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Rebelpreneur

Its tougher lately, but at the end of the day if I put in the time and effort, the business is out there.  Great time to be creative and cavalier. 


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Rogue CFO
Virtual CFO helping launch startups.
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I recently read that consumer spending accounts for 70% of the economy! That`s a frightening statistic (Bloomberg.com). That means that if regular people are nervous about spending money, everything goes down the drain.

I think byrneof01 is right that it`s like a forest fire, where we`re burning off a lot of dead wood. One option is to sell what people need, rather than what they want. Another is to be a vendor to other businesses, where those businesses focus on necessary rather than luxury items.


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Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don`t." - Unknown

International Society of Curmudgeons

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Ed
Business Optimization - www.businessoptimization.biz

Ed, that`s a terrific argument---the one about the pet rock, and moving pods! Really excellent point!

What we`ve done, here in modern history, is to remove meaning from words. In the process, we`ve almost completely confused cause and effect.

For example, a "Christmas in July" sale. The observation is that many people spend money during Christmas. Therefore, the word "Christmas" causes people to spend money. If we use the word in July, then it will cause people to spend money in July.

Likewise, modern-day business gurus talk about how a problem is really a challenge or an opportunity. They talk about how "opportunity" is lying around, as if the word is a noun.

"Opportunity" is an adjective.

An opportunity is a description of an empty hole. That hole is what a lot of people want to have but can`t find. It`s a Zen-like concept, describing what isn`t there.


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Craig Landes
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Defining the undefinable. "There are 10 kinds of people in the world---those who understand binary numbers and those who don`t." - Unknown

International Society of Curmudgeons

This is a time that when people can get rich. You just have to work a little harder and be smart about what market you enter/what business you start. I just designed a website for a business that takes abandoned homes that have been foreclosed on, where the owner was forced out by the bank, and gets them ready to sell. They dispose of the trash and belongings left behind, fixing what needs fixed. There was a need for this type of business, he took advantage and now he is making a lot of money.

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Scott Thornton . Web. Print. Identity : BlenderhouseCreative.com

I`ve actually started my business in the middle of this whole thing.  We`re not exactly exploding, but there are a few benefits in this kind of climate.  For example, the costs of entry are lower now than they normally would be.  I`m getting some great deals on the essential things I need to make my dating service go like crm software and reduced rates on venues to hold mixers.

The most important benefit, however, is that I`m forced to think cheap, meaning that every dollar spent is only spent on the absolutely essential.  Cutting out the fat is not only good for my figure but my business as well =)


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Jennifer Kim
Founder and CEO
Sweet and Single LLC
"The Premiere Dating Service for Asian American Professionals"

Jennifer,

Good luck on your business! I think your profile said you live in Pasadena. I live in Pasadena too. Small world, huh?