I started selling Free Software & Hosting and got my first 3 clients and I could use some advice

I have been exploring business opportunities where I can sell something where a client makes recurring payments, however small that may be but I didn't want to invest too much time and money into it. After working as a developer for many clients in the past, I have a lot of contacts who trust and value my work.I had previously thought about selling webhosting services several years ago but my IT friends talked me out of it saying it's a very competitive business and there's really no scope for a newcomer. I sort of agreed with this assessment and never ventured into this.One thing led to another and recently I talked to an old client who didn't know how to install an SSL certificate. I told him hey, how about I just take care of your SSL renewals for a yearly fee and I convinced him to pay $135 a year for me to manage free LetsEncrypt certificates. I've already set up to auto-renew by itself so I don't need to do anything else from here on and I'll keep getting a fee yearly forever.It's not much but it got me motivated enough to pursue more opportunities like this. Since then I sold a web application (sorry, I don't want to give away the name of the application) that I found on GitHub, to a different client. I told them it's licensed under the GPL and that I'm not the original developer. I will only host and maintain it but won't do any custom development. I've convinced them to buy support as extra from the original developer and I'll charge an additional "coordination fee" to talk to the developer and apply the fixes they recommend. The developer is aware that I'm making money off their application and they seem cool with it. I'm billing the client $150 per month just to host it. They immediately agreed after I quoted the price and I realized I undercharged, but it's okay. I know what to do next time. I should be able to host more clients on this same server.Since then I also sold WordPress hosting for a client at $65 per month for a very low traffic website.The servers I'm using are basically used laptops I either bought for dirt cheap or were thrown away by the owners, and are now running out of my DIY rack. If I face any issues, I can move them to Google Cloud immediately. Everything is in Docker containers with storage volumes mounted. Otherwise I'll wait until I have more clients, but for now, there are no monthly costs except my internet bill.I have not provided a dashboard or any self-serve platform for these clients. Everything is currently being done manually and I plan to host more low traffic sites on the same server to increase margins. I have a backup script that runs regularly and uploads encrypted backups to S3 and there is also a script that checks the website's uptime and it sends me a notification incase something goes wrong and I can perform any maintenance tasks as necessary. As long as the client's websites are up and running, they're happy.I have a registered company through which I send professional invoices to these clients. I create the invoices in LibreOffice Calc. The company has basically no monthly expenses.Besides my word of mouth clients, I'm not sure how far I can push this. I doubt running ads will be of any use because it's not every day where a client will spend so much on hosting. Sometimes even I feel like I'm overcharging but seeing how these clients don't seem to be bothered at all by the price, I think it's okay to seek more clients like this. They are happy that they have somebody to call and get an answer immediately if there are any issues, and they see value in that.TLDR;*** Sold a free SSL certificate at $135 per year*** Sold a free web application + hosting at $150 per month*** Sold WordPress hosting at $65 per month*** Everything is hosted out of a DIY rack with a load balancing router and power backup at my house. Will move to cloud when there are more clients.*** Looking for advice to make this a sustainable business see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Seeking feedback from this community on an idea 💡

Hello Friends,Looking for your honest feedback on my business idea. Stemming from my own personal experience, I strive to build a local marketplace that facilitates local commerce and connects local home-based businesses to shoppers.Today, most home-based sellers juggle between multiple platforms to manage their day-to-day business operation from acquiring customers and getting orders to processing payment. The existing experience via platforms such as Etsy, Facebook Marketplace, etc. is suboptimal and not optimized for smaller scale professional sellers who predominantly sell locally.This impacts the end customer experience as well. As a customer, if you were looking to buy a birthday cake from a home-based Cake Artist in your community, you must rely on Google or Instagram search engines to find them, if you are lucky to find the right one, the order inquiry could be cumbersome and happens either via messaging apps or their website, if they have one. When it comes to order placement, you have a variety of options such as direct call/messaging or seller’s website.Lastly, the fun part -- Payment! You are required to use their preferred payment methods-- either embedded ones, cash, or payment apps. So, by the time you check out, you may have used at least 3 different platforms (this comes from my own experience).So, the idea is to streamline commerce for home-based businesses for both sellers and customers who wish to transact locally and within their community. I am looking for your honest feedback on the idea and whether or not you would be using and paying a minimal fee for this service.Thanks for your supportSurvey see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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How Do I Go About Pricing My Service

