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    Music that Motivates

    HOT! MINDSET 
    For when you need a lift - great for putting a smile on your face! :-) YouTube - Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry Be Happy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA90IlymdZ4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXvV2ALV0bg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ
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    How Do You Advertise a Very Normal Product?

    You need to take quite a few steps back... you are not ready to advertise it yet. If you are asking how to invest money to get the product to market, it indicates to me that you have missed many steps, including the definition of the target market. If you are desperate for sales now, you need to...
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    My back is against the wall and don't know where to turn

    Can you sell a property to give you a cash buffer to protect the other properties? Can you restructure your business/modify your expenses/increase its income by offering a new product/service? Can you sell your business to create some cash to protect the properties? Can you restructure the...
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    The australianinvestor method of starting a business

    A discount is just one example of an enticement for them to place an order. They don't need to know the product/service isn't ready yet. You can just tell them it won't ship for 3 months or something. Another enticement might be that you are the only provider of that product or service in your...
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    Passive income methods?

    Maybe you can create something valuable out of thin air, using only your brain and some paper and ink. Paper and ink can form contracts to do anything - you could loan $1000 to someone and they could pay you $50 a week for the next ten years to return it - or, you could spend the $1000 on making...
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    Naming a product

    Naming a product shouldn't be a random "which name sounds good and isn't taken" process... maybe think about who your market is, what the generators will allow them to do (e.g. if your market is emergency suppliers, survivalists, families in areas prone to blackouts, etc., maybe something like...
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    The australianinvestor method of starting a business

    Thanks Gym Junkie. The plan shown above isn't the original part, that's why I've written it here for all to see :-) I haven't given away my secrets :-)
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    Life Reflection: Best Returns of Time

    - Take care of your health. Get expert advice on eating right, being fit, see your doctor regularly, see your dentist regularly. I let business take my time and focus and have to have a root canal now. - Budget, make your investment plan good and automate it so it's hard to fall off the...
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    The australianinvestor method of starting a business

    Writing your own business plan by yourself is a amateur activity for wanna-be business moguls. You hear of people slaving away for months/years on plans that are hundreds of pages long, full of technical language, and therefore, "excellent" beyond belief. I have been there, and it took me ten...
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    Fastlane Dictionary

    Perhaps we could also add words that are not acronyms. These are important words, but I think you'd get more value going and finding the meanings yourself. Some words are very basic and you think you may know them. Look up the definition anyway. You might be surprised. Some words might allude...
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    ***** How we kid ourselves*******

    One thing that has helped me is to make decisions far in advance, when the prospect of immediate gratification is not present. That way, I can come to a logical decision without the pressure of temptation, and when the temptation does arrive, before I start thinking about how nice the temptation...
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    thinking of giving away equity, please comment.

    Sell some product/service now. Don't wait until you have product/service to provide. The best way to test a business before it's running is to make actual sales. Make sure you can deliver or refund if it doesn't work out. I have heard rumours about it not being legal to do this in some parts of...
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    thinking of giving away equity, please comment.

    Maybe talk to him about a joint venture. He starts his own company, contracts with you to be exclusively yours. This way, you save equity, and reserve the option to cut him loose, and he gets the idea that he can grow his own little business. Win-win.
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    thinking of giving away equity, please comment.

    Without being disrespectful to posters who genuinely mean well, there seems to be a lot of advice/opinions being given which neglect some important issues. Equity is potentially the most expensive thing you can use to pay someone with. Consider how much profit the new shareholder will be...
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    Anynone here managing/leading Virtual teams?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hi Gymjunkie, I've taught classes in this very subject at a major university business school. You've experienced one of the key problems with virtual teams, and the way to solve it is often right at the beginning when the team is being designed. Get the right person for the job, and make sure...
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    Anynone here managing/leading Virtual teams?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hi Gymjunkie, I've taught classes in this very subject at a major university business school. You've experienced one of the key problems with virtual teams, and the way to solve it is often right at the beginning when the team is being designed. Get the right person for the job, and make sure...
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    Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spending?

    Re: Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spendin Fantastic point. Rep for pointing it out. :-)
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    Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spending?

    Re: Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spendin No problem. Debate is great, and if one party is wrong, learning can take place :-) No need to apologise! It's cool to think about something like this in plain simple numbers, and the impact it can have on your non-investment...
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    Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spending?

    Re: Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spendin The reason I posted this question is to reflect the fastlane idea that spending now kills the income stream the dollar could be making. I think of it like this: "The dollar I am about to spend is worth the sum total of the...
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    Everytime you spend a dollar, how much are you really spending?

    When you spend a dollar, you are giving up the future income that dollar could be making for you. That said, how much do you think every dollar you spend today is worth? I just used this reasoning to decline buying stuff from Amazon and iTunes in the last 24 hours (along with the fact I have...
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