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    How many hours a day/week do you get to work on your business?

    With balancing a full time job, family commitments, relaxation time (i.e. sleep lol, cuz that's the only time I get to relax really) and whatnot, how many hours a day do you get to spend on your business? What does this work consist of? e.g. writing programming code? talking to potential...
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    Have you/Are you starting a business in a competitive market?

    I hear a mixture of how it's important to cater to a possibly neglected niche of the market or possibly a new market while at the same time I'm told that it's good to have competition because this means that there is a market for your product or service. That is: "both are good", they say. But...
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    Dilemma or dilemna?

    Ian J, you have a "choice", you can either: - use the Americanism "bike" (and biker), or "teenager" - use the Latin "bicycle" or "adolescent" - use the plain English "twowheel" or "youth" (which is what they use in German, German is English without the French and Dutch invasions and simplification)
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    Dilemma or dilemna?

    I see this kind of ignorance all the time. In fact, American forms have conserved several English language features that British English lost, e.g. UK: to get - GET (present), GOT (past participle), GOT (past tense) US: to get - GET (present), GOTTEN (past participle), GOT (past tense) Most...
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    The crossroads: how much have you invested in your startup?

    The point where it goes from hobbie/project to real business. How much time and money have you invested in your startup so far? Is anyone a bit precautious, weary, scared of spending money on it because it is where the rubber meets the road? Is it okay for you to be worried that you may not be...
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    Research: How helpful to you were established companies?

    ethical PR, thanks.
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    Research: How helpful to you were established companies?

    Ha, good idea. What I'll need to do is go to one of these banks with a clipboard and stand outside and ask. Thanks!
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    Research: How helpful to you were established companies?

    I am in the planning/research/DSDM Feasibility Assessment stage of my idea. I need to ask small banks (not the main 8 banks) for some information about why their customers bank with them as opposed to with the main banks. If you had to carry out research using established companies, how...
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    Can you help me ?

    So if you get 10 ideas in this thread, which will you make? Does this count as your market research? Is UKBF your target audience?
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    A startup that may specialized info from another company

    may need*** (mods please edit subject header) Has anyone here started a company or is anyone here thinking of starting a company that requires specialized information or a specialized service from an established company? For instance, and the following are just examples off the top of my head...
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    Did anyone Advice me what i do to increase my business?

    Define "real". What real world news is happening now that I may not be aware of?
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    Did anyone Advice me what i do to increase my business?

    How much news can you get ahold of that CNN, Sky, Daily Mail, LBC, BBC, FOX, ABC, local newspapers, etc, can't? And if you can get ahold of news that no one else covers, is it that important?? You can't be like "Local factory blows up. Millions killed. Exclusive to this news website!!". Even if...
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    Your idea isn't unique. Is a USP enough?

    Beasty, thanks. I really appreciate the motivation and knowledge that I'm discovering on this forum.
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    Your idea isn't unique. Is a USP enough?

    Good sarcasm and good point lol. You guys really are showing me up to be a negative Nancy.
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    Your idea isn't unique. Is a USP enough?

    Thanks guys. That was motivating. Although there has to be something said for being first to market while being a big player too, right? i.e. setting up a an operating system (to compete with MS Windows) or social network (to compete with Facebook) would be difficult. Hmm, but then again, I...
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