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  1. K

    Dividend Investing, Discuss

    Dividend investing makes no sense at all when you really think about what you are doing here. The goal of any investor should be to get the highest possible after tax return...period. Dividends are but a fraction of total return. They also trigger a tax when paid out...which in turn interrupts...
  2. K

    Write a Business Plan?

    I always felt it was a useless exercise to write up a business plan before starting a company. Well, I found this quote by a Venture Capitalist.... "Business plans are bullshit. You may think they are great but I haven’t seen a VC ever read a business plan or fund a company based off of...
  3. K

    Life is Good!!!!!

    Thank you sincerely for your reply. Yea I think the samples will speak for themselves.
  4. K

    Life is Good!!!!!

    Yall, Been trying to start a microbrewery for several years. It's tough! Need lots of money and there is lots of red tape to get thru. It has been incredibly frustrating. But it was something I was passionate about and I always believed that the first rule of business was to follow your...
  5. K

    Moving forward whether I like it or not

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    You don't need an idea that has never been done before. Coffee had been around for a thousand years when Howard Schultz created Starbucks. Beer has been brewed for several thousand years, but that didn't stop Jim Koch from starting Sam Adams...nor did it stop Sam Calagione from starting...
  6. K

    Where to start?

    Some good stuff here ...... YouTube - Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
  7. K

    I need a website

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks guyz!!!
  8. K

    I need a website

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I need a website designed with graphics for a startup microbrewing business. I'm wondering who do yall know that can pull it off. The site will start out fairly basic and grow as the new business also begins to grow. Right now we want to put something up to give us some visual identity. We want...
  9. K

    invest tools

    INVESTING 
    You'll do far better in the market if you use your brain.
  10. K

    10 Ways to Get Rich-Warren Buffett

    Buffett'sBerkshire Hathaway is not always a debt free corporation. Buffett has no problem borrowing at low rates to allocate that money at higher returns than the interest rate of the debt. Having said that, a large portion of Berkshire's business is in insurance. This means he has access to...
  11. K

    Rookie Question

    INVESTING 
    Call investor relations of the specific company. Tell them to send you an annual report. Learn how to read and interpret them. Disregard any salesmanship within report. Stick to the financials and the Chairman's or CEO's letter at the front.
  12. K

    What To Consider Before Investing

    INVESTING 
    Diversification steers you towards average results. It completely eliminates the possibility that you will have good results. You will do what the averages do over the long haul. I think you can do very well by just putting your eggs in a few select baskets....but you absolutely must KNOW...
  13. K

    I have an epiphany!

    INVESTING 
    Markets are not completely effecient. They are mostly effecient, but not completely. I think EMT is mostly bunk....and so is Jim Cramer.
  14. K

    Lessons from Billionaires

    MINDSET 
    Here is a link to a really good talk with Warren Buffett.... Event Lobby (EVENT: 109586) and this speech from his lifelong partner and fellow billionaire Charlie Munger, giving a commencement speech at USC Law School. Some great lessons here!! Just forward the scroll bar to the part where...
  15. K

    My Plan to Work to $500 Million in Net Worth

    Yea a direct quote from Warren Buffett that stuck with me... "go read 20 books and you'll learn a helluva lot!" Good luck to you. an interesting nuggett I learned about Rockefeller, is that he would spend a lot of time studying and refining his plan. Gathering info, thinking, planning...
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    My Plan to Work to $500 Million in Net Worth

    Break it down into little bites. Map it all out on paper and break it down. Carry a gameplan around with you..... written down on a card or paper. Every morning when you get up, study it and refine it. Then take it with you as you head out for the day. List the six most important things you...
  17. K

    Rockefeller-the Monopoly Approach

    Another good example, Anheiser Busch owns the worlds largest aluminum recycling business. I'm not sure if they own their entire distribution network, but I do know that it is one of the best in the world, which is why they have a better than 50% market share. There has been a trend in recent...
  18. K

    Warren Buffett - My new found hero

    Maybe it was a mistake in a sense, but he stopped reinvesting profits in textiles and started funneling the funds into other businesses, specifically insurance companies. So, as bad a business as was textiles, Warren managed the business in such a way that it was spinning off cash. He just...
  19. K

    Warren Buffett - My new found hero

    Read the book... Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist....by Lowenstein It's the best book on Buffett I have ever read.
  20. K

    Fee based money managers

    INVESTING 
    Pay that no name guy 1 1/2% or what ever to manage your money.... or put that money in shares of Berkshire Hathaway class B and have Warren Buffett manage your money. WOW....tough choice! There are capital allocators out there that will smoke that guy into oblivion. Just look at Leucadia...
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