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    I just left my girlfriend of 3 years, for business. Am I a selfish prick?

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    Zero chance of us to know the answer to this question. We barely know you. Others have shared some solid wisdom here, particularly @eliquid and @SM Switi . However, Though normal, this could become a problem in the future if it ends up being a mindset thing. Bear with me as I get a little...
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    I will help you find a product to sell on Amazon

    GOLD! 
    Exactly. This could be a business, not just a product. Also, due to the MVP having three different parts, you could source from two manufacturers so that one doesn't see your whole idea and steal the market from you. In other words, consider ordering the parts piecemeal and then assembling...
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    I will help you find a product to sell on Amazon

    GOLD! 
    This would be a cool niche if you could do "install kits" for existing furniture in people's homes. Then create a video/Youtube link that they get upon purchase via email showing them how to install the kit. So, you'd ship the clear plastic piece, the hardware, and liner (so they don't...
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    Dear MJ, I have three questions.

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    1) if it looks and works pretty much like what is in that clip, you're outta luck on owning the patent. However, so is everybody else so it's free game to make and distribute, because patents grant monopolies, which no one can have in this case on that particular product. Look up the term "prior...
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    Is opening a Coffee Shop a good idea ?

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    Sounds good. Please post an update when you've gotten somewhere with it. Thanks!
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    The Chimera called 'Money'.

    MINDSET 
    Thinking can become overthinking fast when it gets in the way of doing. If you need help doing, let me know what you want to accomplish this week. On Tue and Thu, I'll message you to follow up and see how it's going. I won't necessarily be an expert on your goal's subject, but I can be someone...
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    Is opening a Coffee Shop a good idea ?

    HOT! IDEA 
    Are you sure? If that's all it takes. Do it. You should be a millionaire in no time. If you're hesitating, maybe you think there's more to what they did to succeed.
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    Walter Hay, Imp/Export Extraordinaire (Vandalay Industries)

    FEATURED USER 
    As soon as I read this, I had an epiphany. The best entrepreneurs are survivors. They put food on the table or they die. You're a legend, @Walter Hay
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    Hello from China

    INTRO 
    welcome @tulysses . what job did you leave?
  10. ThirtyOne

    Own a Business? Answer Your Damn Phone

    NOTABLE! PEOPLE 
    Could it be that some employees don't answer their phone because we've all gone VCS (vocal conversation stupid) with texting and tweeting? Or does it boil down to that age old question: will you put in the work?
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    Hey Everyone

    INTRO 
    Glad you spent some time learning from a c-suiter (I dislike that term, but I digress). It seems that professionals are willing to spend a premium to make a mint. B2B is good biz.
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    Hi folks

    INTRO 
    Come on in. The water's warm.
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    Hey Everyone

    INTRO 
    glad to have you. keep in mind that making other people richer is often the ticket to making yourself wealthy, as long as your business follows MJ's five commandments and makes CENTS. look at Google. worth a ton of money. they make a ton of money for people via Ad dollars, advertising for them...
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    Joining the team

    INTRO 
    @jon.a has a good idea. The DIY industry is strong, but I assume the broader base is cheap people trying to get huge value for little cost. So...take that for what it's worth. However, you've proven a business model. It sounds like your biggest issue now is scale. I might hire someone to...
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    Copywriting Contest... (RESULTS POSTED!)

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    Copywriting Contest... (RESULTS POSTED!)

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    Copywriting Contest... (RESULTS POSTED!)

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    Ready for the long, dry road ahead- Self-made Financial/Accounting Program

    EXECUTION 
    Sounds good. When you are pitching them, give them a vision of what their site could be. Not the exact thing, but a close relative. Let's say you are offering to redo a site for a diaper manufacturer. Give them a photoshopped mock up of a crib site with their same tabs on it where relevant...
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    The Licensing Game

    GOLD! 
    Impressive that there's so much opportunity there. Super cool.
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    The Licensing Game

    GOLD! 
    Thanks for the detailed reply. So it sounds like your two patents were not design patents, but utility patents, since that's the only one you can file a PPA for. My specific idea right now is opening a new category of print art onto a current product. So, I couldn't even file a design patent...

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