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Re:Subscription service startups are the hot new thing on Friday October 07, 2011 @10:59AM (#3084248)
In my opinion subscription services can be lucrative and valuable if you are able to start a venture that is of value to your target customer. You certainly need to spend a sufficient amount of time training your customer service department. Your site would need to be user friendly due to requesting subscriptions can quickly daunt the potential customer if they most go through lengthy questionnaires or profiles. Almost anything can possibly be converted to a subscription but in this economy it would be a great marketing tactic to have at least somethings of a value free of charge until you develop a reputation. I believe this trend will be short-lived because it generally seems the deployment of the site to be somewhat rapid due to limited requirements of customization due to similarities as far as web designing goes. The main concern would be the product and you most certainly would need more than one product in order to be able to compete.
Re:How to turn an idea into a startup while holding H1b on Friday October 07, 2011 @10:46AM (#3084193)
From what I understand speaking with an immigrations attorney will be best advised due to the sensitive nature of your concern. Should you be wrongly advised it can cause financial strain on your business and your partnership. I'm assuming that would restrict you from providing yourself a salary meaning you won't be able to be an active participant only a passive. In sum, you would be able to invest as a shareholder not an executive. There is also the option of getting your start up to sponsor a visa or a H1B for you but that's a bit complex best inquired to a legal professional. Again I suggest getting official legal advice because one inaccurate move can result in permanent banning/ deportation or even monetary fines.
Re:How To Stop Procrastination And Actually DO Something on Friday October 07, 2011 @10:14AM (#3084051)
I find in order to stop procrastination you would first need to evaluate the importance of the task required. We all know that we do not place merit on tasks or interests that have no sufficient barring on our individual attention. To most attention is a restricted resource which allows most to only be able to devote awareness to task one at a time. We are able to allocate attention to two or more task simultaneously as long as the input and out paths are different. We don't return to something we recently experienced or examine. So procrastination could be on terms of temporary avoidance or chronic avoidance. An excellent strategy to start will is start your day doing the things that bore you the most or the most difficult get it out of the way (band aid style rip it off quickly). Next one most likely experiencing time management issues so getting more organized with to-do lists or using your cellphone's calendar to add your scheduling and giving ample time to complete each task and even adding breaks if need or allowed. Set goals and then add logical planning to see to the achievement of the goals it's also a sense of pressure some work well under pressure. Sometimes procrastination is the gateway defense mechanism recondition your thinking into removing the "I need to" "I have to" to a more assertive goal "I will" or "I want" and follow through. Lastly, don't leave room for deliberations. The more you think about your mountain of tasks the likely you are to select the ones "most" convenient or "easier" thereby putting the others off to another time that is already spotted for the stealing of new tasks. If all else fails simply provide yourself with a positive reinforcement such as treat yourself for a job well done which is motivator in itself; should you not complete the task the discipline will also motivate you to get the task done in order to get your treat and the consequence for not doing so