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    "How long does it take to become an Overnight Success?"

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    Very true, I'm 1.5 years into my project and feel like I'm just on the brink of being an "overnight success"
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    Market Testing when your model already has a few in the game...

    My understanding of the lean startup is that you don't want to spend a ton of time building something only to find out that the market doesn't want it and you have wasted your resources. I would say if there are already a few players then the business is probably working and the market...
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    PROGRESS THREAD (James F) Startup #2

    EXECUTION 
    I've posted several jobs on odesk and elance. I know exactly what I want as far as layout and functionallity. I make a spec design in powerpoint, I look through the applicatants (which is pretty exciting), read them all. Then I'll send out my design and interview to see if they can do it. I...
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    First Clients; Advertise to Chains or Independent Operators?

    This is a very good point. The last version of the site was a lead generation model, which I found out wasn't a way that the dealers wanted to operate. But at the time, I knew I was a wreck on the phone (super nervous, sweaty), so I hired a woman off of elance to make the calls for me. She was...
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    First Clients; Advertise to Chains or Independent Operators?

    To counteract this question I built in a 1 month free trial. The idea is to sign up enough stores in one general area, drive targetted traffic through an adwords campaign at my cost (expensive), and hopefully the clients recognize the great value I'm providing and continue on with a paid membership.
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    First Clients; Advertise to Chains or Independent Operators?

    So I have my website completed enough to start taking clients. The site is an online platform that allows tire dealers to advertise their deals and specials to buyers in their local area. There are about 300 stores in the area that I am starting in, there is about a half and half mixture of...
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    The Beginning

    EXECUTION 
    As I understand from you post you had this great idea for a startup (on your dad's domain), but you couldn't find investors so you are abandoning it to start a web design business. Since you dad is in the internet industry why not present your idea to him, he could give you a little seed money...
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    How Do Paypal scams work?

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    I've been selling on Ebay for the last 8 years. Ebay owns Paypal. Paypal has very buyer friendly rules. Say you send that ring to Africa and can't confirmed that it was delivered to the correct person (which is hard internationally), paypal will create a resolution case, hold the funds, and...
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    Ultimate Slowlane Sidewalkers . . .

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    I can understand that actually; I don't like to pay Men's Room Attendants a couple bucks in tips each time you use their bathroom. I can wash my hands and dry them without some guy staring at me. It might be a luxury for some, or a nuisance for others.
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    A La Mode is officially in business!

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Is the Brunette model's name Jessica? She looks just like a girl I went to school with.
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    Proof That Believing In Yourself Is Not Enough

    FUNNY 
    That really is hilarious. But, its a good lesson. Sometimes you have to almost knock yourself out to get what you want.
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    Lots of free time

    Join the gym, read business books, think of a problem you can solve, design a website in powerpoint to solve the problem, hire a contractor on odesk to code it. You'll be healthier, more knowledgable, have a business, and be solving a problem.
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    ==>>DAMN Another Year No Goals Accomplished!!!!

    The number 1 goal is to make my local advertising web app completely viable and self sufficent. Get my sales pitch down pat, freelance salespeople adding new members daily. 300 paying members in multiple cities. Make life easier for my users and advertisers.
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    Lead management software

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hire a coder to do it for you. You can set up the parameters for what your buyers want and automatically notify them when a lead comes in.
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    Automating My Business to make it Fastlane

    Calls- You said almost all calls end with them emailing you the details. Tell them to just email you. And have your voicemail say "to better serve you, please email me the details and we get right back to you, if this call is urgent please leave a message". Forward the email to the writers...
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    Diary of Opening A New Business

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    My guess is credit card processing. You need salespeople to get the accounts, you need to warehouse the actual machines. And you get huge backend residuals. Just a guess.
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    Cool Screen Sharing Tool

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    My web developer introduced me to a cool free screen sharing tool called join.me. They give you a unique code which you can share with someone else and the other person can see what you are doing on your screen. I thought it was pretty neat and wanted to share with the group.
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    Logo Design - Need your input

    I would say between 1 and 3. The third being slightly better.
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    Should I offer a free trial, if so how long?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I am almost finished with a new website that is a subscription based vertical advertising platform. What is the overall opinion about offering a free trial period to my advertisers-are there any studies about the optimal length for a free trial? I think on one hand it will be good because it...
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    site is being re-launched!

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Just a thought about batads. Think in verticals. Call mechanics shops ask if they would like to make money off their countertop space, they could host business cards from car insurance agencies, tire dealers, car washes etc. Call gas stations ask if they would like to make money off their...

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