessary business background to run their companies?

    I get this sense from a lot of people that learning the theory behind business is useless or that you shouldn't dwell too much time about learning stuff that's taught in MBA courses and instead learn by "doing". But how is that people you see founders just know what to do on an everyday basis. How does a founder like for example, Elon Musk, just know how to operate his business on a day-to day basis? How does he know who to delegate tasks to, how to divide up the business, whether they should hire consultants or not, etc? Steve Jobs did not have a business background and dropped out of college, yet he was running Apple. How the heck did he just get the confidence to run a business like that?

    Suppose someone did his degree is business administration and decides to run a business after undergrad. Is that person essentially back to his notes as he is running the business? Are people actually thinking about the 5 P's to marketing as they run their business? Or do they know its bullshit and are just analyzing what works for their company? How do they know whats useful to apply to real-life and whats just bull-shit "theory"? How is that Felix Dennis, the publishing mogul, did not know much about accounting basics while he was running his business, but still was successful? That confuses me lol. How much business knowledge do I really need then?

    Do you guys get what I'm asking? I get that my question may sound stupid. I know entrepneurship is about "doing", but how in the world do people get a general sense of the "doing", and not get insecure whether they are running the business correctly?

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    $250k/month selling a protein shaker [ex-NFL player]

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 09:15 AM PST

    Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview.

    Thought this post was good timing since today is the Super Bowl!!

    Today's interview is with Chris Gronkowski of Ice Shaker, a brand that sells stainless steel shaker bottles.

    Some stats:

    • Product: Stainless steel shaker bottles.
    • Revenue/mo: $250,000
    • Started: September 2016
    • Location: Southlake, Texas
    • Founders: 2
    • Employees: 3

    Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

    My name is Chris Gronkowski, the founder of Ice Shaker.

    Many people know my last name very well, but this is mostly from the success of my family and especially my brother Rob has had on the football field.

    Growing up in Buffalo, NY as the middle of 5 aggressive and oversized boys, I learned fast that it was going to take a lot of stand out. Like all my brothers, I went on to play a professional sport but my story did end there.

    After being a three-year starter in the NFL I since moved on and have been able to successfully start two companies. My latest and greatest company has been featured all over the place after exploding on the scene after receiving offers from all 5 "Sharks" on ABC's Shark Tank. The company is called Ice Shaker - A kitchen grade stainless steel shaker bottle that I created out of necessity for myself and decided that the rest of the world would love this product as well.

    Just 1 year ago, we had just 1 product in 1 color and 1 size. We now have over 65 variations, colors, and sizes. Ice Shaker has exploded onto the drinkware scene and will continue to grow as we continue to introduce more exciting products! Just one year after airing on ABC'S Shark tank, we went from $80,000 in sales to over $3 million.

    What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

    The middle of 5 brothers, being the shortest meant I had to do something to stand out.

    I was able to excel in school and in the weight room but struggled to get an athletic scholarship to play college football. After signing a letter of intent to go play at the University of Penn. and getting accepted into the Wharton Business school, I ended up getting a late scholarship offer to play division 1 football and accepted it. After playing college football, I had a chance to play in the NFL for 3 seasons.

    After my football career ended in 2014, I continued to live a healthy lifestyle and went to the gym almost every day. After a hot summer day in Dallas, the shaker bottle that I was using was warm and smelly by the time I got to the gym.

    This is when the Ice Shaker was born. A kitchen grade vacuum insulated shaker bottle that would keep my drinks ice cold all day long, not just at the gym but everywhere I went. I saw other bottles on the market that were doing really well that were using this material and vacuum insulation, but they were all extremely hard to fill and clean, and none of them had a way to mix powders.

    At this time, my wife and I were already growing a successful business, EverythingDecorated.com. The experience that we had from growing a successful ecommerce site definitely helped grow with starting Ice Shaker and getting it off to a fast start. We were able to use our own money that we had generated from Everything Decorated and my NFL career to finance Ice Shaker.

    Take us through the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing your first product.

    Manufacturing the product was not easy.

    This was a brand new product that had never been made before. We had to get multiple prototypes before deciding on which bottle we wanted to go with.

