Thank you Thursday! - (October 03, 2019) Entrepreneur |
- Thank you Thursday! - (October 03, 2019)
- From Big Brother to Big Agency - My Journey to $200k/month
- Entrepreneurship Sucks
- The DailyBooth (YC S09) Story: A Social Network That Almost Worked
- About to launch our first product on Kickstarter, the Vino Novo. A device that 'ages' red wine in under 10 minutes! Check it out!
- Experience with Co-Working spaces?
- I own a Mobile Oil Change company on the side that pulls in about 3000 in pure profit a month. I need advice.
- How do you know that your MVP failed ?
- “It doesn’t take money to make money” why is this true?
- $3MM/year delivering restaurant caterings in Portland
- What would you do with a fleet of 7 24' box trucks?
- 1099 forms and NYC laws?
- Looking for advice on how to boost sales on my online apparel store?
- What do I need to start a small food and beverage business?
- Anyone with some facebook ad experience or some marketing wanna work with me on referral program?
- 17, need some onsite on web development.
- In need of young entrepreneurial people (high school and college students) to interview.
- With so many manufacturing businesses that prototype and help design your product, how do you know which one is the right one for you?
- Clients for video marketing? help
- Experience working with beverage co-packers?
- Just got a great business opportunity! What do you think?
- 11 great ideas for content upgrades you can offer your audience or users
- How do you identify opportunity?
- There are so many digital marketing companies.. how can I go about finding one that is right for me?
- Finance or Marketing major?
- Sourcing an electronics supplier
| Thank you Thursday! - (October 03, 2019) Posted: 03 Oct 2019 06:08 AM PDT Your opportunity to thank the /r/Entrepreneur community by offering free stuff, contests, discounts, electronic courses, ebooks and the best deals you know of. Please consolidate such offers here! 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]  |
| From Big Brother to Big Agency - My Journey to $200k/month Posted: 03 Oct 2019 07:48 AM PDT I'd love to say I always wanted to be in digital marketing but that wasn't the case. You cannot connect the dots looking forward so I will try to succinctly take you back to the start to explain how I fell into this space. I'm actually an electrician by trade. I left school in year 10 and went straight into an electrical apprenticeship. From there I went to night school to study electro-technology and that gave me the ability to get off the tools and design electrical schematics for a company called Hatch who had the contract for Alcoa Alumina mine site. At about the two year mark, my boss at the time said I was good for a giggle and should apply for a popular reality TV show called Big Brother. He even gave me the time off work to go to the auditions. At the time I was reading a lot of books about manifestation/visualization so after my first audition I went shopping for the outfit I was going to wear on opening night. (I had 4 auditions still to get through). By the third audition, I took two weeks off work to go down south surfing and snorkeling. As I told my folks "you don't get it, I need to get my head right for the big event." They thought I had gone mental. Long story short I probably was a little mental but I got the call from the producers. I made the cut. I was one of 12 (out of 300K) to be on the show. I look back now, and laugh at my 23 year old self. Here is a brief clip from my experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5k5VD_3DE&t=51s After the show, my life dramatically changed. I spent the next few months travelling around Australia doing appearances (mostly in nightclubs), using my Myspace page (which went from 150 people to nearly 15,000) to promote the events. Looking back this was probably my first experience with digital marketing. I remember travelling from venue to venue with a little notepad and journalling what i liked about each respective venue and what made them different, unique and successful. After a ton of market research I settled in Melbourne and started an events and promotions company called Secret Society with friend Nic Davidson which looked after boutique hospitality venues and events. This was right around the time Facebook was just starting to get traction and we were leveraging this alongside Myspace, Youtube etc to fill our venues with human traffic. I met my wife Jodie in Melbourne and soon after convinced her to move to the Kimberley in the Northwest of Australia (small town called Broome) where I took a job as the marketing director for Matso's Broome brewery it's a beer company and a group of accommodation properties. Long story short I learned my skills through necessity being in roles I was under qualified to do and through isolation being in one of the remotest parts of the planet. I realised early on that a lot of businesses were spending money on marketing with no real measure of success and I wanted to provide them more transparency and data on what was or was not working towards driving revenue and sales. I started Dilate in 2012 after helping a friend who was working as an automotive salesman to build a website to generate leads. After generating more leads for the salesman than the dealership was generating for themselves the Dealer Principal called us in for a meeting. My friend got a promotion and I got my first client. When