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  1. Bamcis

    A Complete Meal in a Bag of Chips? Is my idea a flop?

    NOTABLE! IDEA 
    Uhhh, I eat a complete bag of chips for breakfast everyday... Joking aside, Americans love their chips and they love innovations. This looks like it would sell pretty well over here, contingent on most of what everyone has already said (taste, labeling, nutrition, etc...). With that being said...
  2. Bamcis

    Keep it safe, keep it sexy... Oorah

    Keep it safe, keep it sexy... Oorah
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  3. Bamcis

    Deciding how to split equity amongst co-founders.

    PEOPLE 
    You said yourself, "If it is funded I drop everything and commit 100 percent". Doesn't that mean you should try and get every single percentage of equity possible? I mean, if you truly believe in the business and you're willing to commit that much... Sounds like the tech industry might be...
  4. Bamcis

    Capitalism and Innovation

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I suppose I can form it as a question. Do people agree with me that capitalism leads to faster and "better" innovations, compared to other major economic systems? And why?
  5. Bamcis

    Capitalism and Innovation

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Hey all, This will be my last semester in college and any time I have a writing assignment I try to write about business to force myself to learn more and what not. I have decided on capitalism for this assignment. More specifically I will be arguing that capitalism has led to more innovation...
  6. Bamcis

    Marijuana entrepreneurship; industry discussion

    HOT! 
    I think the majority of this thread has been about the growing and dispensary industry. There are a lot of other options out there as far as MJ goes. Over the summer and start of fall I've watched my KSHB stock hit +40% returns. These guys are huge in the packaging and branding for the MJ...
  7. Bamcis

    I would say a good idea is 5% of the equation

    IDEA MINDSET RANT 
    I think these multiple "ideas" you refer to stem from actual executions. Creative thinking and problem solving are actions. Alone, thinking is an action. This leads to an idea, or thought. Then your brain (subliminally or not) executes the next course of action. Even if that means to postpone...
  8. Bamcis

    I would say a good idea is 5% of the equation

    IDEA MINDSET RANT 
    I think it's as simple as executing any goal related to the idea. Even if the idea is bad, it will take some sort of execution to realize this. It is in the series of actions that ideas come together. It is my believe that execution will always outweigh an idea. It's like telling someone, "I...
  9. Bamcis

    Prototype to Licensing Contract

    Bumping this with further progress... Turns out my patent searching skills needed some work. After some additional time on different patent search engines I found (what I thought was) a patent. I read it over and I'm pretty sure it would have prevented me from continuing any further. I pushed...
  10. Bamcis

    Imminent Threat Survival

    NOTABLE! 
    I think the argument is more about how to actually deal with the imminent threat. This does nothing more than give the potential victim a false sense of security. The time it would take for a person to activate the "under attack" toggle and for the control room to verify the attack, would take...
  11. Bamcis

    Imminent Threat Survival

    NOTABLE! 
    Continuing... A few people have talked about "weapons of opportunity". These aren't just weapons usable for attacking, these are weapons used for any opportunity to escape or distract as well. I say this with the OODA Loop in mind. Vigilante had a great post describing the OODA Loop and I...
  12. Bamcis

    Imminent Threat Survival

    NOTABLE! 
    I'd like to add some additional information I've gathered throughout my time in the Marine Corps grunts and as a security officer at a couple sensitive locations. As I'm sure everyone is aware, MINDSET is key. Most the posts have talked about situational awareness, weaponry, and gut instinct...
  13. Bamcis

    Prototype to Licensing Contract

    Hey all, Straight to the point, I am seeking additional guidance and critique of my execution strategy to turn a crude prototype into a licensing contract by (hopefully) a major corporation. I am setting the bar high and would like to earn a contract with one of the top dogs. If anyone could...
  14. Bamcis

    General Business Framework for Noobs questions...help!

    I suggest writing a business plan. Whether it be a hasty plan or detailed one, writing it out can help expose questions and answers for your business. I also find it useful as a sort of "validating tool" in seeing the logical and financial feasibility with your ideas.
  15. Bamcis

    How to create your company logo

    MARKETING 
    www.48hourslogo.com is another useful site. I used them for my B&M and was satisfied. It's pretty much the same business model as 99designs.com
  16. Bamcis

    Expectations for International Market

    jon.a Could you give me an example of what you mean by terms? As in Net 20 or whatever you had experience with? And when you refer to "in the beginning", how fresh do you consider this? We have been established since June 2013. Is this still too early? It seems as if we have build a stable...
  17. Bamcis

    Expectations for International Market

    Ah, sorry about that. SBDC = Small Business Development Center. Virtually nationwide resource that offers free counseling for active or aspiring entrepreneurs. Partnered with Uncle Sam and the SBA (Small Business Administration), as well as other public or private entities.
  18. Bamcis

    Expectations for International Market

    Decided I'd share what the SBDC had to say. We spoke of finding suppliers that met our shipping costs, and when we did my adviser said not to go straight into it. He said to build the relationship and let them understand your needs instead of just asking them cut and dry about shipping costs...
  19. Bamcis

    Expectations for International Market

    Next month I am going to my first international market. It is the International Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City (I co-own a quilt shop with my parents). Again this is my first market of this size and my parents told me to "prepare to be overwhelmed". I don't want to be overwhelmed, I want...
  20. Bamcis

    Short Story Questions

    PUBLISHING 
    Those are some great points ChickenHawk, thanks for getting back to me. I suppose what it comes down to, like you said, is how long am I willing to wait. Perhaps I will just shoot for the stars with the New Yorker (they have a "90 day" submission period, if you don't hear back from them by then...
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