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  1. Venetian

    Chicken & Egg: How to solve?

    I've developed a new service that I want to bring to market as soon as possible. I've read some books on entrepreneurship, and in general, all of them state, in one form of another, in regard to new products/concepts, that your focus should be in getting some sales as soon as possible to...
  2. Venetian

    Industrial Espionage?

    Let's say that a certain factory uses a certain chemical. What would be a good way to know how much of this chemical they buy each month and how much are they currently paying per litre, when you have no one on the inside ? I need this data to see if I can beat their current supplier. I...
  3. Venetian

    What strategy will make the most money of these 3?

    I'll reformulate the question: From the 3 strategies presented, which one has performed better historically against the others ?
  4. Venetian

    What strategy will make the most money of these 3?

    Ok, I understand this, but I want to know, on average, which one tends to perform better?
  5. Venetian

    What strategy will make the most money of these 3?

    What strategy will deliver the best return (in most cases / on average) ? 1) Building a Start-up from scratch (and exit) 2) Buying a distressed business, turn it around and exit 3) Buying an established business, grow/expand it and exit P.S. - I mean online and offline
  6. Venetian

    Leverage: Question

    I'm trying to understand leverage when buying assets. If I have a website that makes me $500 a month, I can leverage that and use that cash flow to finance and buy a house for $100.000 that will give me $500 a month rented. But what's the point of that? I end up with a 20-year debt and...
  7. Venetian

    Donald Trump: The Mystery

    REAL ESTATE 
    Socaldude, Yes, but we are talking about his "first" investment here, the commodore hotel. He didn't have a track record before this deal, apart from being his father son. Was it possible for him to get capital without personal guarantees to make this deal? Also, how can you borrow capital...
  8. Venetian

    Donald Trump: The Mystery

    REAL ESTATE 
    When Donald Trump bought the commodore hotel, he asked for an $80 Million Dollar loan. 1) My question is, if the commodore was a negative cashflow situation, since it wasn't "built" yet so no cashflow was comming in, how was he able to "cover" the mortgage payments on that $80 Million Dollar...
  9. Venetian

    Question about strategy

    Hey Amail, Thanks. This is a service, and I can't be the "producer" of this service, there's a lot to it. But this service would fit the exact same demographic/psychographic profile of the company I've worked with last year. It would be a great as a backend... an extension to their line of...
  10. Venetian

    Question about strategy

    Last year I've worked with a company for quite some time, and now it happens that I "discovered" a product that would perfectly complement that company offering. I'm sure it would work as a backend for that company and I want to make a deal with that company. I want to approach them and make...
  11. Venetian

    What's up with these guys in the malls peddling credit cards?

    Anyone knows how these guys that are in the malls peddling credit cards or insurance work? Some years ago I did some online CPA 'campaigns' for credit cards, and I remember being paid like $10 for each person that signed for a credit card. I quit because I thought it was peanuts... I mean...
  12. Venetian

    Critique my latest start-up

    Good graphics.
  13. Venetian

    Strategy Menu

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Is there any book or something that talks about the various optimal strategies like: When there are many providers for a service => build a singular source for all of them (aggregation) When there are... etc I want to know the various "optimal" strategies that exist.
  14. Venetian

    He Sold His Company For $100m Last Week

    EXECUTION 
    How much money (gross/profit) was his company generating at the time it was acquired?
  15. Venetian

    Silicon Valley's Newest Billionaire: Wireless Wonder Robert Pera

    EXECUTION 
    Nice article. Another perfect example of "find a need and fill it" - the guy just took internet to emerging markets. Is quite an obvious need after we hear about it, but it's kind of difficult to identify these kinds of needs with nationwide or global scale. Is there any book about finding...
  16. Venetian

    The REAL Fastlane - It's not what you think

    EXECUTION 
    This is EXACTLY what this guy told me.
  17. Venetian

    The REAL Fastlane - It's not what you think

    EXECUTION 
    Today I had this conversation with a VERY successful man about the 'fastlane'. Here's basically what he said: He said that once you reach into the millions your mind expands, and you don't really care about small stuff anymore, you go straight for the jugular.
  18. Venetian

    $3000: Hitchhiking or Real Business ?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    hahaha this is insane! :P
  19. Venetian

    Ask me anything about eCommerce (2012)

    GOLD! 
    Dan Da Man, The real question is, can the crappy links hurt your website rankings? Or they just don't weight as much as relevant links? This seems to be the question of the moment. Many people say that you can't be negatively influenced by links because that would open a whole 'negative seo'...
  20. Venetian

    This thread WILL make you a lot of money

    Forget about gold... this is pure Rhodium: Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Does your startup solve a problem? Vitamin or pain killer? Change creates needs. Needs create opportunity for those who can solve. That's why gun runners love embargos.
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