they asked me what my fee was, I tallied up the bare minimum I needed to survive at the time and set my first retainer. The dealership was a part of a bigger dealer network. I started getting referrals and grew organically from there. I started the business from a home theatre room and bootstrapped everything so there was literally no start-up costs. Lucky because I think at that point I only had a few grand in the bank saved from my time in Kimberley. From there, things grew quite organically hiring my first staff member in 2014 leveraging my relationship with Murdoch University I was able to reach out to the head of the multimedia department and asked them to keep their eye out for a talented web developer. That was my first experience giving part of my role to someone else and I learnt some valuable delegating lessons in those first few years, I am still learning in this area. Dilate has now grown to 50 + staff worldwide and prides itself on having some of the best talent in the digital marketing space. I have now delegated most functions of the agency and the main role I play in is business development. I'm basically in charge of all inbound inquiry. My job is to ensure the perfect fit for both Dilate and our clients. Who is your target demographic? Our target demographic falls into two categories that we have named: Brian/Barbara the business owner who owns a business between $500k - $10 million and has 1-50 staff. Danny/Debbie the decision-maker who is the Marketing Manager, General Manager or CEO of a company with more than 10 staff and revenue between $2 - $20 million. Without our clients we don't have a business. I truly believe that whether you are pumping gas, working a check-out or building world-class marketing campaigns there is no higher purpose than being in the service of others. Our team works to a core set of values and we collectively try and live those values on a daily basis. The most important ones relating to our clients/partners are: Transparency - making sure the client understands the work our team is doing. I don't sell. I educate. I teach our customers and allow them to ask me for services because they understand the value it will bring. Also if we make a mistake (which does occasionally happen in our space) we have to be Accountable and transparent about what happened, this is how trust is formed. Also Empathy plays a big part in what we do. Understanding that our services aren't right for every business and being empathetic to better understand the various problems owners are facing. Both internal and economic. How do you attract clients? The number 1 way we attract clients is by doing a good job and getting referrals and word of mouth that comes from doing exceptional work. The next way we get clients is by walking the talk and using all the digital strategies that we provide to our partners /clients. What is the funniest/most strange request you have received from a client/prospective client? One client asked for a lift to a meeting. Haha but HEY I mean that's the kind of people we are! What is the piece of work you're most proud of that you've done for a client? I am always trying to make the most recent work the best, I have a saying that I always say to my team. Try to be 1% better everyday you show up and by the end of the year you will be 365% better. Or 260% if you remove weekends and public holidays. Where did you meet your co-founder/founding team? In early 2018 I was working with a business advisory company and my Account Manager in that company and I really clicked. His name was Tom Parker and one day out of the blue Tom organised a meeting at my office. Which was strange as usually I always went there. Long story short Tom pitched me by saying sports teams are run better than most businesses and showcased what he could bring to the table in the area of systems, process and strategic growth. Tom is an analytical left brain and I am a creative right brain, it just made sense. So in October 2018 I sold tom 35% of the business and he came to work at Dilate as our GM which has since evolved into Head of Strategic Growth. (We pick our own titles here and Tom seemed to like the ring of that better. Example my title is Head of all things wonderful. Any tips for finding first employees? The old hire slowly and fire quickly rule always applies. But most importantly hire based on attitude not skills. Skills can be taught attitude is conditional and very very hard to modify. We have always got the team involved in the hiring process and also try to bring people into the business for a week or so before we hire them in concrete just to see how they mesh culturally with the existing team. Dilate is like a big family and we try to ensure our new teams members align with our values and purpose. What is the most common service you sell? Digital marketing - Paid Advertising strategies - Google ad products, Facebook, remarketing etc (instant gratification products) and SEO (long term investment in brand) that's 90% of our business the other 10% is one off products such as websites, hosting etc What motivated you to start your own business? I wanted to see if I could, and was young enough with little or no responsibilities to give it a try. If i had to start today with (the knowledge I had then) two kids and no real business experience, I don't know if I would have taken that risk. However it has paid off and I am very glad I did. What were your