Marketplace Tuesday! (October 01, 2019) Entrepreneur |
- Marketplace Tuesday! (October 01, 2019)
- How My Celebrity Ducks Idea Exploded and Warren Buffett's Sister Reached Out
- Beverage startup questions
- $50k/month with a food delivery business.
- Help: the company I was contracting for has gone into insolvency
- How In the World Do I find my niche?
- Should I Supply A Potential Competitor With Goods
- How do I sell powdered hot cocoa in stores?
- Business Advice.
- Is this a bad idea?
- What is the best way to create your own affiliate program?
- What are some helpful tips for launching an MVP?
- 12 days away from my first event. Please help!
- Email newsletter vs Blog: What's easier to scale? What's easier to monetize?
- Has anyone been to an arcade with these?
- Does a degree or diploma help an individual start and run a business? What's everyone's thoughts on this?
- What are the legal aspects of building an aggregator?
- People - Companies offering "Amazon FBA" advice and courses.
- Question: About Social Media & Technology
- What are some business ideas you could start with almost nothing that has the potential to grow?
- A quick survey to start your day? It’s a questionnaire to determine how people choose or find restaurants & receptiveness to using meal e-coupons.
- Startup incubators and accelerators: worth it?
- Google Adwords perma-banned my account. Deeply troubled and unsure of what to do.
- My business idea for a better world
- Occasional unexpected situations causing schedule to be off.
| Marketplace Tuesday! (October 01, 2019) Posted: 01 Oct 2019 06:10 AM PDT Please use this thread to post any Jobs that you're looking to fill (including interns), or services you're looking to render to other members. We do this to not overflow the subreddit with personal offerings (such logo design, SEO, etc) so please try to limit the offerings 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. [link] [comments]  |
| How My Celebrity Ducks Idea Exploded and Warren Buffett's Sister Reached Out Posted: 01 Oct 2019 04:24 AM PDT
I was actually publishing artwork from television commercials to create the first ever animation art lines for Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch, M&M/Mars, etc. Trust me, there were no rubber ducks on my radar as I had absolutely no expertise in how to create these things! But as John Lennon so aptly said, "life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." So one night, at a party, a friend, with perhaps a bit too much to drink, had this funny idea of making rubber ducks that looked like celebrities. I do believe that 99.9% of people would have thought that idea would be impossible to pull off. But for some reason, I thought it was funny and in my mind, I could envision it working! I called King Features and tried to get the rights to Betty Boop to start the new venture. I still remember the conversation with the head of licensing for North America, who I think could not get me off the phone quick enough. She was at least kind enough to say that if I ever wished to make one and send it to her, she would be happy to look at it. I am sure she thought she would never hear from me again! But somehow I found someone to make me a prototype overseas and sent it to her. I came in the office one day and there is a message saying, "we got your little duck, it's very cute...let' talk." And CelebriDucks was born! You have to understand, it took time for this to really get going. I would just plug away and send out my little press releases all day long. One day a reporter from The Atlantic City Press in New Jersey called me and asked me why they should do a story about us. I thought about it for a second and then just told her that, well, I was from New Jersey, and I used to go to Atlantic City. And amazingly, the reporter said that was good enough. That weekend, the Vice-president of the Philadelphia 76ers saw the article and they were always looking for new and cutting edge promotions. So they called me and wanted to do a promotion with their superstar, Allen Iverson. They wondered if we could capture all his intricate tattoos and I assured them we could (but truthfully, I was a bit concerned as they were so elaborate). So they flew out and we met with them and as they say, the rest is history. The give-a-way was a huge hit and suddenly we were getting calls from all these other teams and companies like The New York Yankees, The Chicago Cubs, Gorton Seafood etc. It was like we had a brand new company virtually overnight. I really didn't want to run two companies so I made the decision to sell off the animation biz and became all ducks and never looked back. We continually refined the concept every so often as with any property, from Mickey Mouse to Apple computers, they are constantly changing and refining their concept. Our first ducks were a bit too big, too hard, and did not float well. My dear friend who