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    Scent created by perfumer or body care manufacturer?

    MARKETING 
    Hello, The title says it all really. We found the chance of working with a perfumer to create 3 fragrances for our 3 body care product ranges to be used primarily to start with in Body Wash, Body Lotion, Body exfoliators, Hand Wash and Hand Cream and we are deciding on if we should use a...
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    How to decide between heart and brain?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    Thank you for your advice and opinion, difficult to decide as both have pros and cons. Still not sure if the names I have at the moment: Mayfair (London), Tibidabo (Barcelona), Tram 28 (Lisbon), Riad (Marrakesh) and Cap d'Antibes (French Riviera) are winners in a sense that what Rituals do with...
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    The CENTS Business Commandments for Entrepreneurs

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Yes Fragrantica and Basenotes is another one to look at. Well I haven’t decided yet as I’m still pondering if body care like the brand Rituals might work better as it’s less personal. I’ve seen them growing and investing a lot so maybe that area is fairly well covered but if I come with a...
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    The CENTS Business Commandments for Entrepreneurs

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Thank you for the reply and yes I think I am over thinking in a way. Fragrances was always one of my loves and not in a way that would actually make me do perfumes as I am not a perfumer but mainly on a smelling sense. I thought previously in starting a beauty brand but the competition just...
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    The CENTS Business Commandments for Entrepreneurs

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Thank you for this, really helpful reminder. Would a perfume brand be a Cents Commandment business? Control: It would be my own and sold in several retailers, website, marketplaces, wholesalers etc…though that would of course take time. Entry: Fairly difficult entry point as you either do it...
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    A Brand can sell others brands aswell?

    QUESTION 
    That’s how retailers work. Amazon is the biggest brand you can think of and they sell primarily other brands so yes you can certainly do that. Most marketplaces sell somebody else’s products and that never impeded anyone or any brand sell other peoples brands. Next here in the UK is another...
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    Would you start a business before you have the necessary money to have everything you need

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    I agree with that and following from that advice would you start something that you like, love or know about or a business you research and that you think will be successful. For example and though they are very similar and potential can be merged would you rather start a perfume brand (more...
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    Would you start a business before you have the necessary money to have everything you need

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Thank you, appreciate the answer. Regards
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    Did you start a business that you liked, loved, knew about?

    MINDSET QUESTION 
    Did you start a business that you liked, loved, knew about? Or just one you thought would work and make you a millionaire. There are hundreds of ideas and businesses that one can start however one thing that I always thought and heard of is that it would be easier to start a business that you...
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    Would you start a business before you have the necessary money to have everything you need

    SIDE HUSTLE EXECUTION 
    Wanted to ask if when you started your business, if you actually had the money to let's say launch your product, APP, website, business fully or if for example you thought you needed £50 to start a business but only had £20k, you nevertheless started it and then either by continuing to work or...
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    How to decide between heart and brain?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    That is a brilliant idea actually :) never thought about that. I also thought about doing the best of both worlds. My thinking was to start 5 different fragrances but why not start with 3 and instead of create just the perfumes, have 3 fragrances that would include perfume but also things like...
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    How to decide between heart and brain?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    By the way when I mentioned that I would start a perfume business I don't mean that I would create the perfumes myself, they would be done by a professional perfumer. So this is not following your passion and doing it yourself.
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    How to decide between heart and brain?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    Appreciate the time you took to answer my question. Yes it seems to be the opinion of others as well. As I heard before as well, sometimes that love comes from the business been successful. Thank you for that :)
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    How to decide between heart and brain?

    IDEA MARKETING 
    Hello, So how does one decide between heart and brain when it comes to deciding what business to start. Some of you would have ready my previous threads about starting a perfume brand or a body care, skincare brand and my thought process on that. My heart tells me to start a perfume brand as...
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    Start a business based on decision matrix or gut?

    IDEA MARKETING QUESTION 
    1) The IDEA/MVP that can be tested and rejected accepted the fastest is the Body care Business: Perfume would take 6 months to come to light, Body care around 2 months 2) I think they are both similar as at some point they would converge, the perfume would add body care products, the body care...
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