Scustin Trillberlake
Banned
I've always wanted to start my own bar or skateboard shop. Never going to happen though.
"Start your own buisness"
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I own an IT consulting business. We work with small businesses to implement various technologies they need. Do everything from HIPAA audits, PCI compliance, technology strategy and implementation. Depending on the job we start at $100/hr and go up. Depending on the position I'll pay my employees $15-20/hr and sub contract them out. We also do web design and I'm thinking bout moving into web marketing as another business.
I also have another company I'm getting off the ground right now. Gonna use groupon to do my marketing for me. If things work out as I hope, should make me an additional 20-30k/mo in profit by this time next year. Most my time has been going into passing my last exam, so I really ain't been putting all my energy into it. End of the year though my businesses is gonna have 100% of my attention.
At the end of the day though, most y'all nikkas don't have the discipline, work ethic, or drive to be business owners. In the 90s I was hustling bootleg movies, software, and video games. When I was college I had a side business fixing computers.
Y'all say you want to work for yourself but you really don't, because if you did, you'd be out there doing it instead of talkin bout doing it
yo, hopin' you could pass on some game to a young fella like me.
I finished university and have been working in web marketing for about 1.5 years at a medium sized agency... all our clients are medium-large businesses.
I work primarily in web analytics.... and was thinking about getting started providing my services to small businesses in my local area..
I have a basic idea of the services i would provide (nothing drastic as it would be a side thing and i wouldn't quit my job at this point... would pretty much be bare minimum analytics services for companies that have websites/social media etc etc).
My question is what were your first steps to get started? Did you go out to random businesses and just start pitching?
References?
Talk about early days breh.
Data-Hawk
I have no strings on me.
Starting my own game development company. Targeting the mobile space. I had plans to contract out the artwork, but decided to do it myself. At least for now. Since im not much of an artist will probably do some retro stuff to start. Sucks having the code ready to go and no art except for placeholders.
The great thing though is the only startup cost is my time.lol Currently running on 3 - 4 hrs a sleep a night.
The great thing though is the only startup cost is my time.lol Currently running on 3 - 4 hrs a sleep a night.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
You got the right idea breh, work smart and you'll be alright. Only advice I can give is don't think you can do everything by yourself. Find an artist who you can trust that believes in your vision and work together.
Go to networking events in your city. Make yourself known around town. Advertise on craigslist, pass out business cards. If there's any marketing type groups or associations in your city, join up. You can also teach classes (or give presentations) for free and plug your company. You just have to think of ways to make your name/company known that's not the typical "I'm gonna make a commercial/have a billboard" type of strategy.
what kind of game?
Data-Hawk
I have no strings on me.
Well im testing out this framework( Mono games ). So to start off with something simple probably a 2D space shooter using vector art.
And those are the kinds of business opportunities you don't want to run to, you are going to be competing with a lot of money and more than likely get lost just like most of those internet companies. If you can be innovative with a marijuana business you have a better chance. I use to have a travel business, we did well, made money but split up because of different ideas on the direction but at the end of the day had fun and enjoyed what I did. The key to business in my opinion is to be either innovative or touch a market that hasn't been touched, other than that you need to heavy capital to do traditional ideas. Most people that start a business have absolutely horrible ideas and usually have no realistic business plan, no direction.
Data-Hawk
I have no strings on me.
jilla82
Veteran
There have been so many books in the last few years on the subject.
If you dont get it by now, youre just not going to get it.
If you dont get it by now, youre just not going to get it.
The books themselves are a business. You will never go broke selling dreams
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jilla82
Veteran
thats a broke persons mindset.
Like I said, you can learn anything w/ a library card & an internet access.
Jack Martinez
Rookie
I wanna open a baby clothes or a drapery panels store.
Tha money I see women on this frivolous bullshyt is
These young baby mama hoes be droppin' like $200 on fukkin' BABY CLOTHES.
THEY GONNA GROW OUT THAT shyt IN LIKE WEEKS!!!!
shyt is a gold mine.
Curtains....I seen some old white cac bytch spend $700 on sum fukkin'
bullshyt curtains she prolly put in a room nobody goes into on a regular basis.
GOLDMINE.
Tha money I see women on this frivolous bullshyt is
These young baby mama hoes be droppin' like $200 on fukkin' BABY CLOTHES.
THEY GONNA GROW OUT THAT shyt IN LIKE WEEKS!!!!
shyt is a gold mine.
Curtains....I seen some old white cac bytch spend $700 on sum fukkin'
bullshyt curtains she prolly put in a room nobody goes into on a regular basis.
GOLDMINE.
JasonSJackson
Jah Sun Ma'at Ra
I think there's alot of money to be made with that idea in states where it isnt legal yet.....
penalties arent as harsh these days.......
stealthbomber
cruising at 30,000
innovation is key to success in any business though. but what you're talking about is a making a product. i was talking about establishing infrastructure (opening up a head shop, dispensary or growing). that's like starting a small distillery or opening an underground bar right before prohibition ended (depending on where you live weeds already "legal" or not). but you are almost assured some profits at least for a while until big business catches up. if you're smart you either move on to another venture or find a niche in the local market. if you're really smart you become part of the big business, but thats enough free lessons for the coli entrepreneurs
I'm partial owner in about 8 business. It always starts with a business plan. A few ways to go about what you should start.
1. What vertical do I want to go into. How can I offer something in the vertical that has a whole that is not being filled that I can fill.
2. If Im going into a vertical that already exist. How can I separate myself from my competition.
3. Does my vertical have enough potential clients that it can be profitable and thrive.
If anyone has any questions I would be more then willing to help.
1. What vertical do I want to go into. How can I offer something in the vertical that has a whole that is not being filled that I can fill.
2. If Im going into a vertical that already exist. How can I separate myself from my competition.
3. Does my vertical have enough potential clients that it can be profitable and thrive.
If anyone has any questions I would be more then willing to help.
