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    Server Purchase Strategy

    Who in the world buys servers to last 10 years these days? That is like expecting a gallon of milk to last 9 months. Here is the thing you have to realize. Computers are not like factory equipment that is supposed to last 10, 20, or 30 years. Plan on upgrading every 2 to 3 years. You WILL...
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    How much is an idea worth?

    IDEA 
    In the situation you described (having an idea, but zero resources or knowledge to execute it) you essentially have 60 seconds of value to the business. What I mean by that is after spending 60 seconds explaining your idea to someone else, you immediately become useless. The guy with the...
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    Why "lifestyle design" will make you miserable...

    MINDSET 
    People who like the work. For some folks, their "work" is something they really love doing, and if they can get paid well for it, all the better. These people design a business around an activity that they love doing (think of the person who LOVES taking care of kids starting a daycare...
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    Leveraging distribution systems, building brands, etc. thaughts

    For me, the distributor/manufacturer advantage question boils down to how many manufacturing options the distributor has and how many distribution options the manufacturer has. For example Walmart has a gigantic advantage as a distributor/retailer over manufacturers, since that are such a huge...
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    Using affiliate marketing as prep for my fastlane business

    MARKETING 
    Hi guys, I am a web application developer who plans on developing and marketing some software as my fastlane business. I have an idea on how I can develop my marketing channels BEFORE my product is ready to launch. There are several companies in my general market that have affiliate programs...
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    How to profit from an iPhone app idea?

    IDEA 
    The biggest problem is that it is just an idea. Assuming your friend is not a programmer, he has absolutely nothing right now. Think about it this way, the moment he told you all about his idea YOU had the exact same thing in your possession as he did. YOU could just as easily get this...
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    A question about control

    My personal opinion is that any entrepreneur running a small internet business (1-3) should learn at least SOME of the technology that keeps his business going. There is zero need to become an expert, but you should at least know a little about it. For instance, You really should know some...
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    Law of Control (Facebook platform story from HackerNews)

    MARKETING 
    Thanks for the great article. In the thread there are also links to other articles that also deal with the "law of control", all excellent reads for developers, like myself. I was actually having an internal debate about this issue recently. It concerns developing iphone apps, verses...
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    What Code to Use

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Check out this book: Head First HTML, with CSS & XHTML IMHO, the Head First series of books are some of the best technical books to come around in a while. They have a "learn by doing" approach, which is sorely lacking in other books. Head First HTML assumes ZERO computer experience beyond...
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    help needed willing to split 5.3 million down the middle

    Are you sure that your friend's uncle isn't from Nigeria? :D :D :D
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    Ethical Capitalism Doesn't Exist

    HOT! 
    I charge what I think the market will bear. There is a price that is too high even for the government to pay. How can the government be "forced" to pay 100% of my expenses? That just isn't possible. Here is what will happen in real life (assuming I found the cure for cancer :D ) a) There is...
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    High Risk Merchant Account Wanted

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Online Merchant Services & Credit Card Payment Processing and https://epoch.com/en/index.html The fees are significantly higher than normal, but that is because they operate in more "high risk" areas.
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    Ethical Capitalism Doesn't Exist

    HOT! 
    Your premise has some fundamental flaws. First you assume that there exist this universal definition of being ethical. There isn't. You are simply applying your own definition of what is ethical or not. So the real statement is that unless YOUR product meets those qualifications (as you...
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    Earning from CMS - free VS. paid model

    Making money selling open source software is a tough proposition, especially in the first few years. As you know, the traditional model has been to make money selling support for the application. I know tons of people that make good money supporting platforms like Wordpress and Joomla, and...
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    Gates vs Jobs as entrepreneurs

    Gates. Besides being wealthier, he never lost control over his company until HE decided to relinquish that control. In addition, his company has completely dominated multiple critical software markets, racking up and holding over 90 percent market share for decades (I am thinking of desktop OS...
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    What Code to Use

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    At this point, if you are looking for hosting, you can be 99% sure that the host is running a LAMP stack: Linux operating system Apache web server MySQL database management system PHP application server Other companies might offer ADDITIONAL tools (e.g. Ruby on Rails, Django/Python), but...
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    The Illuminati & Conspiracy Theories - For Real Or B.S.?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    The problem with the whole "Illuminati" conspiracy stuff is that, regardless of whether it is true or not, it is completely irrelevant to my daily life. 1) I cannot prove it exists 2) Even if it did exist, I have no way to stop/change it. 3) Even if it did exist, that in no way causes me to...
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    Job for Fastlane

    If you live in a big city, check the temp agencies. One of the jobs the temp agencies had which were hard to fill were 10pm-6am shifts processing checks, or doing some kind of data entry. Many banks and big companies had jobs like this and got their employees from the temp firms. In general...
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    Bright Outlook for Online Workers

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I remember back when I was working at a multinational bank, I was talking to a VP (as a side note, banks give damn near everyone a "VP" title after enough years, the guy still worked in a cubicle). We were talking about a proposal that some of the employees work from home. He said it wouldn't...
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    Bad ethics or good business?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Here is how I think about it: The email addresses are publicly available. You have a product that you believe is better and less expensive. In effect, you have a way to add value to people's lives/business. How is it wrong to use their publicly available contact information to introduce them...

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