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  1. J

    2 projects at the same time?

    I am typing this post to ask for opinions on what I should do. I am currently involved in a very large project. I am overseeing the development for a new social network, marketing, and everything else. The project is expensive, complex, and I will need to do a lot of leg work to get the name out...
  2. J

    Need a business partner

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Something to think about...let's say that you start a successful social network using one of these businesses. You are using their servers, their platform, and their property in a way. Your entire business is designed based on their coding, apps, plug-ins, etc..Does this mean that they have...
  3. J

    accepting monthly payments question

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thank you for the comment. I will keep that advice in mind. Now I need to do some research and figure out if it is worth making the user who buys into the subscriptions sign a contract.
  4. J

    How to learn about a certain industry?

    Wow, amazing idea!!! You just saved me a ton of time. I am always Googling words that relate to my start-up
  5. J

    Need a business partner

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I was extremely detailed. I am good with paint, photoshop, and word. I kind of used all 3. First I made all of the designs. After that, I made a book and described every function and the logic of the system.
  6. J

    How to learn about a certain industry?

    I google it to death. I also go would go onto the academic engines that I used to have access to find information. I even check blogs, forums, and other social sites. I think of key words that relate to my ideas and type them into google. I look for emerging trends and companies. I collect data...
  7. J

    Questions on Legality, Taxation, Incorportation, etc..

    TAXES | REGS WEB/DIGITAL 
    I They don't always come knocking on your door. When I was in college I made about 30K over the course of 4 months selling electronic books online. I did not pay a single penny to the government (EXTREMELY STUPID :smx4:), but they did not come for me (not yet at least). ...but I took the...
  8. J

    Need a business partner

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    If you don't find an individual to code the website for you then here is another approach that you might want to consider. roughly 11 months ago I was in your position. I was a college student in PA and I had an idea for a social network, but I needed someone to help me design the social...
  9. J

    accepting monthly payments question

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    i have a number of revenue streams on my site and at least 3 of them require accepting monthly payments. So this brings me to a a few questions I for the more experienced people here. 1. Can i just accept payments monthly? or do I need some sort of terms and conditions for the individual to...
  10. J

    Marketing Without a Product - One Approach

    MARKETING 
    I have never seen that company..they look good though. The guy who made my video is not a company. I don't even have his email address. I only dealt with him through elance and he is located in Pakistan. Oh wait, I agree with you on branding. I think I misunderstood what you were saying...
  11. J

    Marketing Without a Product - One Approach

    MARKETING 
    I also just realized something. You can really build a whole brand around a simple word. For example, "Links" is my simple word that I am building my social platform brand upon. I guess you would have to actually see the finished product to understand. But there is value in using descriptive and...
  12. J

    Marketing Without a Product - One Approach

    MARKETING 
    check out elance.com, you can find a lot of good animators there. I appreciate your feedback. The name is something that was agreed upon by myself, my partners, and my investors. The name actually has about 5 different meanings, and there is a psychological reason why I used the word "my"...
  13. J

    Marketing Without a Product - One Approach

    MARKETING 
    Thanks for the post great to hear that other people believe in this too. Expect the difference is that I started building, then promoting, and building some more. I didn't want to begin my pre-launch too early. Yes that is exactly what I plan to do. Students, alumni, and schools are our...
  14. J

    Marketing Without a Product - One Approach

    MARKETING 
    Well as a recent college graduate it is somewhat easy for me since I know a lot of college students and alumni. I mainly used Facebook and Twitter. A lot of people shared their links to earn chances to win the iPad2 that we are giving away, and we just kind of expanded. Social media is a great...
  15. J

    Homeless Teen in Chicago New Here

    HOT! 
    I might be able to help you out. First, you don't need to know how to do any of the building. You can easily outsource the entire development of your social media network. There are drawbacks to oursourcing but if you are motivated enough then it will work. One problem is that you will need...
  16. J

    Marketing Without a Product - One Approach

    MARKETING 
    I do not get around to posting on this forum as much as I would like, but I do get to read a lot of posts. I have read some very interesting things while I have been here. This post is intended to share one of my favorite topics of marketing. How do you market before your product is even...
  17. J

    Need Advice. Which College Major will lead me to my "Fastlane"?

    The first thing that you need to realize is that it is the most important factor is YOU. While picking the correct major is important, it is not the deciding factor to whether you will become successful. College is really about challenging yourself, pushing your limits, and opening your mind to...
  18. J

    some of my personal rules

    MINDSET 
    John P. Founder and CEO of CampusLink LLC (mycampuslinks.com – coming in January 2012) Rules that I follow for my start-up success 1. Listen – Nobody ever listens anymore. I don’t know if it has always been this way. Maybe there are too many distractions today, or maybe people are only...
  19. J

    hello everybody

    Hi everyone, I am new on this forum. I figured that I would introduce myself. I am very interested in reading the posts here and learning as much as I can. I am interested in anything business related and investments. I want to learn about the stock market and investing. I am 23 years hold...
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