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  1. Alana

    Could 3d Printers Put Folks Out of Business?

    “4D printing is essentially scanning the object using high resolution 3D printers and using prototype machines to create a real replica of the copied object.” Here’s an article describing it (with a photo/video that shows what a product printed outta one of these suckers looks like): 4D Printers
  2. Alana

    Could 3d Printers Put Folks Out of Business?

    Thanks for all the feedback. This was just a hypothetical scenario (I’m not making plastic products). I’ve always been the type of person to see something, then go home and make it (my clothes, my furniture, my food, my barn, even my beer). So I get that anyone can make a majority of the...
  3. Alana

    Could 3d Printers Put Folks Out of Business?

    Initially I was really excited about 3D printers (and I still am...mostly). Think of all the widgets I could make! But is it possible for this scenario to come true: Lets say I create a plastic widget that I take to market (ie: I get a patent and start selling it at trade shows). My widget...
  4. Alana

    Is Our Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Odd...I'm not a subscriber and I was able to read it. Here, I'll just copy/paste the it: LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA — This foolish, callous world of ours is en route to hell. Or this is the best the world has ever been. One of the stranger features of our time is the jousting and mingling of these...
  5. Alana

    Is Our Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I am posting a link to an article that, in a nut shell, poses the age old (but still relevant) question to humanity: is our glass half full or half empty? More specifically, the article refers to the TED conference (TED: Technology Entertainment and Design) which speakers present both doom...
  6. Alana

    Forget 3D printers-now there is 4D

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I've been talking about how I want a 3D printer...and before I even had the chance to buy one they give me this curve ball: BBC News - TED 2013: 4D printed objects 'make themselves'
  7. Alana

    Childrens toy and baby products finished. Basic plan, needing analysis.

    Read the Book One Simple Idea by Steven Key (he has two versions....read them both...one is for licensing and one is for creating your own start up). They both have all the answers to your questions. Consider flea markets/farmers markets/crafts fair. There is where you'll find your target...
  8. Alana

    farmland or hunting/graise-land scenarios

    REAL ESTATE 
    I have a farm: I raise goats, ducks, geese and chickens (just for my family and I). I have over 200 acres in N. CA. Here’s what I can tell you: It is NOT tax friendly. I am just about ready to move to another continent because the taxes/regulations/bureaucracy are too much that even a small...
  9. Alana

    Getting BS for competing with myself.

    Being generally depressed in life vs never settling are two completely different things. It sounds like you are the latter. You need a challenge. You see flaws in the status quo and want to fix it. You’re acting on it (since you said so in your post) and not just bitching about it (because you...
  10. Alana

    Free Shipping High Price, No Free Shipping Low Price for Tea?

    MARKETING 
    Even though I currently have 17 different loose leaf teas on my shelf right now, I am pretty picky about what I buy. You’d have to win me over with description first and foremost. Here’s an example: Genmaicha: Sencha tea with toasted rice creates a nice, vegetable-like roasted flavor OR...
  11. Alana

    Free Shipping High Price, No Free Shipping Low Price for Tea?

    MARKETING 
    Now THIS is a subject I am highly knowledgeable about: Tea. I am a tea-a-holic, and while some folks like buying a fancy bottle of wine, Cuban cigars or truffles to get their gourmet kicks on…I buy tea. I love tea so much that I even have several Camellia sinensis in my garden. Tea is what...
  12. Alana

    Discovering A Need

    There are several progress threads on this forum that explain people’s personal step-by-step experience of having an idea and turning it into a marketable product (ie: The Paintbrush Cover Progress Thread). It seems like every week there are several “how I got my business up and runningâ€...
  13. Alana

    Befriending high income entrepreneurs

    MINDSET 
    Birds of a feather flock together. I partially agree with Ikke, in that deciding whether to befriend a rich person (or even consider them as friend material) does not guarantee that you’ll become rich. Heck, there are tons of extremely wealthy folks in my neck of the woods, but it’s because...
  14. Alana

    Introducing myself and my product

    Pleasure is mine. There are tons of Progress Threads that folks start up on this forum (simply look through the posts and you'll find them...big hint: they start with "PROGRESS THREAD"). It allows you to update the forum on the happenings of whatever it is you are working on. AND/OR: you can...
  15. Alana

    What have you got to lose?

    Best o’ luck to you….then again little, if any, of your success will depend on luck and rather opportunity meeting preparation. I used this metaphor the other day and I’m going to stretch it out to this post: Business ventures are a lot like falling in love. In the beginning (when it’s just you...
  16. Alana

    Introducing myself and my product

    I’m going to stick with my first post and say that the site’s lack of clarity/information/guidelines is the biggest flaw sticking out at me right now (and it seems to be echoed by the other folks on this thread….). Echoing off of my first post: I think the site is too limiting and needs more...
  17. Alana

    Introducing myself and my product

    Love the concept. I literally found myself chuckling out load just from reading a few blips on the homepage. I do wish the site had an obvious area that had Q and A (such as guidlines/rules) and an "About Phub" that gave a clear cut description of what the site is, who it is for and what it's...
  18. Alana

    Hi, I'm the AntiGuru

    There is also an author known as the Anti-Motivator who is also from Canada. Canada: The Anti North American Country :) I'd say "Welcome!"...but that doesn't seem your style. So instead I'll leave you with: No one gives a rat's a$$ about your anonymous-ness (and I mean that in the nicest way)
  19. Alana

    Attention drifting

    MINDSET 
    Funny, I was just asking an entrepreneurial friend of mine yesterday: what is it about entrepreneurs that it seems like we all have some form of ADHD? In my opinion, I think that ideas/ventures are somewhat like first loves. At first your new found lover is on a pedestal in your mind. You’re so...
  20. Alana

    Learn a new skill at least each year

    MINDSET 
    Scientific research reveals that more than ever before, a challenged, stimulated brain may well be the key to a vibrant life. Keeping one’s brain constantly engaged may help stave off mental and physical ailments and diseases. Learning in any form is considered growth and it takes nurture and...
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