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  1. Ikke

    Epitome of laziness

    OFF-TOPIC 
    If the school is 2 minutes away with car, why do you also take a car?
  2. Ikke

    Ecommerce Validation... Did I fail? Interpretation

    When have you really validated your market? It's a question I wondered about myself too. I have put the products I make on eBay and sold about 295USD ( after paypal fees) worth of items in 1 month. (12 sales, 16 items). That validates a market I guess, but how do I know how big the market is...
  3. Ikke

    Any experienced inventors of simple objects?

    Local universities or schools that have this equipment and skills in house? Or just a local prototyping business, they do exist and are more common than one would think. I don't know where you are located but I know a few around me if you are interested. And if you really have a hard time I may...
  4. Ikke

    Perfect Income for Happiness?

    Isn't the perfect income an income that supports you to do whatever you want? Which will lead to more more more :p
  5. Ikke

    more money, more problems!anyone feel like this?

    MINDSET 
    Lending money etc is business. I don't do business with family, it usually goes wrong when you hold them accountable for their actions.
  6. Ikke

    Thankful

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I'm thankful for my girlfriend supporting me in my ventures and the knowledge I have gained here that has given my drive a more purposeful direction.
  7. Ikke

    What inexpensive/free tools can a start up use for their marketing?

    MARKETING 
    Depending on your product or service you could start being active or sponsor/advertise on product related forums.
  8. Ikke

    21 year introduction and sharing my first start-up

    I can't click anything :)
  9. Ikke

    To the point, or detailed?

    #2 for me, it explains the bold statement and the example gives the statement credentials IMO. The picture doesn't add any value for me.
  10. Ikke

    Top Cloud Sites

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I use dropbox and really like. It also keeps my documents synchronized between my desktop and my laptop. I also use skydrive from windows, you get 7Gb and it's great for syncing files from my phone with my desktop. Dropbox is the most common used cloud provider though. I stayed clear from the...
  11. Ikke

    I made it.

    EXECUTION 
    A mio is a million I think EDIT: OP post hadn't loaded yet, sorry for the double answer.
  12. Ikke

    How to be unremarkably average...

    MINDSET 
    Got a higher resolution picture? Cant read this :thumbsup:
  13. Ikke

    one more idea for the fast lane

    IDEA 
    A local paper? Scale? :confused:
  14. Ikke

    Pre-order page, what to do ? New product release

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    How about requiring a down payment instead? Might be a bit easier.
  15. Ikke

    Will we ever see a 0% mortgage?

    REAL ESTATE 
    Not a mortgage but Dutch and German governments were able to lend money at a negative interest rate earlier this summer.
  16. Ikke

    Product liability

    To summarize my question. How do you handle the liability you have on your product/service?
  17. Ikke

    How I lost $1,000

    Have had a similar experience with paypal. Bought 100 products from a supplier. And they were a different and wrong size . Made a paypal dispute and it was denied, because I only had protection if the product didn't arrive.
  18. Ikke

    Product liability

    I don't know if this is the correct forum to ask this question. But I thought it was the most suited one. If not please move it mods. I currently design and produce all the products I'm selling. I don't sell very many products but I want to increase sales by setting up a web store. Thing is...
  19. Ikke

    Idea for a mom and pop shop

    IDEA 
    I was trying to refer to Jack. Still I do understand that 5% is very little. And it was silly for me to say 5%. I never realized there are such huge margins in retail. I'll go sit quite in a corner now and watch this thread from the shadows. Glenm, much of luck with this opportunity. It sounds...
  20. Ikke

    Idea for a mom and pop shop

    IDEA 
    Not very. I translate "grown ups" into "experienced" :smxB: And I agree with everyone who said the 5% is way to low. I hadn't thought it through very much but then again I meant 5% of turnover and not profit.
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