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100% true. They change some information around but it's all for the same person. They also lie out their asses (because Indian and they suck at coding)
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
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Hekotat
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Yes, I have. But seeing the number of small businesses collapse around here the last few years doesn't inspire confidence.
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Fair point. Just know, that you have no idea why the businesses fail. Lots and lots and lots of small businesses fail because of poor management, lack of business acumen of the principals, and lots of other reasons having nothing to do with market conditions. If there is a need for a product/service in any given market, the market will support it. Being the only guy selling bottled water in the desert is great. Being the 50th neighborhood bar in a 3 block radius, not so much.
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ToeMissile
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Start it as a side hustle/contract work and build from there.
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BrutulTM
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Yeah, tons of businesses fail because the owner knew how to do the thing that the business does, not how to run a business. Being great at cooking doesn't mean you can run a restaurant. Lots of cattle ranchers are this way. They think their job is to raise cattle, not run a business that raises cattle. "The E-Myth Revisited" is a good read on this topic. So is the thread on this board with the guy who wanted to start a pest control business. He thought a few years of spraying bugs taught him everything he needed to know, thought he was smarter than his boss, and refused to take any advice. He never even got started but while the market and the economy can make businesses fail, many of them are started by people who were always going to fail regardless of all that because they didn't do what it takes to run a business in the first place.
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100% this. You certainly don't need an MBA to run a successful business, but taking accounting/finance/marketing/management 101 at your local community college will do wonders for any entrepreneur. In that order I might add.
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Hekotat
looking outside of your chosen profession, are there any in demand fields where you live? I knew a guy who worked DEA in Miami. He opened a small side hustle residential HVAC company. He did nothing but run the company, hired people to do everything. It was Miami so there is always demand for HVAC. When he retired as a Fed, he just ran the company full-time. Also always in high demand in Florida is lawn maintenance. Low barrier to entry and I know guys who solo (no employees) gross $75k+. Not get rich money by any means but his only costs are fuel and maint for the zero-turn mower. Shit, with Trump in charge, I'm sure the demand for lawn maintenance is gonna skyrocket.- 1