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RenaissanceMan
11-16-2009, 04:08 PM
So many people ask me all the time how to go into business and they say they want to talk to someone who is doing it, not someone who keeps talking about it doing it.
So, I do my best to give them advice, and so anyone out there wanting to go into business, I say to you as well...
1. Get Your Finances in Order (BUDGETING)
2. Make a Great business plan
3. Work Harder than you ever had.
You'll make it!
Richard Burns
12-08-2009, 02:59 PM
A lot of people have a lot of plans. Plans are nothing without action. Money talks and bullshit walks.
Plans are everything. Hustle is unecessary motion without a plan.
Richard Burns
12-08-2009, 05:40 PM
Work smart not hard.
**That doesn't mean be lazy. It means find the most efficient way to get the job done.**
uriel
12-08-2009, 06:33 PM
i've read that score.org is a great site for those interested in opening a small business.
leonthelion
12-08-2009, 06:51 PM
I'm into my 2nd attempt to go it alone. First time, I pussied out when resources were very very low and noone was buying. Now I sell digital bits and spend occasional time doing the "efficient" way of working. Definitely action makes a difference. You got to bust your own balls or have good friends to bust em for ya.
I'm into my 2nd attempt to go it alone. First time, I pussied out when resources were very very low and noone was buying. Now I sell digital bits and spend occasional time doing the "efficient" way of working. Definitely action makes a difference. You got to bust your own balls or have good friends to bust em for ya.
Yeah, freelance programming is a definite hustle. Good thing you're not on Okinawa. People over here still don't see the necessity for the cheapest form of advertising in the world aside from word-of-mouth--a web presence. lol
Not worth the hustle over here.
Mehi River
12-08-2009, 06:56 PM
Have just finished a year of freelancing. If only I knew then what I knew now....
Have just finished a year of freelancing. If only I knew then what I knew now....
How was it? lol
GODH8SU
12-08-2009, 08:39 PM
First you must pray. Then, when you realize praying does nothing more than waste valuable heartbeats, you can research the information yourself.
leonthelion
12-08-2009, 08:49 PM
Yeah, freelance programming is a definite hustle. Good thing you're not on Okinawa. People over here still don't see the necessity for the cheapest form of advertising in the world aside from word-of-mouth--a web presence. lol
Not worth the hustle over here.
I still have 2 freelance clients hanging around, but I don't do programming for anyone else now. I program my own sites and sell advertising on them when they get cranking ;) I will try and use my BS in BS and sling those bits like I was Pimp Daddy Gates. I have a friend who was selling billboard space here in Japan and now I can see advertising is such an awesome but bullshit industry... There is little chance for people to complain as they know what the deal is when they buy. ie, You buy this space for $??? a month, it gets targeted traffic to you. If the people I send don't like your product, you got to figure that side out on your lonesome.
Still, building up a site to have enough reputation and status to be able to charge a premium takes time and that's where doing the programming myself gives me an edge as costs are minimal. That and finding good, cheap freelancers to take some of the load for me is near impossible.. When I really need to, I pay a premium for good programmers/designers in the States...
I still have 2 freelance clients hanging around, but I don't do programming for anyone else now. I program my own sites and sell advertising on them when they get cranking ;) I will try and use my BS in BS and sling those bits like I was Pimp Daddy Gates. I have a friend who was selling billboard space here in Japan and now I can see advertising is such an awesome but bullshit industry... There is little chance for people to complain as they know what the deal is when they buy. ie, You buy this space for $??? a month, it gets targeted traffic to you. If the people I send don't like your product, you got to figure that side out on your lonesome.
Still, building up a site to have enough reputation and status to be able to charge a premium takes time and that's where doing the programming myself gives me an edge as costs are minimal. That and finding good, cheap freelancers to take some of the load for me is near impossible.. When I really need to, I pay a premium for good programmers/designers in the States...
Good man. We see eye to eye. :)
Mehi River
12-08-2009, 09:30 PM
How was it? lol
school of life.
wish I had enrolled earlier:mir31:
TheLastDon
12-08-2009, 11:30 PM
school of life.
wish I had enrolled earlier:mir31:
Ain't that the truth!?! I freelanced as a gigolo but funny as life seems the rich okinawan ladies didn't want a fat bald dude. Go figure. :)
Oxmix
12-09-2009, 01:53 AM
A little back ground. I have been in the auto repair business for 16 years and in the commercial cleaning business with my wife for 12 years.
#1, you need money. Most businesses fail because they don't have enough Capitol.
Secure a line of credit.
Location is very important. Can your customers find you and is it convenient for your customers to get to you.
Find a Niche. Niche businesses stand the best chance to succeed.
Know your competition.
Let people know why they should use your business rather than the competition.
Set your hours and stick to them.
Lead by example.
Be prepared to work long hours, work when sick, tired or injured and not take vacations or time off. Be the fist to show up and the last to leave.
Be willing to kiss a lot of a$$.
Treat you employees good.
Listen to your employees.
Make stress your friend.
Think before you act.
Manage your time well.
Make sure you get the biggest bang for the buck out of advertising.
Regards
Ox
gtlm2000
12-09-2009, 07:59 AM
I work hard. It's not fan :( I can get money, but I want to enjoy my job!!
Easy Solution: Quit and get a new one.
-Rudel-
12-17-2009, 03:39 PM
I work hard. It's not fan :( I can get money, but I want to enjoy my job!!
Isn't your job building models, and then take pictures of them for Tamiya?
Richard Burns
12-17-2009, 04:52 PM
Easy Solution: Quit and get a new one.
Not everybody's a baller like DK. RoR :)
Fixed.
Not everybody's a ballet like DK. RoR :)
I'm far from interested in ballet.
Zim the Invader
12-17-2009, 06:15 PM
I'm far from interested in ballet.
Maybe he was commenting on your light and airy demeanor, or that he thinks you are fleet of foot?
Or maybe RB (new, old, or otherwise) has software that is incompatible with grammar and spell check? It's just not in the programming.
On the other hand, maybe you really do run around in pink tights and your sarcasm is a clever trick?:scratchchin:
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