Posts Tagged ‘startup’

Posted on September 10, 2008 - by Jeffrey

If I Could Be Like Mark…

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Like Mark, if I could be like Mark… Mark Cuban is the man, I was watching him speak late last night on the techcrunch50 and he is as real as they come. I love when people in business say it how it is and talk about working and playing hard. at one point he says:

I never thought about it as work

He talks about how you have to enjoy life and play it how you want too, your rules. Times when he was broke or getting ripped off. All characteristics of someone who has been in the trenches and learned what it takes to win.

When he got ripped off from an employee for over $80,000 he just said, “time to dig in”. That’s the game we play, can YOU bounce back?

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Posted on September 9, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Let me guess…You Have a Great Idea and No Business Model!

What is going on these days with all these presentations at the Tech Crunch 50 having nothing more to offer than a good idea? When the judges ask the presenters on how they will make money, this seems to be the general consensus.

Well, it’s complicated

Are you kidding me? When did it ever become the standard to figure out how you are going to make money after you have a product? How does anyone in their right mind put their life, time, family and money into a business when they don’t have a clue how it will ever generate a dollar?

Necessity is the mother of all invention

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Posted on July 20, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Should you ever try Network Marketing?

If you are really in business then you must of herd of something called network marketing. Probably one of the first and most popular companies in this space was AMWAY, you may have herd of them on TV or even in some movies. For instance the Movie “GO” had a scene where the policeman and his wife were trying to convince the gay actors to join the company under them, among other things.

What is Network Marketing?

It is commonly referred to a pyramid scheme and most of them are, even if disguised as something else. The concept is simple. There is usually some sort of product or system that the company pushes as this new niche which is only available to them. I call this part the story, “our founder worked under some of the top ____ for years and now he has started this opportunity to allow you as an individual to get in on the action”, Right…

Then they tell you the breakdown on how you will make money. This is the real pitch of the opportunity and it always looks like a sweet payoff. There are many different ways to join, sometimes there is a fee other times you just need to become a customer. Whatever way you look at it, they are asking you to give them something to join and this is where they make the money. You will be told that the real money is in you becoming a successful distributor, in most cases this is false. This type of business organization relies on more and more people being a part of it to build it up. Getting people to join is the main focus of activities (with their weekly feel good meetings) and putting these people under them is where they get the residual.

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Posted on July 15, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Don’t call yourself an Entrepreneur!

The term “Entrepreneur” is thrown around way to easily these days. Everyone and their mother is an “Entrepreneur” and everyone knows someone that tried what you’re doing and it didn’t work. It all starts with you opening your mouth.

Stop Talking About It

If you plan on doing something business wise, then I advise you to keep it to yourself until you have made some preliminary plans; at least! People have an unfortunate habit of trying to kill your dreams, sometimes these people can consist of family members. In these situations you need to seek out advice from people who already doing what you are doing. Someone you would like to emulate, in a business sense.

Ask them if it’s possible? If they are an honest person, you’ll get an entirely different answer.

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