    The problem with making shaker bottles is that if they aren't made correctly, then they will leak, which is exactly what you don't want a shaker bottle to do. This was our number one concern when making the first prototype and if there was any sign of leakage we had to find a new seal or different way to make the lid.

    The tooling fees are expensive along with the CAD drawings so you want to make sure you do it right the first time. This was not the case for us, our first shipment was terrible. We ended up having to hand check each and every bottle, and replace a lot of the lids because the pop tops were not made correctly and they weren't closing correctly and in turn were leaking.

    It took time to get the pop tops on the lids to close tight so that they didn't leak, but not too tight or you couldn't open the bottle easily.

    The seal was another issue that we struggled with, and after going back and forth with multiple different seals we thought we found the best one.

    We realized later that variations in the production of the bottle needed to be compensated for and later had to switch the seals that we were using.

    Describe the process of launching the business.

    Launching the company was pretty easy as we had already done this with our previous company. I set up an LLC which only cost a couple of hundred dollars.

    The website buildout was something that I had done in the past as well, but I wanted this site to be special. We did use a company to build out our website and it ended up costing us about $5,000 for the website build out.

    When we finally had product in hand and ready to sell, it was time for the big launch. The launch included me introducing the product on social media! The post was terrible, I wasn't using social media much at the time so anyone that was following me saw it as an ad. I sold maybe 1 or 2 bottles from it and knew immediately that this wasn't going to be as easy as I hoped.

    That was pretty much all I had to go with at the time. I did not have an email list, or any kind of crowdfunding so the big launch was not so big. At that point, I realized that it was not going to be as easy as I thought and it was time to get to work.

    I put the product on Amazon and started to go to shows. The reviews that came in from Amazon greatly helped prove that our product was something that people wanted and the sales started to pick up organically online.

    The shows helped put the product in front of people and really gave us good exposure and had people talking about the product. We were going to bodybuilding shows where we knew other big supplement companies would be selling product and this was the perfect market for us to target. The booths were a lot of work but we got great feedback from it.

    We realized that people would buy our product if we were able to show them why it was better than everything else on the market. We did this by filling our bottles up with ice in the morning and also filling up a plastic shaker bottle with ice and by the time noon came around all the ice had melted in the plastic bottle but our bottle was full of ice still.

    Since launch, what has worked to attract and retain customers?

    Our best marketing efforts at first were to use Amazon and to go to fitness shows. This had to be done so we could get some credibility. Once we started to grow a decent customer base, the focus went to sending our customers to our website.

    We were able to drive almost all of our traffic by using Facebook and Instagram. Google, SEO and Pinterest have come into play as well, but most of our advertising budget goes to Facebook.

    Here's what has worked for us:

    • Facebook and Instagram: Targeting anyone interested in lifting weights, living a healthy lifestyle or drinking supplements.

    • Google shopping ads

    • Pinterest: Anything geared towards women or gifts for men. Pinterest is mostly used by women so putting gift items for men always works well.

    • Press: We use HARO to reach out to reporters that are looking to use us as a source. Other than that, all the press is generated on its own. We have not paid for press coverage.

    We do use FBA and sell through Amazon as well. Amazon's platform cannot be ignored as they are able to generate a ton of sales through their extensive customer base. Our international growth has come mostly from using Amazon and we will continue to do this to break into the European market in 2019.

    How are you doing today and what does the future look like?

    Ice shaker continues to grow every month. This January we are close to 300% from last year and expect this to continue throughout the year or grow as we continue to introduce new products and get shelf placement in big retail locations including the 3,500 GNC's that we just got into in December 2018.

    We just recently launched 11 full colored 26oz bottles. This is just one product drop, with a full line of Skinny Mini 12oz tumblers being dropped later this month along with a new 36oz shaker bottle dropping within the next couple of months.

    The product line will not end there and we have a lot of exciting products planned for the rest of the year.

    What platform/tools do you use for your business?

    Shopify has been a blessing to work with. When I first created our website for everythingdecorated.com, it was extremely hard to work with.

    We had to buy the website, find a website host, find a checkout cart that you had to purchase separate, and then find a payment processor. It was a nightmare.

