The Challenge

MisterGemini said:

• Executive Summary of Business
• The Market
• Market Competition
• Market Approach
• Financial Projections

Take everything you learn and organize it into this. Then all you have to do is follow the plan and execute it. You don't need to go into great detail in the plan, it is just an outline so you have a very clear vision of what you are doing and where you are going.

Get ready to kick some ass! :boxing:

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Lol. Ass kicking will be so fun! Just to clarify, are you talking about organizing my ideas into a business plan-type document? I've had experience with writing those, so this might be even more perfect than I originally thought.

mofaux said:

Maybe look for some sub par clients and give them a great deal. Testimonials are great for business. There's a questionnaire floating around the "offline" section of making money you could have them fill out. It contains stuff like services you provided, what the business web presence was like before, after, all kinds of stuff. The first few clients I had recommended me to all of their friends, and still do.

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I'll search around for the survey/questionnaire thing! It might also be a good tool to use with some editing to show potential clients what they're missing out on.

Thanks for the continued support guys!

Ant150c1aL said:

Lol. Ass kicking will be so fun! Just to clarify, are you talking about organizing my ideas into a business plan-type document? I've had experience with writing those, so this might be even more perfect than I originally thought.



I'll search around for the survey/questionnaire thing! It might also be a good tool to use with some editing to show potential clients what they're missing out on.

Thanks for the continued support guys!

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Yes, make a business plan. Without a plan to succeed you have an automatic plan to fail. Part of what leads many (especially here) to fail is that they don't have a clear plan, they get side tracked, or they waste to much time reinventing themselves over and over and go nowhere. Without a vision so clear you can see it totally real in your minds eye, you won't get very far. So create a clear vision, then all you have to do is follow it. The business plan answers all the fundamentals, gives you your due diligence, and creates a vision and plan to go full force towards. Which is what you need to do right now.

You have a long road ahead of you, IM Is sink or swim, and the average drown.

But, if you're young,talented and have a strong work ethic, you're almost guaranteed success. You'll have shitty days/weeks/maybe months and you'll fail, maybe alot. But stick through it and good things will happen.

phatzilla said:

You have a long road ahead of you, IM Is sink or swim, and the average drown.

But, if you're young,talented and have a strong work ethic, you're almost guaranteed success. You'll have shitty days/weeks/maybe months and you'll fail, maybe alot. But stick through it and good things will happen.

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Thanks for the honesty, phat, as brutal as it may be.

Update 7:42AM June 16, 2010.

Selected a business idea thanks to MisterGemini.
Began business plan since I want to have direction at all times in this venture.
Discussed the legal formation of a business, and except for needing a physical address, an LLC is looking promising.
Company name research, logos, underway.
Spent the past week self-educating the hell out myself on SEO, Web-building, sales, marketing, and contracts.
Began compiling key information, ideas, and breakthroughs into a format that I will later convert to an Ebook for you lovely guys and girls.

If you would rather me not bump this thread constantly, please, say so. I just think ACTUALLY seeing someone go through with an idea from start to finish would be fun and inspiring for those on the fence. Plus, I've gotten a lot of help on here and it might be beneficial to those people to see this grow and prosper.

peace&love&bhw
~antisocial

Keep it coming.

Wondering how the plan has been coming along (business plan, finding clients, etc.). With this being the summer holiday season, it's a perfect time to get in gear on setting things up after mapping out a good plan of action.

Man this is why I love BHW
everybody is trying to help.
everybody is trying to earn.
Full of resources, you have a head start.

Good luck