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    Need some guidance! Regarding My Invention

    it might not be useful to you but have you looked into goretex? it is a proprietary material that is very waterproof yet breathable - I've got sailing boots made out of the stuff and its amazing - dry even in storm conditions yet breathable so your feet don't overheat/get sweaty could you try...
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    Yea, somebody had to calculate that shit

    OFF-TOPIC 
    One I often recommend to people is Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You, It covers both quantum and astro physics and covers quite a lot of ground without going off into unnecessary jargon - Clicky here
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    My start up story - a progress journal

    EXECUTION 
    got all the functional coding done on a temporary server on a different domain name - I've been playing around with many different ideas and when one approach doesn't work I seem to be leaving spare code strewn all over the place. So I've established everything I want to do on my temporary...
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    My Firsthand Example of WHY You Should NEVER Do What You Love; and It’s Not What You Think.

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    When I was growing up, from the earliest I can remember I was car obsessed. At the age of four I had a book of “long, low and sleek” sports cars. I ate, slept and drank cars, it was all I was interested in and all I would ever talk about. Naturally I was desperate to learn to drive, passed...
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    Patent Question

    a good approach to a patent it to decide what part of your product is the part you actually invented take for instance the Segway - it is not really feasible to patent the whole thing, however, the most important part of a segway, the part that actually makes it stay upright is the solid state...
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    Oil Hits A Low Of 81.32!

    INVESTING 
    Fuel prices have fallen here in the UK too - to the equivalent of about $8 per US gallon (3.73 litres ) how depressing...
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    My start up story - a progress journal

    EXECUTION 
    plan is to offer considerably greater functionality on the site for the premium member along with access to educational content initially and then in the future I've got plans for even more content but that is going to require clever programming (above my scope) and employing/contracting others...
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    My start up story - a progress journal

    EXECUTION 
    The progress so far; The kind of fluffy stuff that is more action faking but still necessary: · Decided on brand name, · Obtained .com domain, · Registered accounts on all major social media sites (will be a big part of the marketing push) · Sourced all artwork for website · Created...
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    My start up story - a progress journal

    EXECUTION 
    The startup method: I’m going against the grain and I have chosen to learn to code. In an ideal world I would pay someone to make the site for me but I can’t afford to – To be quite frank I’ve less than £100 to my name, living at home with my parents at the age of 23 but with no debts. I have...
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    My start up story - a progress journal

    EXECUTION 
    Here is my progress thread to help keep me accountable but also to help me to think about what I am actually doing – to make sure the action I am taking is actually working towards getting my first customer – action taking not action faking. The business: I am working on an interesting...
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    Outsourcing

    SOURCING 
    Ahh I understand Well if it is not inconvenient I imagine it would be best to have the payment come from company funds rather than an individual's account. Easier for taxation purposes and (potentially) easier/safer from a liability point of view depending on how you are financing the...
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    Outsourcing

    SOURCING 
    I would imagine the firm you are outsourcing to will have a preferred method of payment that they will specify so check with them and pay via a method that you are comfortable with and I would say a contract is a very useful and worthwhile document - for both parties - helps prevent...
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    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    read it on kindle - excellent book and very inspiring!
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    A quick hello and some thankyous

    INTRO 
    Hello! I'm Matt, from the UK, 23 year old Mechanical Engineering graduate I've been self employed for the last 6 years doing race car driving instruction and later sailing yacht skippering (for those of you that have just done the maths, yea, a 17 year old teaching people to drive race cars -...
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