creates these with me told me that if we had been friends when the company began, and she saw those first ducks, she would have advised me against starting this business altogether! That being said, we kept working to change all that. After 17 years or so, we hit on a whole new concept and our Costume Quacker line was born which totally changed the company once again. Now we were tweaking the concept from a more human and duck hybrid to a classic yellow duck that gave you the feeling of these characters. Once we moved to this new parody line, we also came up with funny quirky names to go along with the new styles such as GooseBusters, Spa Wars, The GodFeather, Sargent Peepers Lonely Hot Tub Band, etc. It exploded for us and we never looked back. In three years, we did 50 of them which was crazy and there are always new styles that we are working on. So many of these sell out of every store we put them in such as Harry Ponder, Ziggy StarDuck, Paddle like it's 199, and yes, The "Donald" Duck...who knew! The nice thing about our line is that people of all ages love them...….I mean from Duck the Magic Dragon to GameBirds of Thrones, it is a wide audience. But I do feel that Baby Boomers are definitely one of our top demographics for our product. We put our phone number in big letters on the top of every page. We actually love speaking to our customers and if we're busy, we'll always call them back. I think one of the more unusual customer service questions was if we could do a duck of Warren Buffett. The person calling was Warren's sister! You know, in the early days, I would never try and support myself just selling celebrity rubber ducks. It was too new a concept and I realized that it would take time to get ingrained into the culture. Fortunately, I had my animation business that was doing quite well, so I could run CelebriDucks as a fun side project. My business model is very very unusual. Somehow we have become known as the the top custom duck manufacturer in the world doing them for everyone from Harley-Davidson to Conan O'Brien to SeaWorld. Plus our ducks are unequalled in their detail and design. But the funny thing is I outsource virtually everything, manufacturing, art department, distribution, etc…..I work from home looking out over the lake all day long...love it. What makes it work is having an amazing group of people who I work with all over the world. If you have good communication and organizational skills, a phone and a laptop, it is amazing what you can do these days. So in a sense, you can say it is a one person company as I own it all 100%. But I do realize that one day need to smoothly transition it to another entity to take it to the next level. You run a business, things will always go wrong, you can't avoid it. You can't control everything. But you can control your mind set and how you look at and deal with adversity and use it as a way to grow stronger. Also, it's so important in the early days to really be lean and mean. I always tell people, it's not how much money you make, it's how much you keep. And you really want to bullet proof you niche. Make the barrier of entry difficult. Someone can always make something cheaper, but quality is the hardest thing to knock off. Would you ever take investment? I have no doubt that bringing in investors, going on Shark Tank, etc. would grow the business immensely. But for me it's a bit different. I am happy to make a good living and have a business that I can totally control and have fun with. One day I trust someone will come along, make an offer, and I will ideally find someone who can carry our vision into the future. When I wanted to bring a division of the business back to the USA, I could do that, i didn't have investors telling me I was not maximizing shareholder value. The rubber duck was invented in America before the whole industry went overseas. I was already the only one doing all our artwork and sculpting here. Now I make our PVC free Good Ducks 100% in the USA and they are considered the safest rubber ducks in the world for babies to teethe on. I would do final production on our whole line here, but our ducks are too detailed, too complex. They just cannot do the very detailed one here cost effectivey, it's very sad. How do you market your ducks? We pretty much run on PR here. We don't advertise or spend money on big social media campaigns. But I do feel that Instagram and Facebook are good vehicles for getting your business out there. And if you can create a cool Utube video go for it! We are a pretty simple company in terms of our business model and it's amazing what a good website and ongoing social media presence can do for you these days. What is the end goal? For me, it's all about having fun and creating wealth that you can use to do good in the world. Money in and of itself is never going to ultimately satisfy anyone or create a fulfilling life. It's what you do with your