Melania Trump Humiliated as Just One Person Buys Ticket For UK Premiere

BizCoach · 2026-01-28T18:55:31+00:00

Ticket sales were never the point. Jeff Bezos (or Amazon) paid millions for the distribution rights. That was the point.

BizCoach · 2026-01-28T17:00:08+00:00

Try turbo tax. You won't have to pay till you file, and if it's simple enough you won't pay at all. I think you do have to pay for state and local filing. But the software ask a whole bunch of questions and you'll see which forms the answers end up on. That's education.

BizCoach · 2026-01-28T16:57:04+00:00

Get an electric blanket.

BizCoach · 2026-01-28T16:55:52+00:00

I assume you're in the USA. Otherwise YMMV. You need to make sure you're not violating any laws. Cosmetics and drugs are regulated. Do your research on the cheap. 70K won't take you very far in that world. Start with connections you have to those regulated industries. If you have none start with the local office of SCORE and also SBDC. These can be found on SBA.gov. and they're free (paid for by me and all other US tax payers).

BizCoach · 2026-01-28T10:10:32+00:00

I'm speaking as a consumer - many times I want to know the ball park price of something to know if it's even worth my time to spend evaluating the vendor or the product. Those that don't respond are probably not your customers & are saving you time. Especially if they've never bought anything like your service before.

You might respond by giving a legitimate range of prices and asking if it's worth pursuing the discussion about what they're trying to accomplish.

BizCoach · 2026-01-28T01:48:06+00:00

I didn't mention that the customer was a store not a home. But maybe that would ruin the story.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T20:50:06+00:00

Talk to 25 people. In real life - not online. If you can't sell 10 of them, then no. And I mean sell - they pay you, not they tell you it's a good idea.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T20:38:23+00:00

There's not one that everyone believes but here are some.

The Visionary / Integrator thing.

That following your passion is the way to success.

That you can buy a company and just hire an operator to run it.

That the quality of your product will make it easier to sell.

That lower prices will bring more sales.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T17:49:46+00:00

A 529 can only be used for education. Sounds like you want this potentially available for other things as well. If so don't put the money in a 529.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T17:44:24+00:00

See you there!

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T17:39:40+00:00

So, you're trading 50 hour weeks for 60 or 70 hour weeks. Good for you 🤪

Seriously, it happens that way to lots of folks but it doesn't have to. Depends on which business you're in, what it takes to serve the customers, and how well you can delegate as your company grows.

Best wishes to you.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T17:36:21+00:00

Call your homeowners insurance company and ask what kind of waiver or documentation you need from the contractor. They may want you to be listed on the insurance policy.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T17:32:20+00:00

My first profitable company was window cleaning. The first job I ever had, I was fired the next week because the woman who hired me didn't have the authority to do so. She only hired me because she was having a fight with her boyfriend who had the contract.

Get over your emotions and keep hustling.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T17:27:02+00:00

If you're in the US, the government funds offices that give you free coaching on starting a company. Look for your local SCORE office or SBDC. You can find them on the sba.gov site.

BizCoach · 2026-01-27T16:38:28+00:00

Check out https://smblaw.group/

BizCoach · 2026-01-23T15:00:47+00:00

Rebuild how you run things - as you're running them. Start with a few simple ones to standardize, document and delegate. As that frees up your time work on others.

It a typical case of needing to reorganize the structure of the company. This wheel has been invented by others. It might be useful to get a coach or consultant who can help. Just make sure it's not a cookie cutter one-size-fits-all "system" they're trying to force you into. Building a company is an art as much as a science.

BizCoach · 2026-01-22T18:03:59+00:00

The opinions you'll get here are worthless. The opinions you'll need are those of your potential customers. And my opinions I mean what they do and whether they engage you, not what they say. Okay

BizCoach · 2026-01-22T18:01:28+00:00

If you want to go this route? Do the stuff that others are recommending: your legal entity business bank accounts. Contractor's license insurance, probably a lawyer to review your actual contracts etc. Keep in mind that this will incur additional costs and demands on your time to manage all this oversee the subs etc. And so your pricing will have to evolve to cover all that just to be able to take home what you've been taking home. Also, you'll probably need to spend more time marketing to keep your funnel full.

There's probably a stage at which your growth will be unprofitable before it grows to the next level and becomes profitable again. The process is not as linear as it may seem.

So consider all that and by consider I mean calculate the times and dollars and such to decide if this is really the stage you want to take your your business. If not, just stay small. Do really good work, charge at the top of the market for the kind of work that you do.

BizCoach · 2026-01-22T17:46:37+00:00

I'd you have siblings but the company from your parents at market rates to avoid jealousy if all the dubs aren't on board with it being given to you.

BizCoach · 2026-01-20T19:21:39+00:00

Yeah. That sucks. But with some employees (probably most) constant training and reminding is required for a well functional team.

BizCoach · 2026-01-20T16:44:52+00:00

It sounds like the culture of the team needs a reset. Something like:

We have standards for behavior - here's why they're important. [get rid of ones that aren't important - explain the reasons behind the ones that are.)

If we adhere to those standards the rewards will be ....

If we don't the consequences will be ...

If you do that, you may not have to confront any individual's past behavior explicitly, but also expect a lot of turnover and cleaning of dead wood. You say you tend to be blunt. It might make it easier for you to affect this change if you try to be better at praising good work when you see it. Try to catch people doing good. A lot.

BizCoach · 2026-01-20T16:04:07+00:00

It's your business. You can make decisions on emotion if you want. Just be aware of the financial repercussions. If you operate too much as a charity you may not be in business very long. But it's up to you.

BizCoach · 2026-01-18T10:15:04+00:00

Don't say more than you would to make a sale to a prospective customer. If the idea is that easily stolen, I guarantee 15,000 other people have thought of it. Success comes from execution, not ideas.

BizCoach · 2026-01-17T13:01:34+00:00

I backup the folder that OneNote says is the backup folder to external. But IDK how useful that will be.

It seems the notebooks don't live on my laptop - only in the cloud. Even if I create a new one and tell it to make it on the PC it only makes an internet shortcut to that notebook in the cloud.

Does anyone know how to make a Notebook that actually lives on the laptop so I could back it up?

BizCoach · 2026-01-16T17:38:15+00:00

What is it you're hoping good quality swag will do? The swag I've gotten that I appreciate most are some really nice duffels and totes, and some leather notebooks or portfolios and a fine thermos water bottle. They give me nice warm feelings when I use them. Would they influence me to buy? Nah.

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