family and friends first thoughts on you creating your own your company? I was very lucky to have a strong support network who supported those early days where I didn't do much besides work. It's been a 7 year journey and I am only just starting to find balance. I am also lucky to have an awesome team. I have people with me today that were there at the start, which is always great to keep you humble. What has starting a business taught you? I have learnt that those who risk big win big, but as you grow you care more because your business is responsible for more people. This can make you a bit more conservative. In the early days if you take a risk and it goes wrong, you don't eat, so to speak. I can make that decision for myself, but I cannot make that decision for my team. Conservation slows growth, but stable growth is still growth. These days I take more of an educated risk approach. Things will always go wrong, but i have always found solace in a quote by Napolean Hill: "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." What I take from this is that things aren't always going to go your way, and you can have the roulette wheel land on your colour ten times in a row, but it's what you do when it lands on the wrong colour that actually matters. Some people see problems, others opportunities. (even if it's just the learning) In other words when life throws you lemons - start an online ecomm store selling organic, gluten free, vegan friendly, ethically sourced lemonade and contact Dilate Digital to help get people buying. What is stopping us being 3x the size we are now? Well I actually believe there are no prizes for the biggest business. We want to be Australia's most respected marketing agency. (starting with Western Australia) What are the top apps your business could not run without? Slack - removes internal email and allows collaboration and sharing fast. Gsuite - allows us to create team drives and also amazing Google sheets that integrate with all sorts of rad stuff including our company dashboard which is the heartbeat of the business. XERO - best accounting software with amazing integration ability . Copper CRM - This is expensive but an Awesome CRM that lives in the back of Gsuite and follows the client from first touch point/ proposal right through the life of the client. SEMrush - Industry standard for all things SEO . Google keyword planner/trends - Research and validating market size. Are there any new services you're working on? We have started offering smart branding its similar to the old school banner advertising except the audiences are created based on customer search history. I.e. if you search for 'Subaru Forester' you will see advertising related to that brand, make and model at a time that is more likely to draw traffic and enquiry. Also, Spotify ads, taking market share from Radio advertising. We are always working on stuff. The I in Dilate is our value for Innovation. Would you ever sell the company? I already sold part of it, but that was to help the business grow. At the moment I am enjoying what I do and the people I am doing it with. So hopefully that continues. If you enjoyed this interview - the original is here. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 08:55 AM PDT It's expensive, it's stressful, and a lot of times it's boring, repetitive tasks. But every now and then you get that customer that makes it all worth it and you're willing to go through it all again. Keep your head up everyone [link] [comments]  |
| The DailyBooth (YC S09) Story: A Social Network That Almost Worked Posted: 03 Oct 2019 04:55 AM PDT Hello /r/entrepreneur. About 10 years ago I launched a social network called DailyBooth. It ultimately failed but for a while it felt like we had a chance of breaking into the mainstream. I just posted a detailed post about what happened. I think it's a pretty interesting story. Happy to answer any questions about the post, what happened or any details that I glossed over. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 10:29 AM PDT Hey all... I wanted to share this with the community before we launch on Kickstarter (next Saturday) and see what you all think. I've invented something we call Vino Novo. It's a device that creates a focused electric field on a bottle of wine that causes the wine to break down which simulates aging. We've done over 1k taste tests, have presented at multiple tech conferences, have been put through the ringer by two accelerators (one that we are apart of - Tampa Bay Wave) and have had the most astute L3 sommeliers give us their feedback and it was 99% unanimous - this thing works and it's awesome. Partial shot of production unit guts I came up with this idea after reading a paper about AC electric fields and how they can be used for all sorts of things including food preservation and wine maturation. My family used to make wine and I thought maybe I could build a unit for my uncle and help speed up a very lengthy process. We built a prototype in 2015, it worked great even if it looked terrible... we spent the next two years perfecting the process and actually having to solve a few component issues that we had in that, there weren't anything commercially available for us to use for power supplies - so we produced our own. This has been a really long journey. My background is/was finance and while I would consider myself a huge nerd and techie... I had never developed anything before. Thanks