money that makes one's life meaningful. I love my ducks. But I am also working on music and book projects that I would love to devote more time to. Maybe once I sell the business, I can devote more time to that. There's just so much I still hope I have time to accomplish. Right now, we have all these new styles of ducks that I cannot wait to bring to life, the possibilities are endless. Bohmenian Quacksody is going to be a huge hit for us as is Quackodile Rock. They arrive in early November with The Queen of Soak. Then in December, we hope to have our Born to Sun, Turn Quack Time, RB Gins-Bird, and The Pinball Gizzard. There are pics of all of them in the Costume Quacker section of our website. In five years, if we continue at this pace, we will probably have at least another 50 new styles. But if we get acquired, it will be a lot more than that. We have sold millions of ducks and have been fortunate to have made millions of dollars over the years. Our biggest goals for the future is how to transition the business to the next custodians and also how to use these monies wisely to help others. I never expected to accomplish what I have thus far, so I have faith things will continue work out for the best….guess we shall see! if you enjoyed this story, the original is here [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2019 03:15 PM PDT Hi there, I thought I would ask this group (please let me know if I should post this elsewhere!) So I am starting a beverage product with a friend of mine (I'll save you from the detail) and we just have so many questions on preservatives, labeling, nutritional facts, etc. in Australia. It would be so helpful if anyone had suggestions, or experience starting a new beverage. We've spoken to a consultants, and we have a certified supplier that is providing the key ingredient.... let me know! [link] [comments]  |
| $50k/month with a food delivery business. Posted: 01 Oct 2019 09:01 AM PDT Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview. Today's interview is with Andy Sartori of MealPro, a brand that makes healthy meals delivered Some stats:
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?Hi, my name is Andy Sartori. I am the founder of MealPro, a food delivery startup that specializes in pre-cooked and pre-portioned meals. Our typical customer is a busy, health-conscious individual who has no time to shop, prep, portion and cook meals to support their nutrition objectives, hence our call-out "Eat with Purpose". Our meal plans vary from high protein to low carb and your portion sizes can be customized based on your activity and nutrition goals. Our website includes a unique calorie calculator that customers use to help fine-tune their nutrition and design the meal plan they need. Since I started the company three years ago we have doubled in size every year, we have served about 5,000 customers across the US, hitting an annualized revenue run rate of one million dollars. Every week we move two pallets of quality ingredients through our kitchen. We have now 11 employees, and constantly on the lookout for more! What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?I hatched the business idea for MealPro almost by chance, while I was out with two friends to grab a bite. They were different in a lot of ways – gender, lifestyle, body type, and much more – and both were on a diet, but they ordered the same meal. The girl was eating too much for her diet, while my other friend was eating too little. I realized that restaurants are standard but people are unique and recognized the business opportunity for customized meal prep. My motivation behind starting a business: While there are many food delivery companies (Uber eats, DoorDash...) all of them leverage a network of existing restaurants and act as "middlemen" between the food maker and the final customer. What I wanted to do was build a company where the technology used to order food is in perfect sync with the Chef that is making the food. This means that through MealPro you can use our intuitive web platform to order a custom meal and our Chefs are on the same page as our technology. So, I started MealPro. Today MealPro is an online food delivery service that specializes in custom, ready-to-eat meals made with natural ingredients. Unlike other startups, MealPro's biggest advantage is that we make and sell the product - we then give the user more control over customizations. Take us through the process of creating meals and starting the business.Initially, MealPro was strictly a website and we partnered with a local kitchen to make the meals. Our kitchen partner would cook, package and label the meals using our brand name. On the surface it seemed like a good arrangement, however, this turned out to be a "learning experience" to put it mildly. We were required to place large orders with limited customization. Production had a 10 day lead time and we had no supply chain visibility. This motivated us to develop our own product and packaging: Iteration 1
