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  1. L

    Just maxed out personal credit card on business expenses

    Hi guys so I'm building app I'm developer myself but I had to spend a few thousand dollars on freelancers using my credit card I'm currently unemployed and living on the money from my last business venture and honestly I'm a bit worried about my spendings. I have the money to payout my credit...
  2. M

    Overwhelmed need an advice

    To all entrepreneurs and the people who made it and left the rat race and started their own business. I need an advice Im solopreneur i had idea four month ago i took decision i contacted developers to build my MPV and now im in stage of validating my assumptions however, i feel like im in a...
  3. J

    We have a business idea, what would be the best way to test if idea will work?

    IDEA 
    Hi guys! My teammate and I have a startup idea related to IoT, which will be targeted to B2B. We know that we have to execute and test the idea with business straight away, to avoid waste of the time (we know that nowadays everything is about the speed of execution). Unfortunately, we are...
  4. airwalk111

    Custom PC Business Idea

    IDEA 
    After much deliberation and thought, a close friend and I feel we have come across a hidden gold mine. Have you ever seen the TV show Tanked? If no, then the whole show is about these entrepreneurs who go around the USA designing fully fish tanks, that are insanely custom for big buyers. No...
  5. N

    My Little Side-Project has Grown a LOT!

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Hey there! I am Rich Clominson, maker of Failory. 16 months ago, I launched my little side-project on a few communities, which consisted of weekly interviews with the founders of failed startups. All these months, I have been working on my free times to make the site richer. And today, after...
  6. G

    Learn sales first or programming?

    Hi all, Really enjoying the advice and ideas in this forum! Great community here I have 2 months of holiday before university starts again and I was wondering what I should do. My end goal is to freelance and then eventually a tech startup but I know I need to do something fast - to prove my...
  7. Wiezel

    How do I create ideas and work it out?

    IDEA MINDSET 
    I want to keep it short but when I look around the forum, I see many people creating companies and having good ideas. My problem is I know I can reach my goals, work hard and build a company but somehow my mindset is still wrong because I can’t think of anything, I can create my business in...
  8. Mikkel

    New shoe for the physically disabled - working with a college

    Howdy! :cool: It seems I have been MIA for nearly a year on this site! As a student physical therapist, I have just had my head in the books and there seemed to be no time to look up and forward to new business opportunities... UNTIL LAST MONTH I received an email from a business and...
  9. Kyle T

    [Progress] Time to get moving: My Online Fitness Membership Site

    EXECUTION 
    Hi all! My name is Kyle and I am a fitness professional who currently works in the public sector in Parks & Recreation. Ever since I have read TMF, I have opened my eyes to how much I hate my current job and the lifestyle that has been forced upon me by societal norms. Luckily, my job is...
  10. Niptuck MD

    What Questions regarding new product development or manufacturing do you all have?

    This is a new thread I am shedding light and expertise on for you all to benefit from. I hope some of the principles can be applied to your innovations, thoughts, ideas etc. Within the realms of commercialization, design, planning, control and organization are all simultaneously embedded as part...
  11. Gepi

    Very quick way of validating an idea to see if people pay for it

    IDEA 
    Hi guys, This is an interesting and fairly easy approach to testing if your new software idea will be attracting paying customers. It is applying the concept of the "lean startup method" This is not new, but I thought I'd share it here because it works and gives you fast validation. Of course...
  12. Jbellefeuille

    Wow... It's been so long I am going to re-introduce myself.

    INTRO 
    Hello Everyone. My name is James. I am an entrepreneur in the rideshare/automotive space. I joined this forum back in 2007, and am probably one of the few members with a negative reputation. I don't remember why that is, but it's probably deserved as I was a know-nothing jackass in 2007...
  13. K

    Fear of Failure

    MINDSET FAILURE 
    Hey Folks, So i've just finished re-reading MJ's awesome tome and assessing some of my prior business failures/disasters and i'm noticing some common threads. I actually sat down the other night and wrote down everything I could remember about my 3 or 4 false starts and some of it very much...
  14. B

    How To Find A Software Developer That Will Work For Free

    I've found a niche app that would extremely valuable to others in terms of time savings and other problems. I've found one other app using this idea very poorly (Rate 1.1/5 stars) and I can easily do better than this by miles. The problem is that it would take an extremely high-level...
  15. _davis_smith

    How to structure without knowing founders' potential value?

    Hey everyone, So I thought I'd reach out to anyone in here that knows more about structuring businesses more than I do. We're a group of 4 young guys (20-25 years old), and we're all working to create an interactive educational platform for blockchain development. Since we're going to be...
  16. Vigilante

    Navigating the changes at Amazon since we started

    NOTABLE! 
    A lot of the eCommerce focus on the forum was a group of several that started around the same time. Dozens of us were doing eCommerce, with several different products but the same basic strategies. Amazon has changed a TON since @biophase, @AllenCrawley, @LightHouse, @JAJT, @Kak and several...
  17. M

    After reading Unscripted...

    FTE INTRO 
    Hello everyone. My name is Michael and I was led here after reading Unscripted. I just finished college with a background in marketing and will be starting my job as strategist for a small startup in Korea. The company I work for has a dating app called Glam and we are trying to go global. The...
  18. C

    giving all my company’s profits away! (Preferably without starving)

    hey everyone! I’m thinking about starting a c Corp that donates 100% of profits to a charitable foundation. I want to collect a reasonable salary and donate the remainder. My products competitive edge is its charitable spirit, so I want to advertise “100% of profits go to charity” Here are my...
  19. fran-s14

    Initial fund for a B2G AI Startup

    Hi everybody! I think i have a great idea for a new startup, its a high tech solution including deep learning for a global problem. I've talk to some scientist and it's technical viable but really costly. The problem is that I live in Argentina and here don't exist an development ecosystem for...
  20. J

    Subscription Box Questions

    I am planning to launch a subscription service this spring. I have spent the last couple of months gathering research. This month I am focused on the logistical and financial sides of things, such as sourcing products and selecting a preferred shipping company. I have not yet built a website...

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