to a lot of really smart people and some clever design workarounds, we have what you see here. We have already been in talks with a few large retailers, one of whom wants to carry this once we have enough and after our launch and successful delivery of units, we are moving onto the large scale version that kickstarted this idea. While this was a labor of love, it was a hard process that left me alone quite often having to make decisions that would affect the look, the outcome, the design, the production methods, the sales, the marketing, etc... and it was really hard to get this far without having full time partners working on this exclusively. Needless to say I'm here and I wanted to share and create some buzz because the more it gets exposed, the likelier we are to hit our funding goal much more quickly. If you guys have any questions, be glad to answer them... if you have any comments or thoughts, I'd love to hear them, good or bad! Thanks! Clyde [link] [comments]  |
| Experience with Co-Working spaces? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 09:28 AM PDT I've been self employed for years and work from home. My business (video writing and editing mostly) doesn't afford me Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has signed up for a co-working space like WeWork or Industrious for similar reasons, and what their thoughts were? I think it might be nice to literally just be around other people when working (obviously I'm not going to try and use it as a social club chatting people up while everyone's trying to work). [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 02:54 PM PDT I own a mobile oil change company. We focus on offering onsite oil changes to people where they work so they do not have to leave the office or use their precious Saturday morning time to get their oil changed. We are 10 dollars cheaper than jiffy lube and have found ourselves a nice niche. We do 15-20 oil changes a week which nets us about 750 a week. So far we seem to consistently capture 2% of the company. For instance, if the company has 100 employees we can pretty much guarantee 2-3 oil changes. If we are going to a company with 400 employees we usually get 5-6. I would love to find a way to capture a larger percent of the company; any ideas? Sometimes I get the impression that the whole company doesn't know we are coming and other times I get the impression that they do not know how to sign up. The office manager is supposed to share our sign up link and also our times a couple of days before we come out but I wonder if this is enough. Any ideas? [link] [comments]  |
| How do you know that your MVP failed ? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 04:58 PM PDT I was wondering when it's actually time to start a new idea/project and give up on an MVP that had a bad feedback, or would you try to continue and improve your MVP ? I mean when it's time to move on for you ? [link] [comments]  |
| “It doesn’t take money to make money” why is this true? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 03:54 PM PDT I do not understand how this is true. All value creation has a cost, aka expense. If the statement above is true, the idea of profit margin would not exist. Since their would be no expenses. I am trying to start a business, that requires about $7k in equipment only...plus all materials and tools who knows how much more. It it going to be expensive. Product can't be made without these tools. Going the bootstrap method. If it doesn't take money to make money, why does the idea of startup funding exist or business loans. Since yah know, it doesn't take money to make money. [link] [comments]  |
| $3MM/year delivering restaurant caterings in Portland Posted: 03 Oct 2019 09:00 AM PDT Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview. Today's interview is with Tim Taylor of Spork Bytes, a brand that makes restaurant catering delivered Some stats:
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?It's lunchtime at the office. Everyone is hungry and anxious for a break from the workday. The team walks into the kitchen only to find it's pizza for lunch. Again. Or maybe instead of pizza it's a bland boxed-lunch style sandwich. Either way, these types of mundane meals repeat themselves in offices on a daily basis. We knew there had to be a better way to gather teams around good food so in 2014 we set out to address this problem in our adopted hometown of Portland, Oregon. I'm Tim Taylor, and along with my business partner, Chris Diamond, we are the founders of Spork Bytes - a catering delivery service that partners with the best local restaurants and coordinates everything needed to pull together a delicious meal for your office. From the initial order coordination to delivery logistics and a seamless setup process, Spork Bytes save our clients valuable time while providing access to quality, local cuisine in their workplace. To date (August 2019), Spork Bytes is partnered with 60 high-quality restaurants and food purveyors in the Portland area. We focus on serving (pardon the pun) offices of 50 or more as well as providing services for special events - weddings, corporate gatherings, holiday parties, etc. We offer mostly pre-fixed yet customized menus that allow us to easily adhere to an offices' changing headcount, dietary restriction and delivery instructions. Our ideal customer is an office manager who plans lunch on a recurring basis but we