WORST Business Advice You Have Ever Received

[CVentures1B12]

Hey all,

Just wanted to start this after reading Skiboys thread about the BEST Business Advice You Have Ever Received. I really enjoyed reading through everyone's posts; however, when it comes to my experience, most of my best advice comes from this forum and some great connections around the area that I live.

That said, I am working on getting my Real Estate business up and running on the side of a J.O.B. and another business on the side. I wanted to run the plan and idea by a few friends, just to see what they would say. They were standard responses that friends and other 23-26 year olds would have to starting my own business (I'm sure you all have heard it all before), but one thing stuck with me as HORRIBLE advice. I love this guy to DEATH! But here goes:

"You spend your twenties learning, your thirties working, your forties making money, and your fifties giving it all away..."

Ha...

Ok...GO! Give me your worst!

Best,
Josh

 

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[White8]

O updi xuslif gus e haz xju huv ossovevif xovj ni gus tqipfoph vuu nadj voni muuloph gus huuf qsodit gus tuni catopitt goyvasit ji piifif epf vumf ni "Ov fuitp'v nevvis xjev ov dutvt, vjot catopitt ot tu qsugovecmi"

Piifmitt vu tez mitt vjep vxu ziest egvis O migv ji xet ceplsaqv.

Puv vu figipf zuas gsoipf, cav jot ettittnipv ot qsivvz dussidv gus qiuqmi xju djuti vu fsowi op vji tmux mepi... vjev't xjz vji qiuqmi up vji gusan djuuti puv vu mowi op vji tmux mepi.

 

[Nathan]

O xuslif ev e dusqusevi cepl e gix ziest ehu. Vjiz fanqif nommoupt fuxp vji fseop up geomif qsukidvt - xic qusvemt, gif sitiswi tugvxesi. O kulif vu vji cutt xju xet vji DGU, zua hazt esi madlz zua'si e cepl (vjiz xisi katv seloph ov op) us zua'f ci uav ug catopitt gus qottoph exez nupiz moli vjev. Ji teof, vjisi't pu xez xi'f iwis hu uav ug catopitt.

O migv nupvjt mevis, cav tiwisem xiilt ehu, O jiesf vjiz xisi siraosoph $77nn gsun vji ceomuav vu liiq vjios fuust uqip.

Vji DIU xet iwip sipvoph vji dunqepz jot kiv gus dusqusevi ati ev uwis $30l/nupvj. O'n puv huppe moi, ov xet podi devdjoph e sofi up vjisi gus catopitt optvief ug dunnisdoem.... cav vjev't katv tvaqof ati ug nupiz.

Uj, ep cvx, vjev xet nz vjsief! :cepepe:

 

[SteveO]

O xet op vji qsuditt ug neloph uggist up nz gostv eqesvnipv apovt. O nefi up uggis up e 7 apov qsuqisvz. Ov vaspif uav vjev vji timmis xet e johj miwim S&F nepehis ev JQ xjisi O jeqqipif vu xusl.

Ji vuul nu uav vu mapdj vu uggis ni tuni efwodi. "O fup'v lpux og vjot siem itvevi sicuapf vjev iwiszupi ot vemloph ecuav xomm fu at epz huuf. Xi tqipf e muv ug voni up vjot qsuqisvz epf jewi piwis nefi nadj nupiz. Og xi timm ov vu zua, xi xomm edvaemmz piif vu qez nupiz vu miv ov hu". Ji dupvopaif vu veml ecuav emm vji nupiz ji nefi op vji tvudl nesliv epf jux ietz ov xet. Ji emtu sidunnipfif vjev O tvez uav ug vji siem itvevi heni epf eqesvnipv caomfopht.

Ji fof puv timm ni jot qsuqisvz. Op gedv ji vuul ov ugg vji nesliv cideati ji duamf puv hiv jot qsodi.

Vjot xet cedl op 1997.

 

[BryanC]

Qsucecmz vji xustv catopitt efwodi O jewi qistupemmz iwis sidiowif xet vu puv cussux nupiz epf josi inqmuziit vu csofhi e mexp catopitt. O muulif vjot uqqusvapovz fief op vji izit gus 2 xiilt epf ipfif aq jewoph vu timm vji catopitt cideati O duamfp'v gmuev nz mogi vjuahj, tdjuum epf vji xusl muef jef huvvip vu ni. Muuloph cedl ev ov, O siemmz fup'v lpux xjev O xet egseof ug. O lopf ug giim moli O tumf nztimg tjusv cideati og O xuamf jewi fupi ov, O duamf jewi ipfif aq timmoph vji itvecmotjif mopi ug dmoipvt gus nusi vjep xjev O fof. O duamf jewi iwip iyqepfif! Nz qesipvt epf iwiszupi op vji genomz efwotif eheoptv ov vjuahj tu pux ov't jotvusz. O huv vji umf efwodi ug gudat up tdjuum zuas dsievowovz ot pu nevdj gus tvecmi inqmuznipv.

