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  1. Darkside

    How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Global Taxes

    TAXES | REGS 
    Personally, I think corporate tax rates should be 0%. Taxing businesses just hurts their ability to compete. This double taxation system is wrong in my opinion. Why should corporate profits be taxed and then when those profits go to shareholders, they're taxed again? Doesn't make sense for...
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    Focusing on the money vs. the idea

    HOT! IDEA 
    BTW, you've probably seen it but there's a part 2 in case anyone didn't realize. I've updated the post to include the second part.
  3. Darkside

    Focusing on the money vs. the idea

    HOT! IDEA 
    I'm glad you liked it, and I wouldn't have any problem with you reposting it. I'm just glad that something I posted helped others out.
  4. Darkside

    Focusing on the money vs. the idea

    HOT! IDEA 
    Yelmis I recommend that you watch this video of Brian Chesky telling the story of how he and his friends founded AirBnB which is now a billion dollar company. When you see how much they struggled and hustled to get to where they are, you will realize that trying to take the easy road will never...
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    Focusing on the money vs. the idea

    HOT! IDEA 
    Even those high priced plastic surgeons and attorneys tend to be self-employed. The plastic surgeons tend to have their own clinics and the attorneys their own firms or at least firms that they're partners of. Working for others will rarely ever get you rich. The only time it happens is if...
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    Interview with a self-made Billionaire

    EXECUTION 
    Do you think that being a workaholic will guarantee that you will become a billionaire like him? Get real. Success in business has to do with a mix of factors like timing, how good the idea is, execution, etc. It's not just about blood sweat and tears, otherwise there would be millions more...
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    Interview with a self-made Billionaire

    EXECUTION 
    I think he is taking it to an extreme though. His business is already at the point where he could take vacations and time off if he wishes to do so but like many Japanese people he's got that workaholic mentality. Working is fine but you shouldn't make it your life; otherwise you'll end up an...
  8. Darkside

    Don't be an Idiot

    Yea. I've had similar things happen to me where I've lost money making beginners mistakes. But, I'm much more efficient with cash now as a result of those mistakes. Some things you can't learn in a business class; you have to take your lumps in the real world, and you'll become a better...
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    Why Spotify can never be profitable

    This article really highlights MJ's point about control: Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret demands of record labels — Tech News and Analysis
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    Is there any fastlane jobs for a 20 year old guy like me?

    LOL! He clearly ignored the advice given to him immediately after that post.
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    Is there any fastlane jobs for a 20 year old guy like me?

    Thanks. He says he wants to study real estate, so it seemed obvious to me that there's no better way to learn about real estate than from people actually working in that industry; real world experience instead of taking courses on it, which is I think what he wants to do. If he shadows some...
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    How OMGPOP Founder Charles Forman 'Grew Up' And Became A Multi-Mi

    EXECUTION 
    Okay, they posted the rest of the article now. I don't know why they didn't notice that the second page was missing when they first added it; poor job by businessinsider.com, but at least they corrected their mistake eventually. Anyways, here's the part that was missing. 2nd part of the...
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    Is there any fastlane jobs for a 20 year old guy like me?

    He comes across as the typical lazy person who wants everything handed to them rather than putting in hard work to succeed.
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    Is there any fastlane jobs for a 20 year old guy like me?

    If you want to pursue real estate then you can get a job as an intern at a real estate firm. Even if you work for free, it's worth it because you'll learn a lot about the business and it'll help you build your resume. Don't sit around at home feeling sorry for yourself; take action!
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    How OMGPOP Founder Charles Forman 'Grew Up' And Became A Multi-Mi

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for posting this article. It was an interesting read, although it felt like part of it was missing; we didn't get the full story after he was accepted to Y-Combinator.
  16. Darkside

    Demise of Pinterest?

    Can you post it here or at least the important part? I'm not a member of that site so I didn't receive it of course. Just interested to see what angle they will pursue now. Their business model makes it fairly hard to avoid getting sued. How can you tell people that they can use your service...
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    What happens after I launch my website?

    FTE 
    Actually that sounds terrible. Don't mean to insult you or put you down, but no investor will give you money so that you can have someone build your site for you on elance, especially since your concept has already been done by many other businesses. Investors typically like to have at least...
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    PROGRESS THREAD (James F) Startup #2

    EXECUTION 
    I figured that you would have the opposite problem; not enough people posting projects. On these types of sites there's always way more freelancers than there are project posters, because many of those freelancers are from poor countries like India and China where they are desperate for work...
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    60 Minutes: Khan Academy

    EXECUTION 
    Great concept. I don't know how sustainable it is though if it remains non-profit. They have to spend millions of dollars every year to keep the site running and to develop new products. Same with wikipedia. They have to take donations from users to keep the site running. I don't know why...
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    SUCCESS STORY: Five Hour Energy (Manoj Bhargava)

    EXECUTION 
    The problem isn't that he's doing this, but rather that he's bragging about how charitable he is to a journalist while doing it. I can't talk about how charitable I am if almost all the money I give in charity goes straight back to me. It's disingenuous to say the least.

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