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  1. Jon L

    Plumbing Management Software

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    so what part of your process is causing you the most grief? It sounds like the calls to plumbers is doing it - if so, hire someone overseas for $5/hr to make the calls for you. Even if you only had them working during the busiest time of the day, it will free you up during that time to focus on...
  2. Jon L

    Beginners Nerves

    that is so true...we get to design our lives, especially as business owners. We decide who we want to spend our time with. Be a good version of yourself (not the best, because that's too stressful), and pursue the people that respond well to who you are.
  3. Jon L

    Beginners Nerves

    what's making you nervous? For me, it was having to be perfect in how I responded. Once I gave that up, I'm much better at not getting stressed out.
  4. Jon L

    Yes, but... (no, Yes, and!)

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    Hey thanks for all the rep! Yeah, I love that way of thinking...it compliments the prospect on what they already have and shows what you could add to it. The only thing I might add is the benefit the prospect the customer will get by having you do 'x y and z.' For example, 'Google favors...
  5. Jon L

    Buying A Repair Shop-How To Find Financial Backing

    What is your end goal? I'm not experienced in this industry, but from what I've seen: there are very few multi-location garages the vast majority seem like the owner 'owns his job' unless you want to 'own your job,' you need to think through how you are going to do things differently.
  6. Jon L

    How do I handle this meeting?

    don't be afraid to say that you've never put this kind of contract together before, but that you've spent some time thinking about it and gotten some advice from other business associates. It will probably be obvious anyway, and it will make you much less nervous. Emphasize what you do bring to...
  7. Jon L

    Project gone wrong. Need guidance.

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    What would you want a potential partner doing? (pay for the rest of the development, take over development, etc?) You said earlier that these developers are lazy and do the least work possible. This is not good. At all. I had a contractor that was like that. He had great feedback on...
  8. Jon L

    Advices for young guys

    "Spend money to make money" I really don't like this viewpoint. Its a bit like saying, 'put gas in your car to win the Indianapolis 500.' Well, yeah, that's true, but its quite beside the point. "Add value to make money" is a much better way of looking at things. With this approach, you...
  9. Jon L

    Advices for young guys

    yeah, that's not what this book is about. The main point of the book is that everyone plays politics, regardless of what profession you're in, or whether you own the business. Might as well be good at it. (and being good at politics doesn't necessarily mean you're a lying bastard - another...
  10. Jon L

    To borrow or not to borrow

    MINDSET 
    i'll chime in on the loan thing, too. absolutely don't borrow money. borrowed money doesn't feel real enough - especially to a first time entrepreneur. You'll lose it all, and have to pay it back at $100 a month for years to come. start doing facebook or google adwords with what you can...
  11. Jon L

    Advices for young guys

    1) read this book, even if you don't work in an office: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312332181/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20 That one book would have saved me years of grief. 2) start a business on the side 3) get lots of feedback in here. Ask lots of questions about your business.
  12. Jon L

    Ways Of Adding Value To Prospects Pre Sale?

    EXECUTION 
    on whether or not we should give stuff away pre-sales: How you behave pre-sale is how you will behave afterwards. Potential clients know this, and they act accordingly. If you're stingy during the sales process, you're going to be stingy after the sale has been made. In my field (custom...
  13. Jon L

    Why do SO MANY startups fail?

    HOT! 
    you say you haven't started selling your software...why not?
  14. Jon L

    Market Research/Analysis best motheds?

    I honestly didn't learn much from my psych degree. The school I went to was very focused on teaching research methodology, not practical application. I'm interested in it in general though, so I've continued learning about it after school. I don't think a survey is going to provide much...
  15. Jon L

    Market Research/Analysis best motheds?

    couple more thoughts...again, I run a software development company, so this isn't exactly my area of expertise: 1) place where people might buy healthier options: near office complexes...people sit at their desks all day long and often don't have time to go out to lunch. they might appreciate...
  16. Jon L

    Market Research/Analysis best motheds?

    This is not my area of expertise, but it seems to me that the best option would be to buy 1 vending machine, put it into the best spot you can think of, and test it out
  17. Jon L

    Market Research/Analysis best motheds?

    your question is a bit like the following: Hi, I want to build a house. What tool should I use? A hammer or a drill? I was thinking about maybe using a saw and a hammer, but can't decide. In order to help you, you need to get into specifics: what market are you going after? What are you...
  18. Jon L

    Providing an Idea Validation Service

    IDEA 
    I ran across a guy that created an app that had been validated by an idea validation service. For $50/year, you could sign up with his app and get alerts when there are wildfires near you. The idea validation service told him what price he should charge, and that they thought it would be...
  19. Jon L

    Trying to validate an idea

    IDEA 
    I'm not sure that I would pay for a service like this. Further, when Alibaba realizes that their search system isn't good enough, they could put you out of business rather quickly by improving their search tool. It might be interesting to give this service away...and then provide add-on...
  20. Jon L

    Good Or Bad Idea?

    IDEA 
    you don't actually have to have a company name to write stuff off. You can use your actual name...just keep separate financial records for the business. Would be good to set up a separate bank account for it too.

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