Learning 1: Circular trays needed to be 0.5 inches deeper than rectangular trays in order to fit 20oz of cooked food. This resulted in us not being able to pack more than 14 meals in one meal box, and the cost of shipping was distributed over 14 meals. Learning 2: While paper trays are more affordable and serve their purpose the presentation is what gives. These trays bend out of shape while in transit and their flexible property also makes stacking meals difficult. Reaction: We moved to rectangular trays that made good use of the fridge and meal box space. Our new rectangular trays are 1.2 inches deep and are at their widest point are 8 inches wide - this means we can stack two rows of meals side by side in one box, not to mention the better presentation and stackability. Iteration 2
This second iteration was a great breakthrough > The black trays were more rigid and gave the meals a classier presentation. Also, the meal trays were rigid and held their shape while being vacuum sealed. In this iteration, we spent $0.15 more per tray but we saw an increase in customer satisfaction that resulted in more sales. We learned just how important investing in packaging is. With our current online meal delivery service, our offering is customized, the technology barriers to entry are high, and we can provide real and unique value to our customers. Describe the process of launching the business.The next step was to find our own kitchen and to make the leap away from the safety of the well-oiled machinery of our initial partner. I decided to leave the Bay Area for a move to Sacramento, CA where I could afford a commercial real estate space. I rented a former donut shop and reinvested all my funds into new equipment, and I became highly skilled at stretching the limits of my credit cards. MealPro was on shaky ground, and any small issue would have derailed my efforts for good. One of the biggest challenges was to find skilled and stable personnel. MealPro's approach is that quality comes first and foremost, so I took pains to interview dozens of candidates until I was satisfied I had identified the best. There were days when I spent all my time interviewing, it could become a frustrating process. I also realized that to retain the best chefs I needed to pay them above market, so I did, against the advice of my controller, and I was able to build a team I could trust. As I look back, I can say that the core organization driving our growth today was the result of those long months of screening and that the time I invested in developing our staff is the best investment I made. Of course, our cash position suffered in those early days, to the point that I started asking myself how long I could go for. I am sure everybody who has launched a startup knows that cold feeling in your stomach every time you look at your balance … it is always a bit lower than you expected it to be, and your constituents keep asking hard questions about the turnaround. I took it as an adrenaline injection that pushed me to try even harder. Prior to launch, I had put together a list of writers and publications that have an emphasis on health and wellness. In the early days, we were getting published frequently and leveraged existing news platforms to spread the word. This is how we got our early customers. Finally, the market responded. Our customers kept reordering, our web traffic grew and grew, and most importantly cash started rolling in. As a result of our increased momentum, our vendors started taking us seriously, we improved prices and margins, which allowed us to give back to our market in terms of enhanced offerings, loyalty programs, and more. Finally, we were in business! Since launch, what has worked to attract and retain customers?We have established our presence by focusing on one message – healthy meals for active individuals – and we built our web presence around this. We made the conscious decision to exclude some promising market segments from our strategy, like specialty meals for people with medical conditions, because it would have diluted our brand and ultimately confused our prospects. Some startups attempt to build a portfolio of messages, to broaden their audience and hopefully increasing the response, but I do not believe in "throwing the spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks". Our focus has allowed us to build a presence on social media, with videos, educational posts addressing best practice in nutrition (for example this one, or this one) that bring independent value to casual readers and of course motivate them to learn more about our offering. Any opportunity to generate content is really a sales call that the power of the web magnifies thousands of times, and that search engine algorithms latch on to enhance rankings. Our strategy is based on three tears