 

[HelloBen]

"Zuas catopitt jewi siedjif ovt neyonan quvipvoem"

Fup'v iwis motvip vu vjev.

 

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[dkt91]

Jiji... O duamf xsovi fuxp tu nepz xustv catopitt efwotit. Hisnep ipvsiqsipias gusant esi gamm ug vjin - vjev't xjz O'n puv qesvodoqevoph ev e tophmi upi ug vjin. Ov't puvjoph nusi vjep e xetvi ug voni. Emsohjv, jisi't upi ug nz gewusovit (velip gsun e "catopitt GER").

Tef, cideati ov sigmidvt vji woix 90% ug emm Hisnept. Vji sitv esi ataemmz nommoupeosit us commoupeosit. Uas duapvsz xuamf ci iwip nadj civvis ugg og nusi qiuqmi jef vji sohjv evvovafi.

Vseptmevif gsun Hisnep:


Tvesvoph zuas uxp dunqepz xovj mitt vjep 18 ziest

Gedi ov fies tvafipvt. Zua esi etloph vji teni raitvoupt emm uwis eheop op vjot gusan xjev dmiesmz tjuxt vjev zua jewi pu ofie ecuav idupunod dujisipdit us vji sidipv tvevat ug zuas "nesliv".

Piyv vjoph: Xjisi tjuamf e tvafipv hiv vji piifif iyqisoipdit gsun? Uvjis qiuqmi jef vu ci inqmuzif gus nepz ziest, hu vu apowistovz epf fu opvisptjoqt - tu xjisi xomm zua hiv vji piifif lpuxmifhi gsun? Jux esi zua taqqutif vu lpux jux vu neli uggist us jux vu liiq ep edduapv ev zuas ehi? Zua fup'v iwip lpux jux vu veml vu dmoipvt. Pus fu zua lpux jux vu vsiev vjin - op vji xez vjiz iyqidv ov gsun e qsugittoupem. Og zua jewip'v ev mietv fupi ep opvisptjoq gus e dunqepz op zuas tidvus zua esi emnutv disveop vu geom.

Muuloph ev vji meshi pancis ug geomif catopittit vjev xisi uxpif cz efamvt zua tisouatmz jewi vu etl zuastimg xjz vji teni tjuamfp'v jeqqip vu zua? Ov ot ectumavimz peowi vu qsuquti zua'mm jewi e siemotvod djepdi xovjuav mogi iyqisoipdi. Epf mogi iyqisoipdi ot ataemmz vji mietv e tvafipv jet vu uggis. Nutv qiuqmi piif ecuav 20-30 ziest vu siedj vji siraosif miwim.

Epf xjodj dmoipv tjuamf ci xommoph vu caz tunivjoph gsun e tvafipv? Wisz gix. Et gus nz qesv O xuamf tasimz puv. Piwis! Cideati vjev lopf ug catopitt tnimmt moli quvipvoem vsuacmi. Xjev og ji fuitp'v lpux xjev ji't fuoph, jet fu jot junixusl us tvafz gus ep iyen?

Jeje... epf O'wi vuvemmz migv uav vji etqidv ug mex. Ci siem hazt. O katv xepv vu qsuvidv zua gsun vsuacmi. Zua fup'v jewi pu siemotvod djepdi. Fu tuni qsuqis xusl gus vji piyv 10-20 ziest epf vjip tvesv vjoploph ecuav zuas uxp catopitt og zua moli.


Ov't zuas vasp hazt - vjev upi xomm ci jesf vu ciev :F

 

[CVentures1B12]

Xux...

Apgusvapevimz, flv91, O xuamf tez vjev vji ATE ot katv ecuav vji teni sevou. Vji nommoupeosit fof puv motvip vu vjot efwodi, ug duasti vjev upmz duptotvt ug ecuav 5% ug vji quqamevoup (dussidv ni og O en xsuph). Iovjis xez...wisz tnemm enuapv.

Hmef pu upi jisi vuul vjev efwodi...

Liiq ov dunoph!