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  1. CPisHere

    No experience at all.

    Start with your every day life, what are your frustrations and what could improve your life? Identify the problem, then figure out the solution, and you've got a potential business. When I was in your position, I consumed as much info as I could get my hands on - TONS of business books, etc -...
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    Where Should you be living?

    OFF-TOPIC 
    #1. Biloxi, Ms and #5 Hattiesburg, Ms... Mississippi is one of 2 states I absolutely refuse to live in, along with New Jersey. FindYourSpot fails... #2 Ocala, Fl, #3 Gainesville, Fl, and #4 Tallahassee, Fl - I could probably live in any of these places, all pretty nice but I want an actual...
  3. CPisHere

    How to make a CEO's life easier?

    PEOPLE 
    Research & Project Management may be useful. If I were you, I would first ask him "What's your primary pain point?" to get a sense of what he sees as a need in the company. Something I believe that few businesses are good at is Data Analytics - identifying and fixing issues, optimizing sales...
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    Fastlaners on Pinterest?

    FUNNY 
    I just requested to join today, but my wife uses it already. Personally, I think it's an awesome site with TONS of revenue potential - vs Twitter which has a much tougher time monetizing. I'm really looking forward to getting my business active on there as well, as I keep reading that...
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    Debt or No Debt?

    MINDSET 
    Imagine you own a business, and you are just barely profitable, but you have the opportunity to get 1,000 new customers which is worth $250,000 in gross profit to you based on average customer lifetime value. This opportunity will cost you $20,000, which you don't have in cash and will take...
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    Debt or No Debt?

    MINDSET 
    In order to create leverage in your business, you will need money from an outside source - likely 'good debt' or funding. Not every business needs leverage or additional capital though, it all depends on your business and how fast you want to grow. For me, running a B&M business, 'good debt' is...
  7. CPisHere

    we have 200k-300k investement from a guy ... help ...

    Netflix has licensing agreements, which cost a lot of money up-front and connections to the industry.
  8. CPisHere

    we have 200k-300k investement from a guy ... help ...

    It can work, as it is obviously being done in a lot of niches. You just have to find one that is underserved and that you can provide value to.
  9. CPisHere

    we have 200k-300k investement from a guy ... help ...

    Don't know the guy, but an experienced investor would not put up that kind of money for a start-up with no traction without a SIGNIFICANT %. Now, if you start something and get it going on your own to show the potential, then you can get away with a much smaller %. As for what business...
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    I am Confused

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Gary hit the nail on the head here. You could sell an e-book, but not for much money. The real value to people finding your site is in getting support - particularly for people who may not want to tell their family/friends about their problem. You could easily have a monthly program that...
  11. CPisHere

    Finance Books?

    I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi - it's simple and effective. Most importantly, it's about behavioral change instead of 'cut out lattes'. College text books are worthless...
  12. CPisHere

    My Idea for this year, Please Critique

    IDEA 
    Very true, and this business hasn't been around that long so if they continue to grow their number of facebook fans at a fast rate then obviously they continue to provide value.
  13. CPisHere

    YOUR 2012 - In ONE Sentence

    HOT! 
    Wow, congrats Adam! Is this with the blogpros.com website?
  14. CPisHere

    My Idea for this year, Please Critique

    IDEA 
    Update on the business I was talking about - they now have 5,000 facebook fans, charge $75/month and put a couple landing pages for you on their website, increasing their SEO value. They probably have closer to 100 businesses now, which would put their earnings at $90,000/year. So obviously this...
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    First Clients; Advertise to Chains or Independent Operators?

    lol, sorry Steve - didn't mean to put down your advice, was just sharing my opinion about what you said. Since James has since said that he's terrible at sales, your suggestion to outsource it was obviously dead-on. I personally believe it's very important to do sales yourself (at first), but...
  16. CPisHere

    Fastlane Shark Tank - Staunton Fresh

    I think locally grown food will continue to grow in popularity and importance, so it's a good business to be in. Most cities have farmers markets though, and Grocery stores are also starting to carry more locally produced food - so I'm not sure what need this guy fills. If he identifies the...
  17. CPisHere

    Premium Fastlane Journey

    Create Event-targeted facebook pages... okay, so pages around a specific event, like I suppose a concert - Then pay to get fans and try to sell them stuff from amazon webstore...? So, as soon as the event is over, that page is trash. And you've got to start all over on a new event... Let me...
  18. CPisHere

    The Big 401k Blunder

    I personally utilize a Roth 401k (essentially a Roth IRA - taxed now, not at withdrawal- with employer-match like a 401k). I like that I have the ability to take a loan out against it as long as I'm employed at very good %'s, and also the bankruptcy protection. That said, once I leave this...
  19. CPisHere

    Premium Fastlane Journey

    "THIS IS SPARTA!" Couldn't help myself... Good luck! It sounds like you've got a lot of experience to build upon. For a moment, ignore the product/service/'idea'. Instead, ask yourself who you want to work with. Do you want to work with local mom & pop businesses? Fortune 500 companies...
  20. CPisHere

    Drop Shipping vs. Wholesale

    If you are seriously interested in Drop Shipping, I HIGHLY recommend you buy this course from AppSumo: All your software in one nice little burrito | AppSumo.com It will teach you everything you need to know.

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