including organic web traffic, social media, and some ad campaigns, where we seek to capture all synergies. Outside of cyberspace, we have built a network of partners, e.g. personal trainers, nutritionists, fitness professionals, gym operators, that can act as a reference for new customers and can provide invaluable feedback on emerging needs, inflections in demand, as well as immediate evaluation for new products. We are cautious about partnerships with the likes of Amazon, particularly at this stage of our development. Our pricing policy is to give back to our customers any increase in productivity, and cost-efficiency that we can achieve as we ramp up, keeping just the healthy margins to stay self-funded. A distribution giant like Amazon would demand a sizeable share of those margins, offering a leap in volumes in exchange. However, our financial muscle might not be enough to handle the explosion in demand, challenging our whole business model. How are you doing today and what does the future look like?Today we are doing well. We become cash flow positive in early 2018. Our next financial priority was to produce enough funds to invest in a larger space where we can have both a production facility and office under one roof. In the last year, we have reached 3.28 million impressions and 151k clicks. See screenshot below: We have located the building of our new facility. We will be moving to after doing some leasehold improvements that are to be completed by the end of 2019. In this facility will be able to ramp up our volumes enough to sustain investments in automation equipment such as an industrial silo with an integrated portioning scale that can dispense exact ingredient quantities to ensure recipe compliance. Right now recipe compliance is done manually by a cook or chef over a scale and is prone to human error. I think having the square footage to increase volumes can justify investments in automation that will help us stabilize quality at the highest levels. In the new space, we will also focus on growing our digital presence. Our goal is to do live cooking videos and online nutrition seminars. The new facility will allow us to carve out some dedicated space for this purpose and if we are successful we hope to inspire millions to become the best, healthiest versions of themselves by optimizing their nutrition. Through starting the business, have you learned anything particularly helpful or advantageous?The task list that stares at me every day can be broken down into two major buckets: Growing the company and operating the company. Most of the day is devoted to operations – negotiating with vendors, managing staff and … fighting fires – there is no shortage of that! Business-as-usual tasks are like a gas, which fills all the space you give it. Set yourself a limit! Do not allow urgent matters to take control of you. As I keep repeating to myself, our success ultimately depends on how good we are with growth oriented tasks, whether they involve scouting real estate for a new facility, interviewing a new chef, or experimenting with packaging options for a new product line. I try to listen to customers, employees, partners to understand what they need and how they think about their nutrition, even before they can articulate it in a conscious fashion. I developed an approach to prioritize my ideas based on the impact they have on our customers. What brings the most people the most value tops the list. I do a detailed feasibility assessment and if the idea still has business merit, I put together a realistic action plan that takes into account the constraints I am operating under. I do not believe in throwing money at a problem until you have taken the time and effort to mitigate everything that can go wrong – because it usually does. What platform/tools do you use for your business?Our website is written in PHP and uses an open-source WordPress CMS. This is great since it facilitates integration with other technology like our Zebra kitchen printer. This is a real life-saver for the line cooks. The printer prints an itemized list of the items in a customer's order and makes is an easy reference to organize and package the meals. What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?Read books gradually as solutions to the challenges you encounter. As you progress in your business you will inevitably come across hurdles that you could not have predicted at the outset. Keep a catalog handy of your local learning center with available online or in-person classes. As you encounter knowledge gaps try to find online documents or books that can help you progress in your company. This will help ensure that your learning is very targeted and it will give you plenty of practice by providing a real-life scenario that you can apply your learning to. Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?
Are you looking to hire for certain positions right now?