also work closely with people like party/event planners and venue staff. Our initial funding came in the form of a $15,000 loan from friends and family. We were able to pay that off in the first year and Spork Bytes has been profitable since then. Annual revenue was $2 Million in 2018 and we're on pace to exceed $3 Million in 2019 thanks to an average growth rate of 50 percent over the last three years. What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?Working in the foodservice industry was something Chris and I experienced during our time at the University of Oregon where we worked in the catering department together one summer. After graduation, Chris began working in the hospitality industry while I went off to start a corporate career in finance. Shortly thereafter, Chris began to notice that many local restaurants were struggling to effectively and consistently secure lunch catering orders from business in their area. From my vantage point, the example I shared earlier about eating the same pedestrian office lunches was something I personally experienced on a regular basis. Was it really that hard to coordinate good food from local spots? Apparently so. Seeing a void and a potential opportunity sparked many conversations between Chris and I. Then, in early 2014, after numerous discussions about "could" and "should" we, Chris moved to Portland to live with me and we started Spork Bytes out of our garage. Literally. We used some of our initial funds to purchase equipment and stage catering setups in the garage to practice and learn what we were about to go sell to businesses throughout Portland. During those early days, there was a strong sense of urgency in everything we did since we both had quit our jobs to focus on Spork Bytes. We did have to pick up some part-time evening/night gigs to make ends meet during that first year but luckily, it wasn't too long before we partnered with our first restaurant, Khao San Thai, and that got us rolling with our first recurring large office client and proved that we had a viable business. Take us through the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing your first product.We continued to test various catering setups and equipment while simultaneously refining and improving our business model as we slowly booked more and more orders. I vividly remember the anxiousness and excitement Chris and I felt when we secured our first 100-person order, pacing around the garage and tinkering with different ideas to make the experience as seamless as possible for our new client. As business picked up we started to notice some gaps in the Portland catering business that we could take advantage of. It started with a lack of proper delivery equipment to keep the food hot or cold. Serving the food how our restaurant partners intended and how our clients expected was paramount so we invested in all of the proper equipment to keep the hot items hot and cold items cold during transport. Thanks to our garage "R&D" sessions we were able to develop a clean and logical way to set everything up in our client's offices. Many delivery services simply drop off the food in leaky paper bags, leaving the office manager to fend themselves. We figured out what it took to create an efficient catering set up in a variety of office conditions, leaving the client with a spread that is as professionally presented as it is delicious. This extra step not only sets the tone for a more enjoyable meal but also saves the office staff significant time and energy, particularly when handling meals for larger teams. Another seemingly simple detail that was often overlooked was the labeling of food. We began producing custom labels for each item on the menu, including the name of the dish, a brief description and dietary tags such as vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, and more. It only took a little extra time to create but it was important to our clients and helped show them we were committed to providing them with a premium experience from start to finish. Describe the process of launching the business.Learning something new with every meal, we did our best to stretch our seed money - $15k loan from friends and family - as far as we could. Beyond the purchasing of the necessary catering equipment, we used that money to develop the Spork Bytes brand (logo, colors, taglines, etc.), build our first website, and create some basic sales and marketing materials such as flyers and rack cards. From the beginning, Chris and I did everything to operate and grow the business. Mornings would be spent finalizing logistics before heading off to handle deliveries. We would then spend the afternoons trying to expand our clientele by going door-to-door and engaging with local businesses. We operated this way throughout our whole first year of business before we reached a point where there were too many orders for us to fill on our own. At that time we began recruiting friends to help us with the deliveries for a couple of hours each day. It's not unique to us but finding and retaining good people has been the most difficult part of running our business. Most of our employees are part-time delivery staff. We can only offer two or three hours of work each day, which means our employees usually need to have another job. As we've grown, our ability to provide more hours for our part-time staff has increased as we've expanded to offer catering for breakfast, happy