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Any career entrepreneurs here?

Are there any career entrepreneurs here? I'm talkin business owners / investors, real estate owners / investors, full or part-time traders, etc. Or hell, anyone who makes their living in some sort of an unusual way that would make for interesting discussions?

does opening a quiznos next month count?

I thought maybe you were lookin for somebody to open up a 24hr Condom shack with, for those "late night necessities"

rabbitjoker does .. and i guess u could consider Swamper as an entrepeneur as well ..

I ran my own fashion design business for 2 years (shut it down after having "issues" with my business partner) and would like to get back into working for myself again in the near future. Working for the man does not pay!

Business Entrepreneurship is where it's at baby!


Slave by day; Freedom by night

Self employed contractor, not exactly building a business at the moment, soon enough. Either way, not working for the man!

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Originally posted by Jayx1 does opening a quiznos next month count?

Yea for sure, lets share ideas. Got MSN?

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Originally posted by angelgirl I ran my own fashion design business for 2 years (shut it down after having "issues" with my business partner) and would like to get back into working for myself again in the near future. Working for the man does not pay!

I hear you. Death by fire > having a business partner

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Originally posted by tha_broad I thought maybe you were lookin for somebody to open up a 24hr Condom shack with, for those "late night necessities"

Shh you're gonna ruin the surprise!

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Originally posted by tw1tch Self employed contractor, not exactly building a business at the moment, soon enough. Either way, not working for the man!

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Business Entrepreneurship is where it's at baby! Slave by day; Freedom by night

What exactly do you guys do?

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Originally posted by tha_broad I thought maybe you were lookin for somebody to open up a 24hr Condom shack with, for those "late night necessities"

not a bad idea, i think i should open up one myself

JUst started a website which im hoping will expand into more!

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Originally posted by d!abolic What exactly do you guys do?

Software training for Sun Microsystems. They run training throughout the world on their software/hardware line. 3 to 5 day instructor lead training classes. I fly wherever they need me to teach for 3-5 days at a time. Also work on developing the training manuals they use in those classes as well. So I have my own company and work out as a sub-contractor with another company, I get paid when I work and when I don't work I sit at home.

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Originally posted by tw1tch Software training for Sun Microsystems. They run training throughout the world on their software/hardware line. 3 to 5 day instructor lead training classes. I fly wherever they need me to teach for 3-5 days at a time. Also work on developing the training manuals they use in those classes as well. So I have my own company and work out as a sub-contractor with another company, I get paid when I work and when I don't work I sit at home.

Sounds pretty sweet. Why are you doing the training yourself though? You could hire some people to do the actual training and work on expanding the client base yourself.

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Originally posted by d!abolic Sounds pretty sweet. Why are you doing the training yourself though? You could hire some people to do the actual training and work on expanding the client base yourself.

Doesn't work like that, it's not an open market and you need permission to get in from Sun. Only a select number of companies get contracts with Sun and you work through them. Not to mention, the insane amount of insurance required, that alone is $100K+/year. It's temporary, but no doubt still a much better position then working for the man IMO.

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Originally posted by tw1tch Doesn't work like that, it's not an open market and you need permission to get in from Sun. Only a select number of companies get contracts with Sun and you work through them. Not to mention, the insane amount of insurance required, that alone is $100K+/year. It's temporary, but no doubt still a much better position then working for the man IMO.

What i'm saying is this: why not aim to BECOME one of those 'few select companies' that get contracts from Sun (and others too i'm sure). You know, that's probably how they all got started. McDonalds was started by a cook (whom Ray Kroc bought it from and made it into what it is today that is) and Microsoft was started by a programmer. You get the idea And the fact that you have to spend $8,000/mo on insurance is great because your competitors have to pay it too, so you're not in any danger (of spending more than they are), but since your (and their) profit margin is a percentage, the higher your (and their) expenses, the more you're making. To illustrate this, say all your costs got slashed down to $20 per hour of training so you'd be charging $30 and making $10. Now imagine if they soared to $200 per hour. You'd now likely be charging $275 if not $300, but definitely not $210 That's why when a supplier of mine wants to raise prices, i'm all for it. I simply switch to a cheaper supplier for the time being, temporarily leaving my competitors in the dust. Sooner or later, the other supplier will realize this and raise their prices too, resulting in an industry-wide price hike (since there will no longer be a cheaper supplier) which once again works for me since the hike will be (material cost increase) x 3, 2 of those 3 being profit.

I'll be opening my own health care practice in a few years if that counts.

i'm setting myself up to become an independent immigration consultant, with possibly my own immigration law practice or heading my own NGO for human rights i.e. refugees, asylum seekers in detention and torture victims. ...we'll see. it's a long shot there, but this is my goal!

no need to work for the man, if you can be the MAN!

p.s. i might need your guys' support one day for a fundraising event!
something along the lines of 'people for the people' ... what you think?

have my own small business out of my basement/office/slut room

...trying to start something of my own... all ideas and suggestions/partnerships are welcome.

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Originally posted by Crazy Serb ...trying to start something of my own... all ideas and suggestions/partnerships are welcome.

how bout running a site kinda like tranceaddict.. but featuring house music instead! oh wait ..

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Originally posted by Crazy Serb ...trying to start something of my own... all ideas and suggestions/partnerships are welcome.

Uh huh. Two words. Flipping properties.

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Originally posted by k0nk I'll be opening my own health care practice in a few years if that counts.

So you're a physician and planning to open your own practice?

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Originally posted by disko-kandi i'm setting myself up to become an independent immigration consultant, with possibly my own immigration law practice

Is there good money in that? I hear some people in Europe paying ridiculous amounts (upwards of $10KUSD/person) to get here, but i think nearly all of that is bribe money

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Originally posted by disko-kandi i'm setting myself up to become an independent immigration consultant, with possibly my own immigration law practice or heading my own NGO for human rights i.e. refugees, asylum seekers in detention and torture victims. ...we'll see. it's a long shot there, but this is my goal!

The US has alot of people that will marry you for a large fee just so you can apply for your green card... It has huge profit potential and maybe you should consider setting up something similar ;D

For what its worth to the original poster, I've been heavily involved in 2 different software startups (both from almost day 1). The first was during the dot-com boom/bust (20% management, 80% dev), and the other more recently which we're just starting to get off the ground. However, I may have to walk away from the current one since I'm moving to NY in a month to work.

-Your Mother

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Originally posted by d!abolic Is there good money in that? I hear some people in Europe paying ridiculous amounts (upwards of $10KUSD/person) to get here, but i think nearly all of that is bribe money

according to new immigration laws that came to life in april this year, that is not possible anymore. ...and no, i don't intend to get rich off this. i told you before, money is not be all, end all! there's other things in life that are more important!

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Originally posted by Your Mother The US has alot of people that will marry you for a large fee just so you can apply for your green card... It has huge profit potential and maybe you should consider setting up something similar ;D

i don't intend to work for the states but against, perhaps in collaboration with, the states! ... i also know a lot of men with a lot of money whom i could marry, and never have to work ... i don't know what's worse? j/k

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Originally posted by dEsidEL how bout running a site kinda like tranceaddict.. but featuring house music instead! oh wait ..

Hahahaa!!! Good one... got me laughing.

But seriously, we're talking business opportunities here, not personal hobbies...

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