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  1. OscarDeuce

    Do what billionaires do!

    MINDSET 
    I don't know about these "20 habits," but I do know two "billionaires" personally - both would be household names to most on this forum. Also, these two couldn't be more different in interests, personality, beliefs, you name it. However, both became billionaires (they were both self made, from...
  2. OscarDeuce

    Luxury Brands

    EXECUTION 
    Rolls Royce seems to be able to sell high end automobiles without a so called celebrity spokesperson. I suspect they'd recoil at such an idea. I think this goes to the heart of whether your so called "luxury" brand truly is superior (Rolls has features - like transmissions linked to GPS that...
  3. OscarDeuce

    Poison Words

    EXECUTION 
    Can't. How many dreams have been destroyed by someone being told, particularly by somebody they consider an "authority figure" that they can't do something? In fact, I wager that over 95% of the people who do things above the average, whether in business, sports, science, entertainment, what...
  4. OscarDeuce

    Door to door sale

    MARKETING 
    If you're in Austria, the situation may be different. Here in the US, particularly in the cities and suburban areas, people are generally adverse to opening their door to strangers. Like anything else, it is a numbers game - if you knock on enough doors, you will make sales, but I'd expect the...
  5. OscarDeuce

    Door to door sale

    MARKETING 
    I second Durete's advice. I'm in the US so this may not entirely apply to you, but here the era of door to door sales ended in the '70s. The reputable companies (think Fuller Brush) faded away and were supplanted by scams. Most people will not open their doors to a door to door sales person...
  6. OscarDeuce

    Cuba!

    OFF-TOPIC 
    My understanding is you can go there and bring back $100 worth of goods for personal use. Unless the other shoe drops, I don't think we'll be importing cigars or rum legally anytime soon. I have to agree with the other posters, there are great cigars coming from Honduras, The Dominican Republic...
  7. OscarDeuce

    What do you currently do for work?

    Currently, I run a small consulting business. I'm a solo practitioner although I have a small support staff. Although my business is lucrative, I'm basically trading hours for dollars. Yesterday I put in 17 and 3/4 hours. Today I was a bit of a slacker and quit after 14. However, I'm using some...
  8. OscarDeuce

    Old friends, new friends

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    As a kid, I was obsessed with airplanes. So, once I had enough money, I started taking flying lessons. I got my private license when I was 17. I was perhaps 25 or so when I came to the realization I needed to make a change. Now, flying is an expensive hobby that attracted a lot of exactly the...
  9. OscarDeuce

    Looking for opinions / thoughts on my franchise

    Are you prepared to launch a nation-wide advertising campaign? Do you have the capital to support it? You have half the solution already - the "system." One reason people buy franchises is they offer a system or road map that's already been proven. But the other ingredient is name recognition...
  10. OscarDeuce

    Old friends, new friends

    PEOPLE 
    I got kind of a rough start. As a young man, I was not what you would call a "model citizen." Rather, I was what today would be called a thug. I had a lot of friends, and we had thuggery in common. Then one day, I got an amazing break. It's a long story, but let's just say I when from career...
  11. OscarDeuce

    Old people, don't despair!

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Sure...but you may have to wait a bit. I'm in the best shape of my life, take no meds, and plan on seeing 120. Remember, 70 is the new 30. Cheers, O-2
  12. OscarDeuce

    Business Class Airline for Entrepreneurs: Good or Bad?

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    Someone in the US tried this back in the late 1990's or early 2000's. I flew with them once round trip from Dallas, TX to Washington DC. I can't remember the name of the company anymore. It was a great experience, the service was wonderful, and the cost reasonable. They failed, which is why I...
  13. OscarDeuce

    Old people, don't despair!

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Buncha young whippersnappers! I passed the big 40 over 10 years ago. Been living off the income from my consulting business for the past 8 years or so. Started a television production company about 5 years ago which is generating revenue and should turn a profit this year. I will say, one of the...
  14. OscarDeuce

    Has your business used consultants? Or do you run a consultancy?

    Since the whole concept of this forum is to support the making of money, I don't want to discourage you from the basic idea of matching consultants to clients and clients to consultants. If you are only doing so within a narrow niche, then you could perhaps create some sort of accreditation. The...
  15. OscarDeuce

    Has your business used consultants? Or do you run a consultancy?

    Most consultant certifications/accreditation are designed to make money for the entity that does the certifying. In my field, there is one association offering certification today. I know most of the movers and shakers in that organization and lets just say, yea, they can devote their time to...
  16. OscarDeuce

    Has your business used consultants? Or do you run a consultancy?

    New guy here and my first post, but this is a relevant topic. I have run a small consulting business for the past 8 years or so. I'm basically a sole practitioner with a few support staff. Not sure this will be helpful, but so far, all of my business has come through word of mouth. In fact, I...
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