hours and special events. As of August 2019, Spork Bytes employs seven full-time and 13 part-time employees. Since launch, what has worked to attract and retain customers?Providing superior customer service and being loyal to our partners are the pillars of the Spork Bytes philosophy. Many of our early clients were sourced through personal connections - friends working at big tech companies downtown, for example - and we continue to rely heavily on word-of-mouth and positive recommendations of clients. Knowing the value of a referral and the importance of a personal connection, every Spork Bytes client has a dedicated point of contact throughout the entire process. This concierge helps coordinate all of the necessary details and ensures a seamless experience from start to finish. In order to grow and scale as effectively as possible, we leveraged technology and invested in a web application that allows us to create custom proposals for our clients. Within the app, clients are able to easily view all of the details of their order, compare menus from several different restaurant partners and walk through the approval and confirmation process with ease. As our business grew it became apparent that bringing on a full-time developer would be the most cost-effective option so about two years ago we made this hire. Since then, we've continued to refine and improve our custom web app that helps us create client accounts, menus, invoices, and purchase orders, while also organizing the approval and confirmation process. The delivery logistics are also streamlined using a custom delivery driver interface. All of this backend work translates into a premium level of service for our clients. We're fortunate that given the local nature of our business it isn't critical for us to run national or even state-wide marketing or advertising campaigns. In fact, to date, we've spent less than $1,000 on advertising. Instead, we focus on cultivating an engaged community on social media. We have successfully and organically grown our Instagram account to nearly 5,000 followers, many of whom reside in the greater Portland area and fit our client profile. We recently hired a freelancer out of Los Angeles to assist with our marketing, content creation and SEO efforts. He runs the Spork Bytes blog where we publish one or two unique posts per month highlighting the happenings in and around Portland. This content, as well as other updates and news, are also shared via our email newsletter, which people can subscribe to here. Through starting the business, have you learned anything particularly helpful or advantageous?As I mentioned before, sourcing, managing and retaining employees has been the most difficult part of running our business. Since our deliveries require more than just dropping a bag of food at the front door, we have higher standards and rely on our staff to represent Spork Bytes in a professional manner. Early on, we explored the idea of having our restaurant partners perform the delivery and set up for us. We quickly learned that in order to maintain a consistently high level of service we needed to handle this in-house. While it would have saved us a considerable amount of time and stress not having to manage staff, I still believe this is the right decision to ensure a professional appearance and retain clients. What platform/tools do you use for your business?Early on, we explored the idea of having our restaurant partners perform the delivery and set up for us. We quickly learned that in order to maintain a consistently high level of service we needed to handle this in-house. While it would have saved us a considerable amount of time and stress not having to manage staff, I still believe this is the right decision to ensure a professional appearance and retain clients. We rely heavily on our developers to keep things running smoothly, especially online. In addition to our custom web app, we have incorporated a handful of tools to ensure an efficient business operation. These include the Google Suite, Asana, Intercom and most recently Zendesk. All of these tools integrate seamlessly with each other and help keep us organized without the need for purchasing expensive white-labeled software. What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?Personal growth and the impact that can have on small businesses is something Chris and I value. There are so many helpful resources available nowadays but I would say Dale Carnegie's classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People" helped me come out of my shell early in my career and learn how to talk to people. That set me up well and made me much for comfortable when tackling a lot of the sales and business development activities for Spork Bytes. "Good to Great" by Jim Collins is a book that Chris and I have both read and was instrumental in forming some of the critical decisions we've made throughout the life of the business. In addition to the books mentioned above, we also frequently read, watch and listen to people like Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Jen Sincero and Simon Sinek. These folks, in addition to many more, have helped us cultivate ideas and develop the right mindset to be successful entrepreneurs. Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?One of the most important things I've learned over the years is to manage expectations - yours and your team. Getting too hyped on your idea or business early on can lead to unrealistic expectations. I let that happen to me and I ended up taking some unnecessary risks early in my career. While it's difficult, don't let the highs be too high and lows too low. This same principle applies to employees. They need to know that you support and believe in them while setting expectations that they should be able to meet given their experience and skillset. If you set the bar too low, they may not perform to the level needed or produce anything special. Set overly ambitious and unrealistic goals and they will likely miss the mark, leaving you disappointed and having wasted valuable time and emotions. Stay as even keel as you can. The second piece of advice I would offer is to believe in what you're selling. I don't think this has to go as far as the cliche of "follow your passion," however if you don't genuinely believe that what you're selling benefits those you are selling to, then achieving sustainable sales and longevity is going to be very difficult. Find something you believe in or learn how to believe in the thing you've already found. Then go and sell the shit out of it! Your belief will make them believe. Are you looking to hire for certain positions right now?We are always looking for part-time delivery drivers to join the team. Drivers have the opportunity to experience some of the best local restaurants and interact with people working in some of the fastest-growing companies in Portland. For the most part, we hire from within so advancement opportunities are plentiful and more positions will be opening as we continue to grow. Where can we go to learn more?People can visit us online at SporkBytes.com where they can check out our more than 60 Portland-area restaurant partners, catch up on the latest happenings on our blog, subscribe to our email list or join the conversation on Instagram. We look forward to hearing from everyone and maybe even serving some of you, too! 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]  |
| What would you do with a fleet of 7 24' box trucks? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 05:44 PM PDT All 7 paid off and insured. All proven reliable trucks and maintained, 2007s so not the newest. Our current use for them is dying out (Amazon), so what would y'all do with them? Seattle area. No cdl 26k rated. Unfortunately no liftgates only ramps. No mcdot so looking to stay in state. Considering posting on uship or something. Uber freight only does 53' trailers. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 05:39 PM PDT Hey group, Question about 1099 forms. I am exploring starting a mobile business in NYC and I see that in NYC you need to extend a variety of Benifits to your employees. My question is if you can use 1099 forms (independent contractor) to get out of this obligation. And for context I'm talking about maybe two "employees". [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for advice on how to boost sales on my online apparel store? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 11:24 AM PDT Howdy, I' ve started an online apparel store that is geared towards college sports settings. I've been running Facebook and Instagram advertisements and using targeting to attract interest related customers to my site. I've become frustrated with the inability to steer more traffic to our business website. I'm looking for advice on how I can increase my traffic numbers and make more sales from an online aspect. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| What do I need to start a small food and beverage business? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 04:19 PM PDT How do I get started? and what are the necessary steps? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone with some facebook ad experience or some marketing wanna work with me on referral program? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 04:12 PM PDT I found a referral program I have some ideas about how to market but am inexperienced. I think it could be a home run since the pay out is good. I just need some help [link] [comments]  |
| 17, need some onsite on web development. Posted: 03 Oct 2019 04:05 PM PDT After years of searching I believe I have found the best first business to start at a young age. We have decided upon creating a web design company. We have [our website](letsdevct.com)created but not yet fully finished or optimized for mobile (Please feel free to let me know where we need to improve on the site). After doing some research we have come to the conclusion that small businesses tend to pay between 1-6k for a website. I'm not why, but to us it appears that amount of money is simply to much to charge for work that would only take around 8 hours total. Is this because we are young, or is our research completely off base? We have plans to reach out to many small businesses nearby that have outdated websites, should we including pricing in the email or have it on our website that we would include in the email? Thanks for you time! [link] [comments]  |
| In need of young entrepreneurial people (high school and college students) to interview. Posted: 03 Oct 2019 03:54 PM PDT Hello r/Entrepreneur. I am creating a startup and need young entrepreneurial students to interview to understand customer persona. If anyone is willing to give 15 minutes off their time please PM me or email me at simhatechinfo@gmail.com. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 09:55 AM PDT
