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    Books on reinvesting into business or buying other companies or assets from existing company profits

    INVESTING 
    All, I have been doing well in small IT Consulting company! However, I want to grow further. Are there any books or strategies on buying other companies or assets from existing company profits? Looking for long-term growth. It will offer me further expansion and possibly some tax benefits...
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    Own Belief System: How to make it stronger?

    MINDSET 
    The more I learn, the more I realize that our minds can achieve whatever we truly believe in. Basically we should be convinced that I can achieve my next goal.Even after experiencing great success, it can still be difficult to fully convince ourselves of our own capability. One key aspect is...
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    Commercial property purchase for an IT Business

    REAL ESTATE 
    All, After making some good success in IT Consulting business, I need to expand and need to hire some employees. So basically I cannot operate from home now. I was thinking of leasing some office space. But I got an idea why not to purchase? Need your input to analyze.To be specific I live in...
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    After success - Need people

    All, I am finally getting results and success in IT staffing along with my own IT Consulting(I am an IT person). So far I have not hired anyone full-time and got lucky in finding good freelancers (after a struggle /trials/after a lot of time) as Recruiters. There are lots of other tasks like...
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    Businesses to buy Checklist

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    All, Can you please help with legitimate sources to buy profitable businesses? How do we identify that it's legit? Is there a checklist/process? How do we do our due diligence? Not looking for shortcuts. Appreciate guidance and help!
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    How to invest 100K+ ?

    INVESTING 
    Done with full contributions to 401K, HSA etc. How to invest nicely 100K without too much time to spend? Is it good time to get into index funds? Any ideas on buying a business where to find it instead of throwing it into index funds? Appreciate ideas!! Thanks!
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    'Real education' in High Schools in US

    MINDSET 
    All, With my experience in life so far - all the Maths, Physics, Chemistry, and Calculus etc. etc. I learned till my engineering was waste. No business skills taught in school, no special skills taught in schools. I am not against education and during my professional career took several pieces...
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    SaaS and Warm Leads

    MARKETING SAAS / APPS 
    All, We have a corporate app on a big platform(Similar to Salesforce you can say). It's free but some Fortune 100 companies are using it in Production(We don't have much tracking due to 'big platform' constraints but we know weather they are using it in Dev or Prod from stats we get. We are...
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    All in one person available?

    PEOPLE 
    All, I understand the need of a specialized skill set staff. However, with the small business there are so many small needs. I am working with already 4-5 freelancers and with day job it becomes hectic managing them as well as so many small tasks. I would rather focus on a bigger strategy as...
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    Task Management from Multiple Sources and Priroties

    MINDSET 
    Hi All, We have multiple sources of tasks, multiple hats to wear esp for entrepreneurs. We have job, side hustles, families , multiple emails and business formalities. Multiple people to handle - contract employees, employees, relatives. We can try Getting things done approach but may loose...
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    PPP Loan and new Hire

    OFF-TOPIC 
    All, I applied PPP loan about 6 week back (currently 4 employees). Looks like loan is approved although funds are not received yet. My question is -I got another contract and I need to hire a brand new employee to do the work. Is that an issue for loan forgiveness? Appreciate input!
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    C0VlD-19 PPP Loans issues with Bank of America

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Gurus, I need to apply for PPP (paycheck protection for CoronaVirus )loan for my small business. Most banks are offering loans to only existing customers. I am a Bank of America Business customer for several years. However, they have 2 conditions 1) Checking Account with BoFA + Lending/Credit...
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    Do I need a Technical Business Developer?

    PEOPLE 
    All, We provide SaaS apps with laser focus in one niche platform and have 2 certified apps on the Product Store. Without any advertisement, we have about 20 download/requests from corporate clients in 5 months. Some client names are really big. Apps are free at this moment but we are working...
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    Guidance on leads through Linkedin/MailCheat(Chimp)

    MARKETING 
    Gurus, We provide professional IT Services. After getting the necessary certifications and partnership with Niche tool company, I am connecting related staff through Linkedin, emails. I have an open rate of emails about 30% ,but I sell service only which we offer. I am also able to connect...
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    Staying smart without wasting time

    All, Sometimes staying up to date , staying informed helps. It shows you are smart, educated and interesting! I don't have TV but do waste time on the internet on news sites, financial sites, and business sites. It's something nice to have but is not real action. How do you stay upto date...
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    Patent question

    EXECUTION 
    Just curious - if 2 similar software applications exists and the one creating the application 'later' files the patent and approved and first guy does not. In any dispute who wins?
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    Awesome collection of advice,motivation for Entrepreneurs!

    MINDSET 
    It's never too late to become independent.
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    Help needed for Employee Compliance Training Materiel

    Does anybody has Employee Compliance Training Materiel? It's needed to apply a Technology partnership. It needs to cover: compliance-related code, procedure or policy relating to anticorruption compliance, business ethics, legal compliance, travel and expense, or related topics Appreciate any...
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    What business would you pursue if you have 100K to invest?

    What will be your choice of business if you have 100K. 1) It should generate good enough returns with some learning. 2) Risk should not be huge - but some level of risk is acceptable. - It may not be stocks/mutual funds though.. Please share your thoughts!!
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    Marketing guidance

    MARKETING 
    Hi All, I have an app ready (not android or iOS) in a niche platform(#1 tool in its Category used by Fortune 100 to smaller companies) Clients will be normally companies who have some presence of IT in their company. My goal is sell the app free or paid but eventually get some client...
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