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Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and... by clarry on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:45AM (#12382657)
I want to become an enterpreneur, but can't afford it. I'm not interested in "make money fast" schemes just for the sake of making money. I have ideas, things I want to try to build, but building my product would not happen overnight no matter how f*ing hard I work. More likely a minimum of anywhere between 6 and 12 months is required before it's feasible to start selling the product, and from there on it could take long before the income becomes a steady livelihood.

I don't have the money to pay the bills for that long, I can't afford to become an enterpreneur. BI could change my life overnight.

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Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and... by err4nt on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @01:33PM (#12392094)
Try freelance, or contract work. You can be employed for yourself and making money right away without having to build a product or a business first. That's still running your own business and being an entrepreneur!

Switching from salary to contract can be a big stepping stone for creating the career and life you want :D

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Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and... by randall on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @08:41AM (#12389446)
I disagree that you can't afford it.

I've learned how that if you can't make a business that's generating 10k / month in 3 months it's probably the wrong market. You could keep iterating through markets until one of them sticks.

That's what I'd recommend, anyway.

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Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and... by clarry on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @09:54AM (#12398287)
I'm not saying it's impossible for me to start generating money in 3 months. But merely generating money is not of interest to me. There are certain things I want to build, things I'm interested in, and these aren't things anyone's going to ship in three months starting from scratch.
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