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    Everything You Ever Need to Know about Women

    PEOPLE 
    When people talk trash about their exes/the opposite sex, they are usually only revealing the level of person they were able to attract at the time. People are usually equally yolked. If the women you know or date resemble the woman in this video, look inward.
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    Life on the road

    Love the hustle. You could have sat and bemoaned the things you didn't have. Instead, you took what you do have (the trust of people, which is usually earned), and leveraged it to get what you need.
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    When it comes to content-based businesses...

    EXECUTION 
    If you are producing your own content, there isn't a very big barrier to entry. However, if you are having other people produce content for you there is a barrier to entry because you have to 1. pay them or 2. create a brilliant platform.
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    Please share your experience with selling ads

    MARKETING 
    Hello All, We have a we based business. Currently, we get no revenue from traditional online advertising. We are able to monetize by selling our own product and have chosen to focus on building traffic and our own product offerings instead of advertising. We think we have gotten to the point...
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    Bankroll Management - What are your strategies for saving cash?

    Good on you for keeping your fixed costs low. That means you have a lot of control over future spending and investing. As far as opening a savings account ear-marked for investment purposes...DO IT! I got the idea from Harvey Eker's book: "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind." My net worth...
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    former student of the foundation(dane maxwell) willing to answer questions

    NOTABLE! 
    Greg, I am not advocating for (or against) The Foundation. I know nothing about this organization. However, I would like to address how you are characterizing your experiences...... Once, on an 8 hour road trip, my husband and I listened to a business podcast (can't remember what the podcast...
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    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Speed+ I don't know anything about vacation rentals, but I love the fact that you 1. recognized your error 2. asked for feedback 3. accepted responsibility for the feedback 4. adjusted your approach and 5. kept going. My husband always tells me that realizing you are wrong is great because...
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    Bankroll Management - What are your strategies for saving cash?

    Not sure if you are asking how to manage your personal finances/salary from job or your business profits or both. For managing business profits, my husband and I pay ourselves a modest monthly salary and live off of it. We have pass through entities, so we do pay ourselves a large bonus at the...
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    Mentorship Job: Negotiation Advice

    PEOPLE 
    It is far more odd for an employee to counter for equity. Exchanging your labor or time = a salary. Not equity. It seems like many people think that because they work for a start up, they are entitled to equity, in addition to a guaranteed market rate salary. Equity is typically reserved...
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    [Guide] Your Motivation: On setting goals

    Great goals and motivation, Mike! Throw some dates and numbers on those bad boys and you should be all set. For example, in the buy your mother a house goal, you could write buy my mother a X square foot house for $X by X month and X year.
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    Millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal Arrested For Hitting GF 117 Times in 30 min

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I haven't seen anyone defend cheating. This conversation has become more general and doesn't seem to be about the specific situation in the OP. You seem to think that there is a clear distinction between physical and mental pain, but in the case of violence, that just isn't accurate for most...
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    Millionaire Gurbaksh Chahal Arrested For Hitting GF 117 Times in 30 min

    OFF-TOPIC 
    What, exactly, do you think she deserved? Cheating isn't punishable by assault for men or women in this country. There are counties where infidelity is punishable by assault, but none of them are places I would personally want to live in.
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    Is this a red flag?

    This sounds like an operational problem. I am assuming that you sent this to the consultant for input, and he presumed to make changes without your consent. In our organization, the PM of a project gets to decide the direction unless the CEO intervenes. How is the chain of command/operations...
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    How Should Entrepreneurs Dress?

    Our office is casual, not business casual. We all probably look unemployed to outsiders We all own at least 3 business casual and business wear outfits as well. You never know when opportunity is going to knock, and sometimes you have to wear a suit to answer the door. As far as...
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    The thing about hope... How to really REPLACE hope with "control"?

    EXECUTION 
    Here is the problem with sitting around hoping.... For years, only about 10% of the deals we put together would go through. 1 out of 10. If we had put together one business deal and sat around hoping it would pan out, we wouldn't have been able to grow. Instead, we did all we could to...
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    Freshly Single and it Feels like Shit

    PEOPLE HOT! 
    Sorry, Johnathan. Breaking up with the person you envisioned spending your life with is tough. I am a person who is prone to escapism, so working my way through problems is the best idea for me. If you are prone to escapism, just stay away from drinking and girls until your head is on...
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    Is a real estate license worth getting?

    REAL ESTATE 
    I went to real estate school for investment purposes, but decided not to get the license because: 1. I am not a salesperson and have a business that takes up too much of my time to become a RE agent. 2. You have to disclose that you are a licensed agent in your personal dealings, even if you...
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    Can a professional services firm / consulting firm be fastlaned?

    It depends on the type of professional services firm you hope to open. Accounting/law firms rarely sell for much. Seth Godin addressed people opening up consulting firms in a podcast. He said that people will work for a big firm like McKinsey and think that if McKinsey can charge $800 an...
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    Bank Account and Dropshipping Credit Card

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    If you are working with an EIN and have not formed a business entity, you are functioning as a sole proprietor. A sole proprietor is personally responsible for all business debts, so I don't see any advantage to opening a business checking account. I would open a separate bank account to...
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    Question about taxes on my startup

    TAXES | REGS 
    Hi Throwndown, Congratulations on your startup! Let me say, that I am not accountant, but I do manage the finances and taxes of a business. You should be able to expense these costs, which means you would not pay taxes on them. You should only be paying taxes on your net profit, not your...
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