Where can we go to learn more?If you have any questions or comments, drop a comment below! Liked this text interview? Check out the full interview with photos, tools, books, and other data. For more interviews, check out r/starter_story - I post new stories there daily. Interested in sharing your own story? Send me a PM [link] [comments]  |
| Help: the company I was contracting for has gone into insolvency Posted: 01 Oct 2019 03:38 AM PDT In short, I was contracting as a software engineer and mid way through the project I saw a slack statement informing all staff that the company had gone into insolvency. I am owed around £6000. What steps do I need to take to try and obtain the funds? On a separate topic, I was employed as a sub contractor to work on a project for a third party. As part of the NDA I signed, I could not directly contact the third party whom project I was working in. Given that the company has become insolvent, could I approach the third party directly to complete the project and have any hope of receiving payments through them? Maybe fortunately, only I have all the project files. Thanks in advance! UPDATE: I have contacted a solicitor and I've been advised that I have slim chance of getting anything from the liquidators. If I wanted to approach the client direct and continue working with them I may do so – after all, the employer cannot really argue that I cannot do so as they no longer have a business which could be affected by it. [link] [comments]  |
| How In the World Do I find my niche? Posted: 30 Sep 2019 08:28 PM PDT The biggest thing I have ever struggled with is a niche. I have absolutely no Idea how to make anything related to a niche. I love computers and gaming. How do I brainstorm ideas to create businesses? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I Supply A Potential Competitor With Goods Posted: 01 Oct 2019 01:44 PM PDT Hi, One of my business is a retailer of kids items. These items are difficult to source. I've had a wholesale enquiry from a small business startup in the same niche wanting to sell our products, she sells similar items on social media and has a website in development. Whilst she's not a competitor now, who knows about the future. We all started off small. On one hand I'd get to track my future competitors progress, and make some money. On the other is the obvious conflict of interests. Thanks in advance R [link] [comments]  |
| How do I sell powdered hot cocoa in stores? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 01:15 PM PDT I don't really know how to take this venture from my kitchen to store shelves. I don't know what keywords to search, or how to tell a good manufacturer from a bad one. I'm happy for the time being to do as much as I can myself, but I don't know how much that can realistically be while also meeting all the health, fda, etc requirements. I have my mix perfected, now how do I manufacture and package it, or get it manufactured and packaged, so that it is legally and affordably distributable nationwide? Also what phrases can I google to educate myself? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2019 04:00 AM PDT My father recently purchased a business that was listed at 390k and we ended up agreeing on 360k. Said business had a profit of 180k and the bank appraised it at 450k. I am starting to worry that we may have gotten fleeced. Three different banks appraised it around the same range. It's a food service business if that helps and no real estate was included. Can anyone here share some wisdom? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2019 12:43 PM PDT So, I had an idea for an insurance agency. Once people pay their monthly payment, it earns interest that can go towards paying next month's payment. In addition to that, they can also use coupons and discounts from a variety of stores and a small comsiison from that will go towards paying next month's payment. I posted this on another site but I barely got any responses. One guy said no because it is cheaper to be without insurance. I feel like I am trying to do something impossible.... [link] [comments]  |
| What is the best way to create your own affiliate program? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 12:24 PM PDT I need advice how to create my own affiliate program and not paying much for it? I hope it will help me to gain sales from influencers for Dogs'n'Sox. [link] [comments]  |
| What are some helpful tips for launching an MVP? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 12:19 PM PDT Hello! I've been lurking in r/Entrepreneur for months now, consuming all of the incredible value that is produced here, and I think I am finally ready to launch my own MVP on November 1! Here's my question: What does it take to launch (and pre-launch) a successful MVP? A little background on my project:What problem does my project solve? Well, after countless failed New Years resolutions, personal goals, and day-dreams, I realized that a major factor playing into my failures was that I never told anyone about my goals. I inevitably lost track of the goals inside of my own mind, letting them go to the wayside! Talking about this problem with others helped me realize I was definitely not alone in this problem. Thus, the addition of social accountability from our friends, family, and connections being aware of the goals we set for ourselves, motivates us to stay true to our intentions. With this accountability, we can build out our own goals and interests, as well as discover new found interests while helping our friends achieve theirs. After a few research periods and gauging interest from friends, coworkers, and family, I decided to build a social platform designed specifically around creating goals. The site allows users to create goals for themselves, discover new goals + join the goals of those they are friends with or interested in participating in, and ultimately creates the social accountability required to help see those goals to fruition. Enter... Divuture (Diversify Your Future) - A social platform for creating goals. I began building the site with what little programming knowledge I had, realized I needed external help, and started working with a fantastic freelance developer. Will a large portion of basic MVP functionality already developed, my goal is to fully launch a V1 MVP on November 