[Sniliabiz]

1. Outsource to third world countries such as India and Russia
2. Hire hot hos for customer service or any customer-facing positions, as even when you give them your crappy Russian or Indian products they won't care
3. Ban gays and women from buying your products (they are immune to the Ho Effect)
4. Profit!

[replicamuse]

SuperCitizen.com

[nithhysfusy]

Originally posted by Kidicious
My Stategic Management prof says Trump is an idiot. You might want to start there. Your strategic management prof's net worth is _______.
Trump's net worth is _________.

[Mifsnavassy]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Actually my prof is pretty rich too. Trump has screwed up a lot in his career, but then my prof has too, according to him. I'm willing to bet trump is richer by many orders of magnitude. So calling him an idiot when your prof is way less successful is a bit rich.

Do you go to a community college? And by 'quite rich' do you mean he drives an 80s Buick?

[sigrekatonov]

Originally posted by Asher

I'm willing to bet trump is richer by many orders of magnitude. So calling him an idiot when your prof is way less successful is a bit rich.

Do you go to a community college? And by 'quite rich' do you mean he drives an 80s Buick? I don't think my prof ever had to file bankruptcy dispite having a father who owned a huge real estate business. It's not hard to be rich when you're born that way.

[hieklyintinee]

Being bankrupt means you at least tried, plus you learned from that bankrupt I'd suppose. Not going bankrupt means there are lessons you have not taken

ANyway, business advices aside the pissing contest?

[VitaliyMurnov]

Originally posted by Pekka
ANyway, business advices aside the pissing contest? Can't you get a degree? I think it's better to go to school, work, and then you can find the right people to go into business with.

[Rchzygnc]

his prof r teh smartt4st

[plantBanceper]

I needed business advices, not networking advices

[ViagraFeller]

Ok, thanks.

Now, some more advices!

[Green_Monkey23]

That's something I need to do. It also helps to see downfalls and fix them when you're doing it.

[heinz_1966]

Cort Haus, the product is service, and it's a secret thus far.

"If you want a programmer, I presume you mean to develop something."

Not true.

"If there is a demand for something, there's a good chance that someone else has already developed something. The first thing you need to do is to see what is out there."

I said consulting and possibly educating. I meant it

And I said it's a service so I don't know why you insist making it a software production type of thing.....

It is vague, I know, but consulting should be enough information .. ?

But YES, it needs money, mostly to build image, and hire the few people at first and creating A-class persentation material and fishing for customers.

But it's a service.

[agildeta]

thanks for the advice. Please don't bother posting in this thread anymore.

[maxfreemann]

couple of things... write a business plan, include a marketing plan. No point you having the best the product/service, if no one knows about it.

Second point, prepare detailed financial projections, set your salaries costs etc etc. Then work out if you business is viable or merely a good idea.

If you decide it is a good idea, a standard rule of thumb is always aim for a clear and net profit, there is no other business measure (IMHO)

And, as thatcher said (I think), if you watch the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves

[ONLINEPHARMACYCHEAPILLS]

Ah, some good and even great advices here.. I'll get back to it later when I have time.

[Khurlxgq]

DaShi,

Cort Haus, feel free to share advices if you have them though, just understand that I am unwilling to give out the business idea just yet. I will reveal it of course later on when it's going to be launched, but right now I'd rather keep it in smaller circles. There's no huge secrets in it, and there are businesses like that already but I still prefer not talking too much about it. It also saves me some embarrasment if I fail to launch it

BUt yes I need a programmer and yes, it's not software development or production. I am a software engineer myself so even though I'm not a know-it-all, I wouldn't ask general advices regarding that in here, even though there are more than qualified people to give great input in that sector as well.

It's business only advices I'm looking for, they can be very general and simple. Kid gave few and I gave him crap about it but he did answer my request so I was in the wrong for giving him hard time about it. Sorry about that Kid. But you did insult Trump so you did deserve it!

[eljugadordepoquer]

If you want quick success then talk to a venture capital company and try to get them to invest in your product, whatever it might be. You will have to tell them what it is first though, but at least then you'd get money as well as advice.
But they will own a large chunk of your business, and in order to recoup their initial investment, then they'll want you to get to the stage of selling shares as soon as possible, because this is where the big money for them will come from.
If you don't want quick success, then built it up yourself. If you have a really good product then the big companies will come knocking on your door for licensing rights or takeovers. Trouble is, once you've cashed in on this then you'll need another good idea to start again, or to keep them interested.

[xqdrocherz]

Yookay's nearer! I'll race ya Kontiki!

Sorry, my earlier post was a cross-post before Pekka explained the nature of the beast.

[suilusargaino]

Stating the obvious, but if there are companies already doing a similar thing, then to begin with you have to undercut them to get customers interested. Then, once you have enough customers, you can start adding other "value-added" () services, and charge the earth for them. But to get noticed you either have to be totally unique, or pretty cheap.

[IdomeoreTew]

I take it that "without their knowledge" does not mean without their consent. They will be aware that an attack from you will occur, they just don't know how and when?

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