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    Is Anyone Else Intermittent Fasting?

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    Intermittent fasting right now. Did it years back and cut down to 8.9% body fat at 190LBs. Best shape I was ever in. Currently cutting about 1/2 a pound a day on IF (started at 17% body fat, and getting very rapid results). My daily schedule: 11:15AM: Coffee. No sugar. Just black with ice...
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    Can someone recommend me a book about taxes

    TAXES | REGS 
    I understand your sentiments of outsourcing paperwork to an accountant, but every entrepreneur should have at least some understanding of taxes. Reading a book on tax law should be a minimum requirement for anyone that wants to acquire wealth. @rsj I can't recommend a specific book, but take a...
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    Has anyone imported and shipped products from overseas to the US?

    Here you go: Harmonized Tariff Schedule Search Learn how to use that site. It's pretty easy. You just type in your product and go through a handful of categorizations until you find which one your product belongs to. Then you look at the percent tariff on the right. Multiply that percentage on...
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    Has anyone imported and shipped products from overseas to the US?

    I've been hit twice. Both times shipments were 3CBM+. Anything that you import into a country you should pay duties on. Most of the time, however, it's not worth the effort for customs to hit you with duties for a product that's worth very little. However, if the declared value is high, or it's...
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    Has anyone imported and shipped products from overseas to the US?

    For 20kgs - ship DHL, FedEx, or UPS. Ask supplier to give you prices for as many as possible. Most of the time DHL is cheaper, but occasionally one of those other two is. If you want to go real cheap, EMS is the way to go but they're less reliable and rarely have tracking. And this is not...
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    My manufacturer posted my product to order on their site

    +Rep for the positive attitude. A good rule of thumb in business (and life) is to ask the other person what's going on before making conclusions. 99.9% of things can wait a day for you to get more info and then make a decision. It's like if you had a girlfriend and saw on snapchat that she was...
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    My manufacturer posted my product to order on their site

    You can enforce your copyright a lot easier in the US (if someone buys your product and imports it, you sue them). Enforcing it with an overseas manufacturer is a lot harder since you're not going to sue in a foreign jurisdiction over a few thousand dollars. Your leverage with the supplier is...
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    Rate My Book Idea

    IDEA 
    Best of luck @Litmless4Life. And don't get discouraged from business if this book doesn't sell well. You have a very niche demographic (high school basketball teens and parents) and a lot of competition in the form of videos, coaches, etc. I hope you kill it, but understand that it'll be...
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    Manufacturing in Mexico - Pros/Cons

    SOURCING 
    Don't limit yourself to Mexico. Look at top world tradeshows for the product you're purchasing. Figure out which countries has the best manufacturing capability. Speak with suppliers in those countries. As of a few years ago Mexico has cheaper labor than China. Problem is that they're also...
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    Expelled from my school..

    INTRO 
    Everyone always has something to learn. You need to change your mindset from thinking that once you've "made it" that you never need advice from anyone again. Pride and arrogance come before the fall.
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    Another 19 year old looking to take over the world, witness me.

    INTRO 
    Your title makes it really easy to hate you. No one cares about you. They care about themselves. The sooner you learn that, and change from a position of arrogance ("witness me"), to a position of helping others, the better off you'll be.
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    Eric from Erics Cheesecakes

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    You need to outsource your graphic design. I can't tell if you're trolling or actually think that image is acceptable. And I don't mean to be rude, but it's evident that graphic design is not your strong suit.
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    What are your thoughts on "Privilege"?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    My parents are Polish. They grew up in communism, and saved up for years so that they could buy a plane ticket to America with $100 and a suitcase. Once they got here, they were relegated to the worst jobs - factory work and cleaning while Americans made fun of them cracking Polish jokes and...
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    First job. Cold calling. Help?!

    MARKETING 
    Damn, that sounds like a shitty credit card. You have an annual fee? And then need to determine ahead of time the number of installments? And then confirm the installments via a text? Are there rewards? If there's an annual fee there has to be rewards. If that's the case then pitch people on...
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    Tell me how

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    What was the purpose of this post? With one post you came off as an entitled dickhead, insulted everyone on here that could have helped you, and ruined your reputation on this forum. And to top it off, your insult is riddled in hypocrisy because you're too lazy to actually execute.
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    23, Ready for change, Don't know where to go.

    INTRO 
    As everyone said above, maybe there's not a market for this. What's the value add for your iphone over the existing cases that people could buy for $20? What's the competitive advantage that you have over people selling Swarovski iPhones for $1,400? (Do a quick google search - you already have...
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    Quitting my Investment Banking Job and Moving West

    EXECUTION 
    Great progress. Keep up the good work! And you don't. You don't want to create a product filling a need for a demographic that doesn't have money. That'd be the equivalent of creating a hot tub for an elephant that makes the elephant extremely comfortable and relaxed. Yeah it fills a need...
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    Book Cover-- What do you think of it?

    HOT! 
    @Blaise84 If there's anyone you should listen to on this topic, it's @MTF. /end thread
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    Tell me how

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Hire a salesperson.
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    Can i copy an idea that will be on Kickstarter but not yet on the market ?

    HOT! IDEA 
    Yea. Patents and copyrights are the reason business models like licensing exist. It's why the entire pharma industry as well as countless others exist. It's why a lot of innovation rightfully gets pushed forward. It's why Mr. Wonderful on Shark Tank only invests in businesses with a patent...

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