1. To kick this off, we've built a landing-page with a MailChimp email collector to build a list of potential users. Ideally, I would like to build a list of 250 pre-launch registered users by October 15... What would you recommend as a lucrative way of marketing this landing-page to build a list? The goals I have set for myself post-launch (Nov. 1) are the following: - 1,125 unique registered users by Dec. 15 - 6% Product Feedback submissions (67.5) - Identify target demographic via Google Analytics As today is the first day that I have shared the main-site with the world, what would you recommend I continue to do to build an audience for the rest of October? Additionally, what are some of the things I have left out and or failed to consider that you would recommend my doing, going forward? I know I have left out the financials + revenue talk, but my primary focus currently is developing a user-base and getting word of this tool out into the world! Thank you for any and all of your suggestions! [link] [comments]  |
| 12 days away from my first event. Please help! Posted: 01 Oct 2019 12:11 PM PDT Need some advice. I have an opportunity to send out an email blast for my event at $250 from a local tourist website associated with the city I'm planning the event. The demographic they have lines up well with my target. Open rate is 30% and click through is 3% with a total email list of roughly 20k people. My event is on the 13th. I'm concerned about turnout as that weekend is particularly full of activities in my area but also am on a tight budget trying to generate as much money as possible due to my charity partnership. I have roughly 4000 people interested in my event and 150 listed as attending my event on Facebook. (No idea how to quantify that to how many will actually show up) Would you spend the $250 On the email blast for potential sales? What type of sales conversion would you expect? Tickets are $5. [link] [comments]  |
| Email newsletter vs Blog: What's easier to scale? What's easier to monetize? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 11:44 AM PDT |
| Has anyone been to an arcade with these? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 11:43 AM PDT https://www.simcraft.com/apex-professional-racing-simulators-realistic-motion-simulator/ How much did they charge? Was it popular? Although this is the one I'd really want to try: [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2019 11:00 AM PDT After multiple business failures I began working for a company to cut my losses. I have no education in business, but am doing well in my job. What's everyone's thoughts on traditional education with an accredited degree or diploma? Are there better resources for education? [link] [comments]  |
| What are the legal aspects of building an aggregator? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 06:29 AM PDT Hello! So I am thinking of aggregating few website's content; the content is news articles and blogs ... There are two parts:
Think of it something like Flipboard, the app, with some added info. Do I need the approval of the website as long as I refer a link to the original content? [link] [comments]  |
| People - Companies offering "Amazon FBA" advice and courses. Posted: 01 Oct 2019 10:13 AM PDT I am looking for people who have actually gone on one of these courses and can give their experience of them. Was it good/bad etc? Don't worry, I wont be asking you for any specifics of what you have been "trained on", I am just trying to establish if they are mostly scams, mostly good and if any are to be avoided or recommended. They aint cheap and I have always been very sceptical of people offering this type of thing. EDIT** Amazon FBA for those who don't know is the following...in very short text... Statistic - 85% of all product searches done online in the US, happen on Amazon. The rest a search engine. Concept - You goto a wbesite like alibaba or DHgate and order a load of bulk items with your own branding. You get all the stock delivered to Amazon FBA centre. They store and ship the item. FBA = Fulfilled By Amazon. You get rich. Obviously there will be success stories and horror stories. These training courses apparently show you what to look out for, what to avoid and some offer analytical web tools to look at trading data on amazons website to help you source the right product and branding. The cynical person in me says "I bet these people have tried themselves and found it to be more difficult than they thought. They decide to re-sell their knowledge as a means to get rich where they could not do so on Amazon. "Those who can't do, Teach" the saying goes.....or am I wrong? I'm looking for people who have made FBA a success. [link] [comments]  |
| Question: About Social Media & Technology Posted: 01 Oct 2019 07:11 AM PDT Hello, Future Entrepreneur here I'm in the infancy of planning for my next business venture. I want to make sure my personal life is in order before I start applying myself during the planning phase and I had a few questions and I'd like some input from all you successful entrepreneurs out there. How much time do you spend casually on your phone or computer? Browsing Facebook, engaging in casual discussions, memes, or other uses of your technology unrelated to your business or directly to your personal life. If you could if it's not too private, in addition to providing insight into your social media and technology habits could you show me screenshots of how your phone is laid out? The purpose of this is to find a way to make good use of my time as well as turning my phone into the tool it should be instead of a way to just pass the time, if I am just passing the time I'd like to be doing it in a way that's more productive and functional. [link] [comments]  |
| What are some business ideas you could start with almost nothing that has the potential to grow? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 06:26 AM PDT |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2019 06:01 AM PDT Hello good people of reddit. I'm doing a survey for restaurants. It's quick, about a dozen questions. I'd really appreciate it if y'all can help me out with this. Survey: http://werelocal.online Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Startup incubators and accelerators: worth it? Posted: 01 Oct 2019 05:38 AM PDT Hey fellas.