Does anyone have experience doing this or should I ask in a different subreddit? [link] [comments]  |
| Clients for video marketing? help Posted: 03 Oct 2019 03:52 PM PDT Hi, I run a video marketing business that is top notch in quality and is rated top 10 in the Russia/Eastern European region in comparison to other Video M companies. Recently, I have moved away from my team and control their work remotely while exploring options in San Francisco and LA. However, I am struggling to find clients although our prices are the best on the market and we have the same production and promotion quality as businesses that work with the NFL, Porsche, Fenty so on and so forth. Is there any tips you can give for best ways to find clients? Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Experience working with beverage co-packers? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 12:00 PM PDT Has anyone had any experience working with a beverage co-packer? Trying to understand a typical charge per unit produced that a co-packer requires on average and haven't seen too much online about it. Also curious to hear about anyone's experiences and any advice. Looking to use a co-packer for a carbonated beverage that would be packaged in a standard 12-ounce aluminum can. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Just got a great business opportunity! What do you think? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 02:42 PM PDT Today I got an excellent business opportunity - to have my own franchise of the largest and most successful insurance agency in Central and Eastern Europe. It was found by a local millionaire and philanthropist. They saw a lot of potential in me and are willing to educate me and introduce me to the insurance industry for free. I don't need to invest anything to start with this (the company will provide me everything from the office to office supplies and everything else. They also understand that I'm a university student and that I work in the family business and they won't give me any deadlines for completing their education. I'd be able to progress in my own pace. When I complete their education I'd have to make my team and start selling insurance policies. The catch is that there's no fixed salaries, but I get a percentage from every sale. More I or my team sell more I'll earn. I'd also get bonuses whenever my team and I reach milestones or achieve large number of sales in a period. I'd also receive education in financial coaching and I'll be a certified financial coach. So I won't be selling only insurance but also financial coaching programs. This really sounds like a great opportunity I'm really considering it. [link] [comments]  |
| 11 great ideas for content upgrades you can offer your audience or users Posted: 03 Oct 2019 02:16 PM PDT I put together a little list with content upgrades you can offer your users or audience - companies like Intercom, Buffer and Convertkit are doing that really good:
Let me know if you have more examples! I put the list in a little article if you want to read the full version: [link] [comments]  |
| How do you identify opportunity? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 01:45 PM PDT Hey guys, I'm kind of in a rut. I have a business (insurance) that is seemingly getting stone walled by both the DOI and the niche insurance companies I have to work with. I find myself being heavily discouraged and literally at the mercy on 2/3rds of the triangle (think of supplier, govt agency, but solid on customer base/marketing). Now, I'm thinking of accepting the net loss I have incurred and exploring other avenues. Sadly, I am having trouble identifying any other opportunities and I absolutely refuse to work for someone else. I'm not asking for an end-all be-all answer and am not afraid of hard work, but want others take on identifying opportunity to help get me thinking outside the box. Background: Sales + BA Biz Admin, minor in marketing, roughly $5-10k in liquid capital, with access to maybe $10k more. [link] [comments]  |
| There are so many digital marketing companies.. how can I go about finding one that is right for me? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 01:29 PM PDT I've been using Facebook ads myself for around 6 months now with some good success. However, I work full time in addition to my e-commerce business and I know I could be a lot more successful passing off the marketing to a group that knows what they're doing. Recently my cost per conversion has more than doubled and I can't figure it out. Any recommendations on where to begin looking? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 01:07 PM PDT I am applying to college and am interested in business management. I was wondering if finance or marketing is a better major (or if there is a better major than either of them.). Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Sourcing an electronics supplier Posted: 03 Oct 2019 01:04 PM PDT I'm looking to find a company/supplier to buy used/preowned/refurbished name brand electronics from at wholesale, bulk prices. A supplier in North America would be ideal. I would like to buy these items in bulk eventually. I haven't had too much luck on google but maybe im not searching the correct terms. Does anyone know where I might look. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
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