Re:How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes
by webtickle on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @12:49AM
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When I think of link bait, I think of sites that go after Digg and not really Hacker News. Hacker News is an awesome resource (better than digg imho), but if you get to the top I don't think you get too many links out of it.
Re:How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes
by Dobbs on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @01:16AM
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I have:
"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
Re:How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes
by Maciek416 on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @08:58AM
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Motivational posters might work for some people -- I have a Ralph Steadman poster above my desk here ;) .
He's definitely right about having a nice space to work in where you can feel like you can breathe a bit. Comfortable chair, good solid desk, space to put up sticky notes or a whiteboard... Yes even a plant can help make it feel a bit more welcoming.
Re:How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes
by nreece on Monday May 25, 2009 @11:28PM
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It doesn’t have to be an innovative business that solves a pain in the market place; it just has to be a business that can turn a healthy profit every year.
On the contrary, a business must solve a pain the market place, to become profitable and healthy.
Re:How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes
by ispivey on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @12:39AM
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But his example, a plumbing business, both solves a pain in the marketplace (people need their pipes fixed and plumbing installed) and is not at all innovative.
Re:How to Be a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes
by rokhayakebe on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @01:02AM
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I think you have way more chances at being successful by copying something that already exist and being a competitor, than creating something totally new and trying to persuade people that it will fix their problems.
I also have a long term goal to be making $835/day. :)
I want to come up with an idea for a business that could be making $35/day reasonably quickly, but also have the potential to eventually scale up to $835/day.
I order to make $35/day, I need to create something that can do 7 sales of a $5/(month)/profit product every day.
Seriously?
"Get action. Do things; be sane, don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action."
-theodore roosevelt
"Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
-Walt Disney
"I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination."
WALT DISNEY
Straight to the point, just wonderful :)
He's definitely right about having a nice space to work in where you can feel like you can breathe a bit. Comfortable chair, good solid desk, space to put up sticky notes or a whiteboard... Yes even a plant can help make it feel a bit more welcoming.
On the contrary, a business must solve a pain the market place, to become profitable and healthy.
Explained: $500/mo apt + $350/mo food + $200/mo entertainment = $12,600/yr = $35/day
I also have a long term goal to be making $835/day. :)
I want to come up with an idea for a business that could be making $35/day reasonably quickly, but also have the potential to eventually scale up to $835/day.
I order to make $35/day, I need to create something that can do 7 sales of a $5/(month)/profit product every day.