    Shopify put this all together into one easy to use bundle and it was so easy to work with.

    What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?

    I like to listen to MFCEO - a podcast by Andy Frisella about being a boss of your life and how to be successful.

    The point that he drives home is that if you bring value to your customers and create a great product and great customer service, then you will be successful.

    Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?

    Start slow and build fast! I started both my companies with very little money. They both started off extremely slow and it took time for me to figure out what was going to work.

    They were both side jobs at first, but I saw the potential and when the time is right, you have to be ready to jump all and work 80 hour weeks with little or no pay to get them off the ground.

    Are you looking to hire for certain positions right now?

    I'm looking to hire customer service reps and help in the warehouse.

    Where can we go to learn more?


    Liked this text interview? Check out the full interview with photos, tools, books, and other data.

    Interested in sharing your own story? Send me a PM

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    Turbo Tax for small business taxes? (U.S.)

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:51 PM PST

    This is my first tax season for the C-Corp business I started this past year. It didn't have that many transactions (less than 50) and it only made around $2k. With so little to account for, is it possible to just file the taxes myself with TurboTax?

    The business is all online, registered in Delaware and I have a foreign registration in IL. I've just been managing everything in shopify and through the bank online. I haven't set up quick books (though I plan to this year).

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    Offer to Buy a Business, Good Move?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:34 PM PST

    Hey all,

    I'm currently 21 years old working a full time job. I've dabbled with entrepreneurship on the side somewhat with dropshipping and Facebook ads, but never really committed to it. Recently I was hired by my best friends dad who I have known for the past 8 years, so we're practically family, and he has become somewhat of a mentor to me.

    He has a side hustle where he sells screws for RC cars, and has been doing so for 13 years. Currently, he has 3 major clients, and averages $16,000 sales a year with a 60% margin.

    He's close to retirement, and wants to spend more time with his family instead of having a side business. He also doesn't put much effort into the business anymore, so there is some room for growth. So, since I had some past side hustle experience, he has offered to sell me the business for $30,000.

    After having a meeting with him, we went over past years sales and history, and I've concluded that if I do absolutely nothing except what he has been doing, I could pay off the loan in 2-3 years. As stated, the loan would be for $30,000.

    My only concerns are that:

    1. I know nothing about the industry
    2. Concerned that I could secure the loan and business, but lose a client during the transition and go under very quickly

    TL:DR: Have the opportunity to purchase a business, should I go for it?

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    Are there any FULL guides/books on SEO?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:22 PM PST

    Lets say I'm starting from complete scratch in terms of SEO. I know some basics like keywords, backlinks, file size reduction, titles, etc.

    But if I want to learn from A-Z, including all software and resources that would help me with SEO on my site, where should I look?

    I'm not under a heavy time constraint, so I'd rather learn as much of it as possible myself to avoid outsourcing the work.

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    [Question] Can you guide me to research how much kombucha my community consumes?

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:22 PM PST

    Just trying to research demand.

    I personally go to Ralphs and buy kombucha, when I feel like I need to celebrate something.

    Then it came to my mind that I want to know how many people are actually consuming this wonderful drink.

    How should I go about obtaining the data? Can I ask Ralphs for it?

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    See How You Can Make Money By outsourcing

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:21 PM PST

    Hi Folks, this blog post plus the video is an introduction to the idea of outsourcing and how you can generate a side income.

    The blog post covers some FAQ and Tips that were left out of the video.

    https://issabeth.com/2019/02/03/introduction-to-selling-outsource-skills/

    In the future, I'll make an intermediate & advanced level blog post along with videos on this topic in the future that will cover how I sell skills to corporate America.

    Join me on this journey!

    Disclaimer: There is no "secret sauce" in the blog post or click here to join my mastermind. Turn your grammar tolerance to MAX

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    I am rails developer, looking for someone with business idea

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 12:09 PM PST

    I am full stack web developer looking for someone with web idea for business. I can do front end as well as backend. Im looking forward for interesting ideas. Im from Poland but it doesnt really matter where are you from. I know nothing about selling or business stuff. I wont steal your idea and run away.

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