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But really guys, any small business owners here?

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molsongolden
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let's talk about it?
Mar 17 2011 7:58PM
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t-roy
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i'm gonna try to have my own practice, but maybe in 10 years when i can pay off student loans and afford one.
Mar 17 2011 8:03PM
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squibble
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i pulled in 6 billion last year
Mar 17 2011 8:07PM
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alvy.
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started a dvd converting buisness with my dad. Basically we take all of your old tapes and shit and convert it into a digital file and a dvd. We mostly to family videos.
Mar 17 2011 8:08PM
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I.B
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my dad owns a concrete business.

Working on making my own waterramp business in tahoe
Mar 17 2011 8:09PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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I own a mowing business you could say.
Mar 17 2011 8:09PM
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windhamskibum
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A buddy and mine have been working on a website for a year and a half. things have been going good so far, lots of work trying to get advertisers and marketing partners, but its been worth it.

check it out www.strengthusa.com
Mar 17 2011 8:09PM
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J.D.
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Iggyskier.
Mar 17 2011 8:10PM
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J.D.
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Iggyskier.
Mar 17 2011 8:10PM
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SPskier543
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With the economy how it currently is, starting a small business now is an awful decesion in my opinion. If i were you, i would try to get a job, preferbly high ranking, with a small/medium business in your fiell. Stay there for 1 or 2 years, if the economy is good, you will have experience to begin your own business and you should go for it. If the economy is only a little better, and if you have risen up any towards a CEO position perhaps, i would stay, and eventually take over that business, Starting a business is tough, experience is everything. I have seen a couple young people (around 21) that try to establish a ski, surf, or skate shop and they completely fell within 3 months. Also, planning is key.

Mar 17 2011 8:11PM
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SPskier543
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Also, e-commerce is where its at. When i was 16, i made a website in school selling marine products, like tubes, wakeboards, kneeboards, pretty much anything boating related. In the year that i did it, i made around $12,000 in profits, which i think is pretty good for a 16 year old. What helped though was connections. I lived about 1/2mile from one of the largest marine wholesalers in the world and could get ridicoulous discounts. For example, got a $400 tube for $125, including the shiiping costs i made about $265 for 1 item. I think im gonna start it back up this year, i had to stop because it was pretty time consuming.
Mar 17 2011 8:17PM
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Dan.
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don't half the people on here have their own tall-tee or hat company?
Mar 17 2011 8:20PM
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Laurent.
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One of my German friends does this, he says that he gets too see way too much homemade porn in those old tapes.
Same with you?

Mar 17 2011 8:23PM
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Montville57
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My dad owns a landscaping business and I'm gunna take over when he's done
Mar 17 2011 8:25PM
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Rez4frederick
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I have a ton of ideas, always just lack funds though. Its a goal though
Mar 17 2011 8:26PM
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ViktorVaughn
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Had a little recording studious Chicago before I moved to CO.
Mar 17 2011 8:27PM
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E.C.
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im thinking of starting my own ladnscaping business soon
Mar 17 2011 8:27PM
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Alex_G
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owner of a concert promotion company.
Mar 17 2011 8:28PM
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DLAM
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I'm not a business man, I'm a business...mannn
Mar 17 2011 8:30PM
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Mike-O
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I translate and/or correct text into English under my own RC, I lose more money in a year than I make because of the social taxation, but it's a hell of a deal on my CV as I've noticed.
Mar 17 2011 8:32PM
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shr@gler
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trying to get one going.

Shit takes alot of research and work!

Mar 17 2011 8:33PM
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Bethune
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let me handle my business, damn.
Mar 17 2011 8:36PM
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Funkadelic
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If I ever manage to acquire enough money at some point in my life my dream would be to open a coffee shop in Burlington. It's hard work though, and risky business if you don't do a lot of research first.
Mar 17 2011 8:37PM
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babujib
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I run a commercial bass fishing and charter tuna/bass fishing down the cape with my cousin. Make about 15 G's a summer each.
Mar 17 2011 8:38PM
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SPskier543
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Arnt they going to ban commercial bass fishing soon? What kind of boat do you run?
Mar 17 2011 8:43PM
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I.B
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It was cool. But kinda gay in the gay kinda gay
Mar 17 2011 8:45PM
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Mike-O
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Do what you can, but your website is absolutely horrible! I'M SORRY!!! But this is how you learn, never eeeeeeeeeeeeeever crop text to the right; never eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever use a set font unless Helvetica or Garamond (????REALLY????) and finally, bluish transparency with manboobs is - not - good.

Live and learn, make it better or I'll shut you down.

I can and I will. I like the idea, but you have two weeks to comply.
Mar 17 2011 8:53PM
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SPskier543
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What do you need?
Mar 17 2011 8:54PM
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monkatizer
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i want to open a ski resort that has been closed for 10 yrs 10 miles from my home mountain. its only $400,000 and includes: T-bar, double chair, rope tow, 12000 sq ft lodge, 218 acres, 900ft vert.

if i ever have enough money layin around i wil buy it!
Mar 17 2011 8:56PM
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SPskier543
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sounds sick but you have to think of all the operating costs, insurance, hiring employees all while making a sufficeint profit that makes it worth while.
Mar 17 2011 9:00PM
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--ski--
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I have my own computer security business, and my own economic advisory/investment firm as well (although I do bugger all work with that now)
Mar 17 2011 9:01PM
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SPskier543
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Yeah its nice, i also have sennheiser right next to the marine place and i can get a bunch of really nice headphones and microphones with small imperfections for free, then i resell on ebay
Mar 17 2011 9:07PM
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Triple_Strum
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I own my own small remodeling business. Working for yourself is both extremely difficult and rewarding. So what is it that we are discussing here?
Mar 17 2011 9:19PM
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geteducated
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i have a middle management commercial real estate recruiting business on the side. was hired yesterday to find a retail leasing manager for a commercial retail real estate owner/developer (shopping centres/grocery stores/large big box). i was able to do this because my dad is an executive real estate head hunter (the big fish, high value fees) and was able to work his connections to feed me the non-executive hirings.

