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  1. HenkHolland

    Night painter

    I was just reading the magazine that I receive on a frequent basis from the Chamber of Commerce here in the Netherlands. There was a short story in it about a painter who decided to shift his 'work day' from the daytime to the night. Ever since he started doing that he does not have to compete...
  2. HenkHolland

    How to profit from an iPhone app idea?

    IDEA 
    A friend of mine has an idea for a nice iPhone app. It is not a killer idea, but it is good and, if developed and marketed, should generate a decent revenue stream. My friend is not interested in becoming an entrepreneur and is looking for a company that is interested in buying or licensing...
  3. HenkHolland

    One Simple Idea

    IDEA 
    A friend of mine lent me the book 'One Simple Idea' (subtitle: Turn Your Dreams into a LICENSING GOLDMINE While Letting OTHERS DO THE WORK) by Stephen Key. I read a few other books on inventing and licensing, but for some reasion I liked this book better than the other books that I read. I...
  4. HenkHolland

    What do you think? Is this a viable fastlane business idea?

    IDEA 
    Having been involved in a number of start-ups either as the entrepreneur or an early stage (small) investor, with varying success, I am playing with the idea of forming a sort of mastermind group of experienced entrepreneurs to come up with new fastlane business ideas. That in itself of course...
  5. HenkHolland

    Finding foreign distributors

    Over the past month I spent some time to help an American friend of mine to find a distributor for his product in the Netherlands. Anyway, I found a distributor for my friend and yesterday they signed a distribution agreement. Financially, there is nothing in that deal for me, since I set it up...
  6. HenkHolland

    From $100,000 to $1M in approx. 1 year

    I know that similar questions have been posed before. Usually more like from $1,000 to one million in one year. However, since it is often claimed that it is more difficult to go from $1,000 to $10,000 than to go from $100,000 to $1M, I would be interested in your ideas and suggestions on how...
  7. HenkHolland

    Looking for hot new products to sell in Europe

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    One of the small businesses that I am involved in is looking for new products from small or middle-sized companies in North America that we can start selling in the Netherlands. Ideally it should be a consumer product in a retail price range of the equivalent of $ 25 to $ 50, for which shipping...
  8. HenkHolland

    Website template for brokerage services

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Hi everybody. I am now negotiating with two potential partners to set up a special kind of brokerage service. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to disclose the details at this point in time. Since we intend to start the business on a small budget I am wondering if you can recommend a low-cost...
  9. HenkHolland

    How to become a successful inventor?

    I have a few relatively successful ventures that I am involved in and I am getting more spare time now once these ventures (which are managed by other people) are operating smoothly. That is why I want to start pursuing one of the dreams I always had, i.e. becoming a successful inventor. Before...
  10. HenkHolland

    The Business Idea Thread

    IDEA 
    As I suggested in another topic I feel that it is a good thing to post the (of course fastlane) business ideas that we all get (some more often than others) and that we don't intend to use for our own benefit in this thread as a source of inspiration for other people. Who wants to kick off...
  11. HenkHolland

    Movie ideas

    IDEA 
    I have been reading (starting with www.moviepitch.com ) a bit about the possibilities to earn big money by just submitting a good movie idea (title and hogline) to a few specialized agents. Of course, I realize that only a very small percentage of ideas submitted will pass the scrutiny. My...
  12. HenkHolland

    Practical trading lessons from an experienced trader

    INVESTING 
    I recently stumbled upon this site: Short Term Trading Live with Oscar WELCOME TO THE OMNI TRADING ACADEMY. Very clear hands-on advice. Hope some of you will also find it to be helpful. You can register for free.
  13. HenkHolland

    Chrash course for the Beijing Olympics

    FUNNY 
    Prepare now for the Beijing Olympics. Learn Chinese in 5 minutes (You MUST read them aloud) English - Chinese That's not right! Sum Ting Wong Are you harbouring a fugitive? Hu Yu Hai Ding See me ASAP. Kum Hia Nao Small Horse. Tai Ni Po Ni...
  14. HenkHolland

    Question about thanking

    I have a question: When I look at my profile information which appears on the left side of my posts, I see the remark "Thanked 0 times in 0 posts". This is not correct. Take this post http://www.thefastlanetomillions.com/general-business-discussion/12937-throwing-good-money-after-bad-money.html...
  15. HenkHolland

    Throwing good money after bad money

    FTE 
    This morning I had a typical encounter with the ‘sunk-cost trap’ and I thought it might be useful to share it with you. About two years ago a young entrepreneur, his name is Pim, asked me and his dad to invest € 10k each in his e-commerce start-up. After looking at his business plan...
  16. HenkHolland

    Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I found this to be a very interesting presentation and like to share it with you: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229?ecp=TAT The presentation takes about 19 minutes.
  17. HenkHolland

    May I pick your brains?

    I would appreciate your help in order to hopefully help a friend of mine. A friend of mine is an architect in Germany. He has a firm with 9 employees (another architect, a secretary and 5 structural designers and 2 construction supervisors). Their core business has been in projects involving...
  18. HenkHolland

    E-business product line expansion

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I am a (small) shareholder in a website that sells household appliances (washing machines, cloth dryers, fridges, etc) and TV sets. Although the site attracts between 500 and 1000 visitors per day directly from Google, the conversion rate for these visitors is very low. 90% of the sales come...
  19. HenkHolland

    Good place to sell domain names

    I have about 20 domains registered in my name and have listed them with Sedo in order to find buyers. However, lately, I'm disappointed about the results (lack of interest). Of course the lack of interest can be due to the quality of my domains, but nevertheless I'm looking for a good...
  20. HenkHolland

    Stock market troubles good for entrepreneurs?

    There is a case to be made about the positive effect of the present stock market decline on the position of entrepreneurs. Of course if it comes to a stock market meltdown the whole economy will jam and we're all in trouble. However, if it's "just" a long expected major correction, it could...
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