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  1. Late Bloomer

    Anyone else think basic coding is one of the most important skills new entrepreneurs could have?

    RANT 
    I apologize that no, I've not made any point yet to see what you have to say overall. My response was only to the one comment here. I thought you were dismissive of the idea that coding might be within reach for some people to learn, and a valid basis to build a successful business. If I read...
  2. Late Bloomer

    Build a website to generate sales for jewellery shop

    EXECUTION 
    Do you have a follow up? Did you make a new web site for your nicely dressed friend with the gold jewelry?
  3. Late Bloomer

    "I Will Teach You To Be Poor" by Ramit Sethi

    HOT! 
    Great notes Adam, thank you! Looks like these are on Seth Godin's "Purple Cow" and Geoffrey Moore's "Crossing the Chasm" or maybe Clayton Christensen's "Innovator's Dilemma?" I've read the last two books. I never got around to reading Purple Cow but it looks like it combines great marketing...
  4. Late Bloomer

    "I Will Teach You To Be Poor" by Ramit Sethi

    HOT! 
    One of the most fun, interesting, unique, inspiring business books I've ever read. His description of what a Board does when you're an absentee owner, is the best road map I've ever seen to get a successful business into sellable shape. That's an exit-stage road map right there. Even though...
  5. Late Bloomer

    "I Will Teach You To Be Poor" by Ramit Sethi

    HOT! 
    The title of the book isn't "I will teach you how to be rich right away." The implied subtitle is "I will teach you how to be rich... eventually." And he does delivery that. As his mailing lists, webinars etc. show, he has some different ideas about how to get rich right away. They involve...
  6. Late Bloomer

    Chicken or the egg dilemma

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    I have a good idea for an online business. But are some things I should know before starting it?

    IDEA 
    And, if people can download the video to their phone, they can carry around a reminder with them wherever they are. Practice while in line at the post office.
  8. Late Bloomer

    How should I do the design process?

    HOT! 
    If he can, but we don't have any idea what kind of product it is or what kind of prototyping ability Will might have.
  9. Late Bloomer

    How should I do the design process?

    HOT! 
    That's what the meeting is to find out, so you don't have to guess. Just like a house or a car, you should find out the paid-in-full cash price first, before you talk about financing at all. "Suppose I was able to write you one big check. This would be work for hire, I get all rights. I can...
  10. Late Bloomer

    Myself, Nor the Forum Is Responsible... (Required Reading)

    IMPORTANT! 
    Darn it, there goes my chain letter plan. It's the one where we'll invest to mine bitcoin and/or buy lottery tickets. For the ten people whose names are above yours, you can send either digital cash or a College Playoffs Scratch-It. Did I mention that payouts are up to five recruitment levels...
  11. Late Bloomer

    Chicken or the egg dilemma

    That's already available for free in my area of the midwest USA. I just bring up a Google map of my town and do a search for "gas prices." The stations and prices are shown, along with the reviews of the stations and convenience stores. Google rewards those who log information with more...
  12. Late Bloomer

    Bitcoin Solo Mining

    LANDFILL 
    Why playing the lottery is better than solo mining bitcoin: The odds of the lottery are known up front and don't change when new chips and cabals enter the mix. The lottery's run by politicians who aren't about to fork it into competing pools to dilute their political agendas. You already know...
  13. Late Bloomer

    Bitcoin Solo Mining

    LANDFILL 
    I've never had the pleasure of making this suggestion before today... #landfill
  14. Late Bloomer

    I want to get off the 40+ hours treadmill

    It seems pretty clear that's exactly what he wants to do.
  15. Late Bloomer

    I want to get off the 40+ hours treadmill

    "The 40 Hour Treadmill" sounds like the world's worst exercise infomercial :eek: Welcome to the forum, great intro. You need an education on business valuation, business acquisition financing strategies, and negotiation. I don't know how much of this you might already know. The valuation is...
  16. Late Bloomer

    Certified LOSER living on mum's couch!! Gaming Addict looking to turn things around!

    INTRO 
    Does your mom needs someone else to cook for, now that you moved out? Some days I get tired of this adult responsibility stuff...
  17. Late Bloomer

    How should I do the design process?

    HOT! 
    Maybe the most important part I haven't mentioned yet is that working with a designer, you need to be specify WHAT needs to happen but not exactly HOW it should be done. The WHAT is your job to provide as client. The HOW is their job to provide as the expert. To make up an example, suppose we...
  18. Late Bloomer

    How should I do the design process?

    HOT! 
    I think you get to remove the "dumb question?" tag now :smile2: You recognized that there's something you don't know about. You found a place where people are likely to know about it. You asked concisely. You followed up with relevant information. You participated in an intelligent...
  19. Late Bloomer

    How should I do the design process?

    HOT! 
    That's what a free conversation would be for. A freelancer should be willing to talk with you briefly and let you know if it's worth your while to even do a sketch, or just to leave it up to the engineer. The situation was different with the client I had, because he had previously made...
  20. Late Bloomer

    How should I do the design process?

    HOT! 
    Yes NDA's and there was a provisional patent in place, too. The Kickstarter would have raised enough to convert that to a regular full patent. I believe the client found the engineer through local referrals, but this is the kind of town where that can happen.

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