Recent content by JasonH8812

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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    I started looking into different funding options earlier and seeing what options there are. The only thing I fear is if my personal credit effects this decision. I mean I've been an upstanding citizen paying everything the last 5 years. But before that not as much and in turn it didnt do my...
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    Ill take your comments and look into a product and USP - all very valid and better to have it planned now - just good to know there's people that can help here. Ill do all you have said for now and come back armed with a plan. Then see how things progress and what the next steps are.
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    It's all really good advice, and I do appreciate it, I only suggested calling since you have experience and its always good to learn hah, but thanks for rejecting me, hurt my feelings ya know! Hahaha Ill look into things more and come back, ill need to find the quality control people, I...
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    I got a few quotes from alibaba that seem to suggest those figures, some were incomprehensible since they didnt understand me very well. I would find a niche to lock onto I heard an idea somewhere about matching cup and dog bowls :-D Perhaps a chat privately on phone at some point would be...
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    I agree with you, the commission only I could be sneaky on and source a UK based product of value -- say a top of the line carpet cleaning machine -- say its £1000 and have sales people on commission selling for £3000 on a 30% commission base --- then only buy the product after the order forms...
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    What would make it different from others most likely would not be the product but the marketing --- I don't imagine I would be able to whole-sale to shops etc with such low capital - so it would be a customer product that I will have to market --- If I'm importing hopefully I will have a...
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    I would be able to survive 3-6 months, I've already started doing little bits on the side like delivery driving, buy-repair-sell white goods and the likes to make sure I can live and any income from the business witll 95-100% be recycled back into the business. eBay would take approx 15%...
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    New Entrepreneur Help Required

    Hi, my names Jason I'm 26 years old, I'm a new entrepreneur looking for some advice from experienced business owners. My job is going to end within 3 weeks as I was a white goods service engineer due to company liquidation. I've always looked at different business ideas and now is the time...
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    Ways to promote my snack van

    My suggestion to this anyway if the OP comes back is simple :- target audience during day would be either :- heavy traffic area for continuous customer base. Or It sounds like your targeting drivers such as cabs and lorries.. You need to do somthing to encourage then to come away from their...
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    Ways to promote my snack van

    Crazyshady I have read through some of your posts and titles and see your a bit of an entrepreneur, I am very like minded and have some of my own ideas, I am now about to really hammer some out until they work, send me a pm and perhaps we can chat on the phone, I respect the fact that your...