If you had to start your own business what would it be?

[calveless wonder]

Ah, the same logical fallacy as the anti-college people who constantly reference Bill Gates. I expected something moar coherent from you.

I listed conditionals which you conveniently omitted, but perhaps I should have added the (seemingly obvious) "successful" and "sustainable" qualifiers.

Yes, anyone can start a business, whether with $10 or $10M. Unfortunetly, things are moar complicated than your boilerplate 1) start business 2) ??? 3) profit! argument.

BTW, all of the F500 companies have received billions in VC and investment capital from private and public offerings, so I'm not sure what you're trying to argue there.

after they had already established a successful business model and started to experience significant growth.

they weren't VC startups.

again

real world > press releases/MBA forums

 

[samoth]

Samoth is suddenly mr know it all when it comes to business, yet he's completely devoid of the creative element when it comes to entrepreneurial skills. I laugh everytime he uses his little acronyms that most business people (who don't hang out in MBA forums or whatever) in the real world would have no idea what they mean, and assume the rest of us do. That doesn't mean you know about business, it just means you're a pompous presumptive jackass that clearly doesn't know his audience (another crucial element of business).

linear minded people should stick to their what they're good at...math/statistics and science.

I never claimed to be an entrepreneur or businessperson.

Any acronym I use is common to the context in which I'm using it and first-search googlable or wikipediable. It is the internet age, man. Get with the times.

I would say you're strangly mad ITT, but reading back, I see that you just read something totally general and took it personally.

Instead of the ad homs, perhaps try formulating a counter-argument? This thread isn't about CW, man.

 

[samoth]

after they had already established a successful business model and started to experience significant growth.

they weren't VC startups.

again

real world > press releases/MBA forums

Ah, so the thread is only about *starting* a business. Sure, I conceed to that. Anyone can start a business. Seems like that hypo would yield a pointless thread, though.

So we're just talking about the 'starting a business dream' part of it, and assuming that it will be successful, go public and make millions? Hmm... okay. I hate to rain on everyone's parade, so carry on.

 

[calveless wonder]

I never claimed to be an entrepreneur or businessperson.

Any acronym I use is common to the context in which I'm using it and first-search googlable or wikipediable. It is the internet age, man. Get with the times.

I would say you're strangly mad ITT, but reading back, I see that you just read something totally general and took it personally.

Instead of the ad homs, perhaps try formulating a counter-argument? This thread isn't about CW, man.

The smug nature of your comments in relation to business and way of phrasing things as absolute indicate otherwise.

and there you go changing to the lawyer again. it's the internet...we're in C&C, on a steroid forum. This isn't a court room. No one needs to formally construct an argument to get their point across. There's validity in what i say, regardless of what else i throw in there.

 

[samoth]

The smug nature of your comments in relation to business and way of phrasing things as
absolute indicate otherwise.

Okay, since you brought up stats... perhaps you can link me to a journal that takes a random selection of n individuals who started a business and what their success rate and returns were after a given period of time.

and there you go changing to the lawyer again. it's the internet...we're in C&C, on a steroid forum. This isn't a court room. No one needs to formally construct an argument to get their point across.

No, it's a disussion board. Discussion usually involves something more substantive than "fuck u" and "lol ur geigh". Perhaps that's what you meant by "knowing your audience"?

There's validity in what i say, regardless of what else i throw in there.

And if everyone uses that line of reasoning... that must means we're all right about whatever we type on this chatblog and thus self-validated!

(I never dismissed your validity; I merely wished to pursue a discussion pertaining to the thread. Jeez, sorry you got so butthurt.)

 

[Rachel...lol]

pimpoutapoolboy.com 'nuff said

 

[samoth]

Dammit, someone stole my idea!

Penguins for Sale - Buy a Penguin!

 

[mrplunkey]

I just remembered an idea I had a few years ago...

www.springerscam.com

Here's what you do. It's an online site that you'd pay $100-$200 to that would anonymously prepare a fake invitation to the Jerry Springer show. It would have a personalized invitation and a release form mailed to the would-be guest to sign and turn-in. The form would explain that once it is signed and returned, you would be given a plane ticket and hotel accommodations in Connecticut (where they tape the show). It would also leave just enough hints to make sure whoever gets it goes absolutely nuts. Of course you don't send them a ticket, nor is the invitation even real. But there would be a fake "producer" who would follow-up on the phone to make sure the named people really think the show is going down.

So picture this: You get an invitation to the Jerry Springer show. It's the "My Girlfriend Has a Secret" episode. Are you not going to completely ream whoever you are dating? Would that not make their lives complete hell?

 

[PICK3]

I don't have any entrepreneurial aspirations or a business plan.

I'm destined to always sell my hole ... I mean my soul to the man

 

[mrplunkey]

I don't have any entrepreneurial aspirations or a business plan.

I'm destined to always sell my hole ... I mean my soul to the man

MO Alert!!! MO Alert!!! MO Alert!!!