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    Founder of startup wants HUGE salary from the beginning

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    Do you guys have any experience in start ups? Any angel money? You say you want venture money for contacts, does that mean the business already has the cash flow to pay him that salary? As mentioned it will raise red flags immediately if you manage to get an audience with a VC. A rockstar...
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    The abundance is slowly killing my drive

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    No joke about coming back to the US from China. Even crummy LAX looks beautiful. What do you want in your future? Family seems important to you. Do you want your own family? What example do you want to set for your own children?
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    Where to find business owners talking about their issues

    Yep, I was on forums yesterday doing exactly that for product definition. Of course, this was after I called business owners in the space I'm looking to serve. Pick. Up. The. Phone!
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    What is your life like without a college degree?

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    Also- my dad didn't get a college degree and has been a business owner my whole life.
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    What is your life like without a college degree?

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    @OscarDeuce - I agree with your last sentences in general. My personal experience also includes lots of millionaires and entrepreneurs, and only 1 totally skipped college. That family was so frugal they even made their own clothes and used the money clawed and saved from shitty menial jobs to...
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    What is your life like without a college degree?

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    No arguments there.
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    What is your life like without a college degree?

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    BTW- I actually think one of the best arguments to not go to college for an entrepreneur is...failing is likely going to suck much worse.
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    What is your life like without a college degree?

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    Universities today are much better places for entrepreneurs, many have incubators now that can be great assets. I don't see this mentioned often but I just toured one last week and saw the possibility. Successful tech founders tend to have MS degrees. A lot of the stuff I see about business...
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    What is your life like without a college degree?

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    One thing I have noticed in people that dropped out of college and are older (as in over 40) is a twinge of regret, even among very successful people I know. Another thing I noticed is related, I see a lot of "signaling" by these people with status goods as a way of showing "they've made it"...
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    Please help brainstorm: store of value

    Exactly, @jon.a I quoted what I specifically was addressing a sort of digital store of value that might not be totally obvious. I don't understand the product trying to be built here, specifically, the problem being solved. Bitcoin (and other crypto currencies) is basically built to be a...
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    how to handle your financial situation

    I had a whole lot of my expenses paid (car allowance, fuel, fancy meals, travel, insurance, retirement contributions, computer, cell phone, ISP fees, hell even my home office furniture and supplies) when I had a job, and I don't mean out of my taxable income. Is that what I should be after? ;)
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    Please help brainstorm: store of value

    Sounds like you need to be in the Payday lending and/or title lending business. Good luck!
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    The Netflix of books...

    This is very worth the read for anyone working on something they think they'll eventually be trying to get venture money for- http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/08/is-silicon-valley-in-another-bubble
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    Please help brainstorm: store of value

    "Is there some other digital store of value?" Information. But Google kinda beat you to the punch on that one. :) (although e-mail lists many here build is another example)
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    The Netflix of books...

    Many serious Angel/VC investors think early stage startups are overvalued right now. EDIT- I should be more specific: IT-type startups are overvalued.
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    how to handle your financial situation

    People like to do this differently. Nothing wrong with tracking every expense if that's your style. I hate it. Pulling out $500 cash for food (or whatever your amount is) and using it over the month works way better for us. Try both, there's no "right" answer other than the system you can...
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    Why Facebook is a Joke (And various social media/smartphone insanity)

    NOTABLE! HOT! MARKETING 
    http://www.cnet.com/news/people-taking-bear-selfies-closed-this-colorado-park/
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    The Salary Man - Short Film

    Now...put the wife to work because they live in an area where two professional incomes are required for the standard "middle class" lifestyle within an hour's commute of the office.
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    how to handle your financial situation

    My parents were mostly terrible examples for personal finances. We got serious about this due to debt, and a realization I'd have fired myself for handling my money as I did in my personal life. I read a whole shitload of books on personal finance, and only Dave Ramsey passed the smell test...
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    Is Capitalism Moral?

    All education is built on the idea of making enough assumptions so the material is digestible to the learner, and then removing assumptions/simplifications as their skill progresses.

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