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    The Education Monopoly... W.T.F?!!

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    I really think engineering is an outlier here. I realize we have an engineer in the thread that thinks he wasted his time in school, but I've met very few, including many very rich, engineers who would agree. (unlike attorneys or doctors) Peter Thiel has been taking heat for his scholarship...
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    The Education Monopoly... W.T.F?!!

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    I don't think it has to do with state as much as major.
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    The Education Monopoly... W.T.F?!!

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    There is a monopoly and it's horrible. For me the worst is the textbook companies. I think a significant part of the obsession is related to the fact it's getting increasingly competitive to get a corporate job, many people's version of success for their kids. There are more workers and...
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    WTF!? did my employer just auto enroll me into retirement plan?

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    Exactly. However, for slowlaners, and especially sidewalkers, the auto enroll is of significant value to them so it is not necessarily a bad incentive for the HCEs to set this up for the plebes.
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    Funding lifestyle, Lamborghini, Tesla

    EXECUTION 
    Congrats on making decent money in your business. Any chance you could focus and push harder with your time & money and move to great income? Would this help your chances at the big numbers you're talking about above? This likely gives a better ROI than adding the complexity and distraction...
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    The ART OF WAR For Startups

    Ask any gray haired guy in Silicon Valley who manages groups of creatives how well West Pointers manage these type of people. Then go look at a company like Wal Mart, who very aggressively recruits West Pointers. Peter Thiel's opinion is competition is stupid, along the lines of what Kung Fu...
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    Anyone Started a Business Doing Something They Hate?

    I suppose it does apply to just about everything. After multiple baby wake-ups I didn't like getting up at 5:50 to go to the trainer this AM either, but doing it is why I'm not fat.
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    Anyone Started a Business Doing Something They Hate?

    Sidewalker mentality is "do what you love", Fastlane is "do what people want" The business I'm spending most of my time on right now is a business to specifically solve a task I HATE doing, but ironically, in the beginning, I'll be doing more of that task for other people until it's ready to...
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    Why Facebook is a Joke (And various social media/smartphone insanity)

    NOTABLE! HOT! MARKETING 
    Reporters trying to claim the high road for exploiting (one of) the darkside of social media after someone posted the tweets they were getting during the active shooter situation in Oregon- http://gawker.com/reporters-are-rude-during-tragedies-because-theyre-repo-1734081065
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    Human Longevity Breakthroughs, Resources, and Websites

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    Just one problem with Kurzweil's theory; Moore's Law is either done for microprocessors now, or will be soon. Gordon Moore himself has said this. There's no reviving it at the silicon transistor core level. It requires major breakthroughs in technology, and even the breakthrough stuff we know...
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    What is the first step to independence?

    Please...DO NOT join the military for the GI Bill. There are way easier ways to make money for tuition and travel.
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    Best/highest paying sales job(s) to build capital and improve selling skills

    MARKETING 
    Right, depends on the kind of company OP wants to own someday. I did some affiliate marketing on the side last year to learn about this as well. I do think working in PPC would be more valuable than selling cars unless selling cars had some sort of direct crossover.
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    No, Robots are not taking your job.

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    I'm not sure people realize how incredibly right you are. My admin was replaced by streamlined expense software. My HR partner was replaced by software. Predictive policing is here now.
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    Best/highest paying sales job(s) to build capital and improve selling skills

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    I moved from engineering to sales 3 years ago to build the skills. I consider it to have been a great education, and I was paid well to get it. I was doing B2B tech sales for a large company, to the largest tech cos. A Global Account Manager pretty much owns everything implicitly if not...
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    Let's Build a Spec House!

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    I am an engineer, and have been in that area half a dozen times working with Motorola a while back. We've recently been discussing moving to that area and thus looking at real estate around there casually...I'd want to be your customer, to say the least. :)
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    Let's Build a Spec House!

    EXECUTION 
    We tried to buy a couple LEED houses in my area and they were sold really quickly. In Florida I'd think you could find the demand for that kind of product where the startups/engineers are. Boynton Beach, Dania etc.
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    Cut of lawsuit verdict

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    Go study "standing".
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    My Execution Plan

    EXECUTION 
    I didn't say you were. I said please don't, as in the future. :)
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    2016, Fastlane Summit (Preliminary)

    MEETUPS 
    I plan to be at this one!
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    My Execution Plan

    EXECUTION 
    Just go research idea extraction, you don't need to pay Dane. EDIT- and don't start a thread that is obviously idea extraction for something you're clueless about on the forum. Please.

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