we're also working on a site that will allow brokers to list their leasing properties in a specific market. focusing mainly on resort and industrial properties.
Mar 17 2011 9:22PM
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Lucas.B
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I started my own firewood business at age 15 an now have 20 regular costumers.
Mar 17 2011 9:27PM
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RonSwanson
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This summer I am starting an ultimate frisbee league with a bunch of people from my high school and the kids that graduated a few years ago. Last year one kid put it together but got fed up with running it. I was planning on taking it over then expanding the amount of people and charging like $15 a person for the whole season.
Mar 17 2011 9:41PM
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babujib
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theyre discussing it, but massachusetts never would. i run a 18 foot zodiac for commercial (literally no gas, and can be towed anywhere easily, but put mad amounts of holes in it last year) and a 20 foot cape codder for charters.
Mar 17 2011 9:41PM
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monkatizer
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yea, but im thinkin if i were to buy it, i would want to live in the area anyways and could turn half the lodge into a house and thats not a bad price for the acreage, equiptment, and lodge. i would just use it for personal use and for friends and people i kno, i would only run the t bar until i get some real money to fix/ run the chair
Mar 17 2011 9:42PM
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ItsAlwaysSunny
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online businesses are usually the only ones that can survive nowadays. it does depend on what your looking into doing though.
Mar 17 2011 9:45PM
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.jersey
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Thats so sick. Id buy it just to have my own personal mountain for me and my friends to ride on.
Mar 17 2011 9:45PM
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SPskier543
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I would definitly just make it a private one at that price. What state/area is it in? You could have untouched pow for weeks. Does it come with a snowcat?
Mar 17 2011 9:47PM
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monkatizer
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prolly not a snowcat, its in bristol ny and it has a snowmaking system and huge pond, i can get a cat for cheap at skiresortboneyard.com. locals build kickers there all the time and hike the pow
Mar 17 2011 9:49PM
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CassiusClay
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Do you live in northern cananda by chance? Jesus christ, I didn't realize firewood businesses exist-not to knock it at all. My take on small business- its tough man, and unless you truly love what you do, don't do it. A buddy of mine's dad owned a home and garden type shop and a paint shop growing up. I haven't seen his dad in a long time but know that he used to wake up at 6 to get to work, and usually didn't get home until 12 or later. As well, he took off about 3-4 days a year, and that was it. Unless entrepreneurship is your absolute calling, I don't really recommend it. The business you own is your baby- you won't trust anyone with it (for good reason) and will spend a lot more time on it than you've ever expected (if you want to succeed). Unless you've got a killer idea (and it better be good- highly differentiable from your competition) you're going to work way more hours than you'd like. Also know that small businesses have a huge failure rate, somewhere around 70%. If you succeed, you likely won't have a real life.
Mar 17 2011 9:57PM
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Slinger1x1
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http://bedphones.com/
my brothers business in the process of starting up. the product is starting to be produced now
Mar 17 2011 10:17PM
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SPskier543
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Inwould definitly go for it, get a loan and just make the whole lodge your house and make the hill just a low key community hill that doesnt require much money to maintain. You may not even need insurance if it's really small, just set up a waiver system. There's a place like that up in Vermont but I think it's a little bigger, they are askiing 1 mil for it and it has 3 or 4 regular lifts i think and a really big lodge, it's called maple valley.
Mar 17 2011 10:25PM
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CassiusClay
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3-4 regular lifts = great than 1 milli. Not to disappoint but lifts are fucking expense, and you'be got to pay patrols.
Mar 17 2011 11:50PM
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monkatizer
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ummm...not if its been closed for a bit. another area near me went bankrupt and was for sale for 3 mil with 5 lifts lodges and the works for 3 mil and it was never closed
Mar 18 2011 5:23PM
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Brenone
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Mar 18 2011 5:40PM
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monkatizer
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welll....so i went there the other day, and lets put it this way: the place is falling apart. the deck is caving in, bad rood on lodge, double chair is absouluely gone, other then the bullwheels, the grass if long. no ropetow, the t bar is still usable because the owner runs it for persolal use once in a while. but the owner says they will give a 50000$ credit for reapirs to or to remove the lodge.

but now that i think, if i ever got the money it would be way to late to save the place, or at least the lodge. but mabey if the owner keeps the t bar runnin every once in a while. and got rid of the lodge i could buy it for half the price and build a house, some day. im 14 so thats not happenin anytime soon!
Mar 20 2011 12:40PM
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blong131
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working on it. youll hear alot more soon. but its me and snowcase as partners in it, and we met thanks to newschoolers! The only reason it is going to work so well is because we are sooooo passionate about what we're doing and genuinely love every minute of doing it...and by minutes, i mean fulltime+. but its internet based, so it just means we sit on internet forums and some of our favorite glasswares/medical marijuana sites while building the business behind closed doors! TheGlassKiln.com (and Test Tubes soon) for updates.
Mar 20 2011 12:48PM
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HenniferLopez
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I have an etsy ( http://www.etsy.com/shop/foureyesdesign ) that I would consider a small business. I made a decent amount of money for the small amount of time I put into it.
Mar 20 2011 1:06PM
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