P.S. I would very appreciate if I could find a person for 1:1 interview, because as you see: I am a noob in this area. In exchange, I would be glad to help with design/development/QA, because we have a good tech team inhouse. [link] [comments]  |
| Google Adwords perma-banned my account. Deeply troubled and unsure of what to do. Posted: 01 Oct 2019 05:35 AM PDT I run a small design and marketing agency. We build websites and run ads for clients on the Google Ad network. To keep things tidy we create separate accounts for each of our clients that are all tied to my main account. It is one of these accounts that got banned. The website of this account was hacked and had some JavaScript inserted into the header which re-directed users to a malicious website. Usually we do notice such things quickly (all sites we build are linked to google search console) but this one wasn't build nor hosted by us and we were just running the ads for them. It went unnoticed for a while as no ads were running on the account. The client had run ads for a month and then stopped. So that what happened. Although I think the permanent ban was a bit harsh (as the hack wasn't deliberate and no ads were running at the time) it is in the rules and they did say that account would be banned for hosting malicious code. So I made peace with that till I read that all accounts linked might be suspended. All of them. I emailed and spoke to them and they confirmed that all the accounts are at risk of suspension. A ban means that the business can never ever advertise on the Google network again. These are my client accounts and most of them are small businesses that rely heavily on Google Ads for their functioning. Moreover, I use my personal account to advertise my services and without that I'm pretty much doomed. I am completely distressed and haven't slept in two days. I know am completely screwed but its my clients I am worried about. I was/am a big believer in the Google Ads program and relied heavily on it but with this one move I don't know what to next. [link] [comments]  |
| My business idea for a better world Posted: 01 Oct 2019 01:18 PM PDT Have you guys noticed that : eating out is very difficult and expensive. In an area, typically, You find few outlets selling pizza or burger, you find a restaurant in which meals are quite expensive, and that's it. Here you have : only few foods, and they are expensive You can eat almost nothing, Eating out is nearly impossible Do you guys see ? This model is very inefficient Something important is missing It is : a restaurant where food keeps changing, chefs also rotate This restaurant is going to serve thousands of foods over the course of time A meal is going to be cheap You will be able to eat thousands of foods Eating out will finally become possible This model is way better [link] [comments]  |
| Occasional unexpected situations causing schedule to be off. Posted: 01 Oct 2019 03:56 AM PDT I run my business with 2 employees, and am also the primary caregiver for my young daughter. My day is usually packed to the brim, but I thankfully manage it with the help of a good plan and good ol discipline. I have set tasks for daily, weekly and monthly. Eg Monday for SEO, tuesdays for cold calls etc etc. Sometimes, things like my daughter suddenly falling sick causes me to have to take time off work to care for her. Or, one of my employees takes a vacation and I cover for their duties. When these situations occur, I find myself not able to complete my scheduled routine tasks, and they mostly end up undone. This is not a "business" question per se, but I'm up to my neck as it is, and I can't figure out how to keep up with my tasks when such unexpected situations throws my schedule off. I'm good with predictable, and get flustered when things become unpredictable. (And yes I chose to start a business, I see the irony.) [link] [comments]  |
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