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  1. mainstreet

    F:S

    I'm proud of you!
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    LLC or Sole Proprietorship?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Not enough info to make an educated decision. What volume, what risk, partners involved, etc... Give us all the details. Startup Help
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    Three French Fries, Three

    I seem to be commenting on customer service alot today - made me think of the funniest restaruant bad service story I had happen to me. We were at a pub and grill and I ordered a cheeseburger and french fries. When the order came I literally had 3 french fries on my plate. I was with a friend...
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    Talk about winning the battle yet losing the war

    The pub was busy that night - I bet it won't be busy for many more!!! Great horrible story!!! Any time I tip less than the 20% expected, I ask for a manager and explain why. That has only happened a couple of times and my wife got mad both times - but I waited tables through college like...
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    Best 3 in 1 Printer? Need some Suggestions

    I had a canon mf5700 - I think was about 250 - laser black and white fax scanner with multifeed. Fantastic printer for the money. I have been through no less than 10 different models and it prints quickly without warm up period and scans with the multi feeder perfectly. Startup Help
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    Dealing with Passive Aggressive / Ungrateful people

    Ignore them. A few years back I had a guy that wanted to return a car charger after he used it for an ten minutes in the parking lot to charge his phone (when he bought it my manager told him no refunds and stamped his reciept no refund becuase the guy told him upfront he just needed to get a...
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    Why franchising is not the best move

    I had a horrible experience with RadioShack. About the same as the Burger King fiasco without the class action. They set prices and set the prices they sold us to. On many big ticket items we could go to a corporate owned store and buy it with our employee discount card than what we could...
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    Big Corp

    Trying to get 20 entrepreneurs to agree on how to run the new company may be more difficult than piling 20 entrepreneurs in a clown car.
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    Why do entrepreneurs purposely underfund and willingling go out o

    Re: Why do entrepreneurs purposely underfund and willingling go o Thanks for the great replies. I think this is a conversation with no right answer and a many opinions. I do have to stand by my thought that the conservative path is to borrow too much - I'm not too worried about interest...
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    Startup Help - Funding Your New Business

    Thanks for clicking - just doing a little research. What made you click this? Are you trying to get funding or are you trying to get Startup Help? Do you have a business plan written out or is it a concept in ure head? Good Luck, Ronnie Springer...
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    Why do entrepreneurs purposely underfund and willingling go out o

    I recently visited a post that was looking for the top reasons businesses fail. At the top of that list was inadequate funding. I would like to start a conversation about that topic alone. Why do entrepreneurs under fund? Do you think it is investors’ or banker’s fault, or do you think...
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    How would you dice this?

    REAL ESTATE 
    I agree that you need to find a property manager to be fastlane material on this one as you dont want this to be your job for the next 15 years. Now to where I disagree. I would NEVER finance your down payment on credit cards becuause that KILLS your ability to make it a profitable situation...
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    Flipping cars question

    I've never had any luck with a bid getting approved for no money, but a friend of mine recently purchased a fairly rent ready house at a county auction that was being sold for back taxes for $800. His Dad has a check hanging on the wall for $4, his 10% commision for a house he bought at the...
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    Buying our First Home!!!

    REAL ESTATE 
    Wow - that takes me back to my how I bought my house. I was taking our business from a cash flow positive, low expense, and no debt to rapid expansion quadrupling the expenses and adding hundreds of thousands in debt to our organization for growth. We needed to move to be closer to our new...
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    SUCCESS STORY: Cons and Deceit

    EXECUTION 
    It does take work and intelligence on part of these major con artist. Think if the folks at Enron or Madoff would have used those massive efforts to build a legit businesses. Maybe the fundraising efforts wouldn’t have been as easy with legitimate returns, but still would have been large...
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    How do you define good service?

    Attitude that the personnel take towards you is HUGE. We had the Presidential Suite at the Golden Nugget one night where the service is usually just fine, but after we put a drink on our room tab - the attidute of the servers and bartender changed dramatically. Instead of waiting in line for a...
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    VC Experience

    What type of project are you wanting to take to a VC?
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    Leaving a job at a company I love - how to give notice?

    As an employer, I rarely get two weeks notice. Even when I do, I usually work the employee out as soon as they can start their new job. An employee with one foot out the door doesnt work for either the employer or the employee.
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    The roommate and possible business partner??

    You need a partner that has business experience, not business studies. Look at it this way, if you were going to court would you hire a lawyer that just graduated law school and is looking for a job? Launching a new business with a strong mentor network reduces surprises therby reducing the...
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    Financial Planning - Funny

    FUNNY 
    I'm in the rent-to-own industry. I could def see adding that to the inventory. When its idle stock - I could see traffic tripling easily. Not to mention the rigorous "product testing" standards our company has.
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