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    How many widgets should I send to Amazon?

    I'd bump it up to 25 only because for your first shipment there may be an advantage to shipping to multiple fulfilment locations. It's debatable whether physical inventory location and the searching customers's physical location impacts amazon SERPs, but my personal experience is that if you're...
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    What's your biggest mental barrier holding you back?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Totally agree. I guess I never had the problem of wanting material possessions, but I was desperate to quit my day job and pay off my student loans as fast as possible. Now I don't care about that so much, I just want to build something that helps people and solves problems. And, amazingly, I've...
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    How to find local millionaires willing to mentor you for free?

    EXECUTION 
    One thing I gleaned from some of the senior folks here is that simply asking good questions and implementing their advice is often enough. Mentors genuniely enjoy helping people, but they can't stand it when you approach them with a know it all, do it for me attitude. They are teaching you to...
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    What's your biggest mental barrier holding you back?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    That's where I'm at. It took me 4-5 years before I realized this.
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    I am buying a new bugatti. And i will post pics.

    LANDFILL 
    How much money will be enough? And when you get there, what will you feel? Are you going to pack it in and sit on your a$$ for the rest of your life, having gotten some sort of revenge? I suspect that you'll be miserable, because no amount of money will be enough. You'll be one of those rich...
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    8 Eyewear: From Idea, to Launch, to Growth (And Quitting the Job)

    IDEA 
    It seems to me you're almost there Vick. You've got verified market interest, a unique product fully designed - now all you need is someone willing to put it together for you in a timely, consistent manner. You've got this.
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    Is this supposed to be inspiring?

    I understand that perspective. I guess the reason I reacted that way is because I feel that for some (not all), not wanting those things is borne from a believe that those things are unattainable, as opposed to truly not wanting them. Said another way, people convince themselves that they don't...
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    Is this supposed to be inspiring?

    But I think the point is that if he had the discipline to do those things, he had the discipline to build something far greater than his current worth. It would have required risk and sacrifice, but he'd be sitting on 10x the pile of cash, and his wife wouldn't have to work anymore. He basically...
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    What were you doing on May 13, 2013?

    http://www.quora.com/I-am-24-years-old-and-just-started-learning-coding-I-want-to-be-a-programmer-Am-I-too-late-on-the-game A 23 year old economics major went from never having coded a thing in her life, to self-coding one of the most popular health and fitness iOS apps - all in under a year...
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    Mentally and Financially Recovering From a Failed Business?

    HOT! 
    But Steve Jobs had a key difference that we don't have - he had a huge team of extremely talented people with piles of cash to apply toward his vision. He could drive engineers and designers to 90+ hour workweeks to make his vision a reality, under the specter of losing their high-paying jobs...
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    Competitive Advantage

    Believe it or not there are manufacturers who refuse to sell directly to Amazon, and also strictly enforce MAP. These are the brands you should go after.
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    Mentally and Financially Recovering From a Failed Business?

    HOT! 
    I think this is a key point. I think a lot of people look at the success of stuff like Angry Birds and go "wait a minute - all I hear on the forum is finding needs, solving pain points, etc...but here is something that people built and sold for crazy amounts of money, and I can guarantee that no...
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    Mentally and Financially Recovering From a Failed Business?

    HOT! 
    I think the point you're making Zac is that given there are nearly endless opportunities in all industries, it makes sense to focus your initial business efforts on industries where you have experience and interests. Then you search for needs within that industry, independent of your own...
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    New Member with a Business Idea

    IDEA 
    It's not the idea, it's the execution. In this case, it's the marketing. Here's how you can get your feet wet - call them up and see if they have an affiliate program. Offer to sign up new folks for a fee. Also offer to get local vets in your area signed up with their service. Then go pound the...
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    Just some Fun Zen And JasonR

    OFF-TOPIC 
    So who wants to open a business in the desert somewhere called Man Camp where you blow up old cars, fire huge rifles like this, fly and bomb targets from drones, operate a huge backhoe, fly a fighter pilot training plane, etc all in a week. Who's with me? :) Ps women are most certainly welcome...
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    Success + exotic car = Sued?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    That's why I stick with planes ;)
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    A little story on my fitness journey - Why you should lead the pack and other lessons

    MINDSET 
    I lost over 50lbs from freshmen year to senior year in college. My friend who I hadn't seen in while said "You look great! What's your secret?" I replied "umm...diet and exercise." Dejected, he said "Oh, I was hoping it was switching from beer to liquor." :)
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    Mentally and Financially Recovering From a Failed Business?

    HOT! 
    I struggled with this too - I quit my job and failed hard. While it didn't sink me financially, it definitely had an impact on my risk tolerance. One of the things I realized was that if I played out the best-case alternative (high paying slowlane job with commensurate long hours and time away...
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    9 Founders describe how they validated their concepts

    MARKETING 
    I think you guys are talking past each other. Both of you are agreeing that you find the need (in a decent niche - this is key), then build the product. That lines up with the article I posted, as most of the developers either built a quick mock up and validated it, or had validated the concept...
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    9 Founders describe how they validated their concepts

    MARKETING 
    To be clear, many validated before building (which is what I was trying to say). I'm a big fan of making a MVP and taking that to market in some beta form for validation. As soon as you present your product or service to the market, they will start offering critical feedback that you should...

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