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Recent content by 94blackbird

  1. 94blackbird

    Getting My Hands On a Baby Boomer's Business

    The one part that stuck out to me was the skeptical wife. It sounds like she's the one that's not ready to let go yet, especially if the guy was ready to do an owner financed deal to sell you the business, then came back a few days later having changed his mind. It sounds to me like she is the...
  2. 94blackbird

    Have you had your "FTE"? (Or Was it an FTM?!)

    GOLD! MINDSET FTE CHAT 
    It's still processing, but I believe I've had a FTE. Also I will be light on details, as this only happened recently and I still need my job to support my family while I get things underway. I am about to SERIOUSLY badmouth the company and a few individuals in management positions that I work...
  3. 94blackbird

    Bootstrapping and Flipping on Craigslist Self-Employed Work from Home'

    HOT! 
    This is a common practice in the race car world where people buy seats for a race. Many teams have a you wreck it you "buy" it policy or they impose fines for hurting the car on track.
  4. 94blackbird

    What would you tell your 16 year old self?

    EXECUTION 
    I would tell myself not to blow every red cent that came my way. Had I found my financial sense a little earlier I would have had at least 50k sitting in an account somewhere and a lot nicer truck than I do now. But on the other hand I made all my stupid expensive mistakes while I could afford...
  5. 94blackbird

    Warning to Americans going shopping on Labor Day..

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Yeah pretty much. Cheaper than going to a strip club.
  6. 94blackbird

    Warning to Americans going shopping on Labor Day..

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Read the P.S., that's the important part to understanding it.
  7. 94blackbird

    Where did I go wrong?? Lost a huge sale

    HOT! 
    As has already been stated above, it's probably that your competitors offer sounded better or their reputation is more solid or any number of reasons. Another thing to consider on pricing, you can price yourself out of a gig by being too low just as fast as being too high. Sometimes people (even...
  8. 94blackbird

    Dating & Girlfriend

    PEOPLE HOT! 
    In my experience, once i really got serious about finding "The One", I actually quit playing the game. If I was on a dating site, instead of trying some cheesy pick up line, I would open with something along the lines of "Hi, my name is, I messaged you because your profile looked interesting and...
  9. 94blackbird

    Chi Town here...

    INTRO 
    Unfortunately I do not, I have it on kindle and I think my wife has that with her at her job! I wouldn't be suprised if you could find it either by searching the forum or google though.
  10. 94blackbird

    Chi Town here...

    INTRO 
    Welcome to the forum! There is a hell of a lot of good advice and very knowledgeable people here that will help accelerate you out of the slow lane if you're willing to pay your due diligence and work hard to achieve. I've already learned quite a bit myself from the people here and am slowly but...
  11. 94blackbird

    Here we go! Countdown to self sufficiency.

    EXECUTION 
    Quick progress update: Worked on the mess a little, haven't had the time I thought I would lately, but it is still manageable to get it cleared out in the time I've allotted myself. i have also been doing a little soul searching, if you will, to pare back my business concept to the basics. I...
  12. 94blackbird

    Just got married... Now I feel restricted and powerless

    MINDSET RANT 
    Wow just wow. I can't even find anything intelligent to say to this. The level of ignorance is just astounding. @dompie85 There is plenty of good advice here and I am glad that you and your wife are communicating. That has been the key to keeping my marriage on good terms. Take care of what's...
  13. 94blackbird

    Just got married... Now I feel restricted and powerless

    MINDSET RANT 
    That he did.
  14. 94blackbird

    Just got married... Now I feel restricted and powerless

    MINDSET RANT 
    I think you would have been better off posting something like this rather than the whiny, tantrum-esque drivel you put at the start of this thread. There's a lot of context here that was missing in the first post that would have probably toned down some of the responses you received. Same...
  15. 94blackbird

    Just got married... Now I feel restricted and powerless

    MINDSET RANT 
    It's not quite that simple with a woman with a child on the way. She is literally hard wired by millions of years of evolution to demand stability and safety for the coming child. OP is going to have to prove through action and success that entrepreneurship and starting a business is a viable...
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