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    How Do You Stay Productive When Everything Feels Against You?

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    "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." How do you stay productive when everything feels against you? You do one thing at a time.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I'm just practicing my lobbying skills for when I get to that level.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Leaking or advertising? A good marketer knows how to spin the narrative ;)
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    @Andy Black your post on the INSIDE is actually a pretty good business idea. I can see somebody starting a milestone notification system to boost corporate employee productivity.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    The 20 is one heck of a gun. I got the G19 for my birthday last week. I already regret not getting something smaller because of how uncomfortable it feels digging into me in the car. The 20 looks way bigger, do you not find it uncomfortable? Does the TRex holster make that much of a difference...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I'm also Catholic. We have a significantly higher ratio of business owners at my church than the population average. The parable of the talents is clear. If you were given 1 talent, only 1 more talent is expected of you. If you were given 5 talents then 5 more talents are expected of you. The...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

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    Been trying out a new schedule to boost productivity, been killing it so far: Monday: Recurring Tasks (e.g payroll), Financials, Company Productivity Improvements Tuesday: Marketing + Strategy Wednesday: New SKUs Thursday: New Product Lines Friday: Wildcard NO LATE NIGHTS, must leave by 7PM...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

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    Feb profit was decent, and this is after I completely paid off our high interest loan along with our annual insurance bill and a few other things. March should be pretty good too. Finished and delivered prototypes for two new product lines. Hired a marketing employee that starts Monday. My...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    The teenagers at my church make more per hour babysitting ($20/hr) evenings and weekends than adult part time workers. They also can't keep up with the demand.
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

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    The launch of our second product line was a success. We're flush with cash and new orders at the moment. My initial reaction was to pay off some of the business debt, but after talking with my dad, it makes more sense to improve the business and take this opportunity to grow sales even more...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

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    My employee thinks it's b). He has a whole theory.
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

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    I think we're about to have our first legal dispute. Property manager sent out a plumber to check out a leak. He reported us for environmental code violations. Said I told him we dump chemicals down the drains and a bunch of other stuff that's not true. We've done our best to stick to our...
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    Industrial Businesses Megathread

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    Been a while, thought I'd write about a market we've recently been dealing with. Metal Finishing Products: Vibratory Tumblers and Media We often need to modify the surface finish or properties of metal after we're done making the parts. We've been using a vibratory tumbler like in the image...
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    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Fastlane Meetup.

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    I got orange juice and lemonade. Feel free to bring whatever else you like, but no alcohol on premises.
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    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Fastlane Meetup.

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    Schedule for Saturday: 2-2:30: Socializing and waiting for everyone to show up. 2:30-3:00: Tour and history of the business. 3:00-4:00: Socializing and snacks. Going to get a bunch of stuff from Walmart now. All I ask is that nobody be on the shop floor without my supervision and not touch...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

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    My operations manager is good at those. He's way more detailed and meticulous than I'll ever be. Hadn't thought of that; it's a great idea. Yep! We're still small so there's some roles like engineering where I'm the only one. Hoping to hire a few more people in a couple of months.
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    What’s the most unique way to validate a business idea?

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    Is there any other product or service that people are currently spending money on that solves the same problem as yours?

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