Hi Clinton,
Without taking an arrogant approach (like you did in your previous message), here are some remarks that should ease your pain. I don't post messages like these often but an over-smart approach of yours is something that I didn't like.
Everyone has a different approach to a problem and I have mine and you have yours. A lot of this depends on the kind of exposure and experiences. You maybe coming from a broker background, but I have been in business advisory (investment banking and international strategy) for years. I like to understand things in a bit more detail before jumping on to give an advise. That's my approach and I am fully comfortable with it. You need to get comfortable and appreciate others' diverse approach else this forum will be full of 1000s of Clintons doing and thinking alike.
I do have my other sources of income and ways to take on my conversations. This forum is not my bread-earner and never even earner a single penny from here. I prefer to keep my conversations a little private and that's my choice. You don't need to jump-in and advise me around this. Also, I carry this habit from various other highly established and moderated business forums that I have been part of in the past. There a trolling message like your's or even a 'Send me a PM' message like mine can also attract a ban. Even the premium business accounts (not mine) were banned for posting something like a 'LOL' too and >70% of conversations used to happen in PM. It just depends on the kind of moderation level. So I think you need a little bit of exposure to the wider world and understand regulations better before commenting on others' ways of working. Also, I am sure you must be selling your services actively here which is quite evident from your marketing signature. Why are you making a public sales pitch then, if you are so concerned about people selling their services through PM?
So please clean up your house first before commenting on others. Trust me my friend, if I have to sell my services on this forum, you won't be able to stop me. But it was not an intent here and I equally love to assist startups and SMEs with their challenges.
What do you want to prove by throwing open challenges? This only shows your over-confidence and unprovoked arrogance. I don't need to prove anything here. Let me quickly introduce myself now. I am the same guy who bumped into your business brokerage website few days back which was not very clear on the size of the deals. And I had reached out to you regarding a USD 600 million deal which was beyond your scope and as you mentioned you don't get deals of that size. Maybe you could check your recent emails for an evidence and understand my advisory background a little better. This is where I learnt that you offer a UK business brokerage service but I have a cross-border M&A, fundraising and deals advisory service - perhaps a big reason of how we approach a question very differently. Remember my friend, don't be so proud of what you are. There is always a better one than you, out there in the open market (which is true for me and any other individual).
I don't see how you added value here. Since Jamie plans to do an international business, has travelled internationally and IT literate since he is already here on this forum - he could simply find this info & threshold value on Google / UK government website.
You have definitely given Jamie, good grains to start with and how to approach. But I have an international network of business owners and quite strong one in India. This was also the reason I wanted to have a PM conversation to see if anyone in my network could have been of his help.
I would suggest you please have a wider approach and thought process before generalizing and making any personal remarks. Get a little more familiar with regulated and unregulated ways of working and develop international and cross-industry exposure. Also, you need to understand that brokerage approach is very different from advising and acting like a business partner on every step. My responses are not meant to upset you, but to give a fair share to other voices on this platform and also to tone down your voice in messages.
Last but not the least. Sorry Jamie (
@beautyandthebeast), my intention is not to hijack this thread and I will not post any unrelated responses hereafter.[nice articles]
