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    Corporate world shuts the door on me forever

    I'd like to share my life experiences with you in hopes you will learn and benefit from my many F-ups (please listen): REFUSE TO LET THIS DEFINE YOU. I'm not proud of my past, but you need to hear this. I've been arrested 3 times for underage drinking and came VERY close to a DUI my first...
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    My 2 (Very Different) Mentors

    I have two very successful mentors in my life, both of which live VERY different lives. While I have yet to realize any substantial monetary success myself, I suppose I am very lucky to see both mentors living their lives in their own ways. Hopefully you guys may benefit from this experience as...
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    What is business?

    Simply put: Business is the creation and continuous maintenance of VALUE.
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    Great bootstrapping thread - how to create money.

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    I was recently wondering how morally-correct this is. A friend of mine does this and I tagged along for one of his trips to pick up an item. The guy selling the TV was hurting for money and I couldn't help but feel bad for the guy as my friend talked him down in price even more. If preying on...
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    Traffic cams....

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    6 months ago my roommate and I got one of these tickets, but instead of running a red light it got us for speeding. My roommate's family keeps an attorney on retainer, and he had been researching this topic and told us to simply not pay it because the city can do nothing but threaten you to try...
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    Is going to college a waste of time?

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    Third Party Payment Aggregation Tax Question

    TAXES | REGS 
    Business background: I own a website that provides online ordering for restaurant owners and their customers. Customers order from restaurant menus online and then choose from take-out or delivery. Their order is then sent to the restaurants via an automated telephone call. I receive the funds...
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    Is going to college a waste of time?

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    I thought it was an interesting video with a very powerful message. In the wake of all of the student debt, standardized testing, skyrocketing "ADHD" prescriptions, higher standards, etc, we need to start challenging the existing beliefs of education. Since I started my college career, I never...
  9. dreaminBIG

    Is going to college a waste of time?

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    Girlfriend shared this with me today... thought I would share it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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    Thoughts on using a CMS instead of building my site?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I recently started my first e-commerce venture, and have it set up with Drupal. So far we haven't had any problems with it, and I believe the CMS way is the way to go--at least up until a certain point. Why throw more money and time in starting up than you need to? Drupal is supposed to be...
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    Launch Strategies Advice

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    So I am finally about to launch my web business for beta testing, and want to shoot around some marketing and sales ideas with you guys. How would you go about getting companies to sign up? For those of you who don't remember me or what my business is, its a web app that allows customers to...
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    Thoughts on adding a partner??

    Jack, nicely put. I do have the money, but I will be living on an extreme budget. Looks like its time to break out the Ramen noodles. I'm not giving up ownership and not asking the parents for money. Momentum, I am from Franklin, TN but here in Knoxville for college. Very nice to meet you...
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    Thoughts on adding a partner??

    Thanks for the info guys. Sharky, when you say "have a vesting schedule so that his equity ownership does not fully vest until some defined period of time in the future, such as 2 to 4 years," does that mean at the end of 2 to 4 years he is no longer a partner? Now I have one more question. Is...
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    Thoughts on adding a partner??

    What does everyone think of adding a partner and giving away sole ownership of a company? When I first started my startup I refused to take on a partner. However, I can no longer afford the programmer that I am working with as my startup is an online venture. He is genuinely interested in my...
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    Mark Cuban's thoughts on getting rich.

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    Mark will be on the Colbert Report tonight and will be talking about this very blog post. September 29, 2011 - Mark Cuban: Patriotic Duty - Colbert Nation Forum
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