Hello all,​My friend and I started a company where we help automate business processes.The company we are meeting with is worth about 2-3 Billion and if things go well, this could change our lives. However an issue that I am currently running into is how to price our solution. My cousin works there and she says that there is currently a process where they have hired 1000 employees to work on. The employees just fill out applications and that's all. If we were to automate that solution, then we would save them close to $30m per year. How would we price this though?​I was thinking 40% of their yearly savings is something we could ask for. They have many departments and so we want to work to automate as many tasks as we can but how should we go about pricing this? I don't want to price too low and sell ourselves short but I don't want to not work with them by asking too high.​thanks see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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I'm feeling conflicted about an offer I received from my startup. Is it a fair offer?

So I’ve been working at a startup for the past year as a recent graduate. The startup is an Ecommerce business, we’ve made about $70,000 revenue in year one, and the founder aims to hit $1m+ of annual revenue in the next 3 - 4 years. I work directly with the founder and I’ve been getting paid about $1500 per month, which is just above minimum wage and is fairly low compared to what I could earn in other companies.After working in the startup for a year, I’ve been offered a number of higher pay jobs in other companies - although admittedly I’m not interested in the offers I’ve received - but the startup is offering me a pay raise to roughly $2000 and increasing my equity to 10%. This might seem like a decent offer, but I’m very conflicted.First of all, I’ve received a few offers from large firms paying the equivalent of $2300 and above, and these large firms also offer more benefits & training that I won’t get working for my startup. I also get to work with a wide range of people, which is an added bonus.Secondly, whilst I’m not greedy for money - I do have some bank loans I need to pay off. If I didn’t have any loans then I’d happily stay at the startup - but bills need to be paid and I’ve got about 9 months to reduce a big chunk of my debt otherwise I’ll be screwed over by interest payments.However, the founder has very vaguely promised me that if I could stay in the business and commit for 3-4 years, then once we hit the goal of $1m+ annual revenue, I could take over the helm of the business whilst he focuses on his next startup. Whilst I wish I could earn a higher salary, I appreciate being the first employee in the startup and I feel that receiving 10% equity in compensation for a lower salary isn’t a bad offer.But is it a fair offer? Is there anything that I’m missing? Am I just being naive?Disclaimer: I don’t work in the US, so I’ve had to convert prices from my local currency into USD. Don’t get too fixated on the salaried amount, it’s not that important. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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“But I don’t have enough money to start…” When lacking resources, be resourceful! Example inside.

Search through this subreddit for more than five minutes and you will notice a major theme emerge…“I don’t have enough money to start my business!”Have you seen one of the million post about money problems yet? I have and here is the truth that all of these posters miss:YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES YOU NEED RIGHT WHEN YOU NEED THEM.Did I type that loud enough?Look, you can complain about having negative funds all day or you can reframe the problem and ask better questions.You don’t have a money problem, you have a CREATIVITY problem. Instead of worrying about money (for now at least), ask yourself the following question:“What resources do I need to start up my venture and who has those resources?”Meet Jim. Jim is an entrepreneur who dreamed of having a food truck that served tasty vegetarian food with a tropical twist. The idea was unique, the area had a ton of young vegetarians, and no other food truck or restaurant in the area catered to them. Jim just had one problem….No money. Zip. None. Notta.What Jim did have was a burning desire to succeed. Armed with his trusty yellow legal pad and BIC pen he sat down at his parents kitchen table and started brain storming. A couple hours into the thinking session Jim looked down at his paper and came to a realization….He had absolutely no idea how to start.Several days later on a Sunday morning Jim was driving his normal route to the store when something caught his eye. On the right side of the road, out front of a big church was a food truck serving the hungry crowd leaving the religious services. Upon further observation it become clear to JIm that the food truck likely belonged to the church itself.Our brains are pretty amazing things. When we have a problem our brain will go to work in the background and constantly try to come up with a solution. Thanks to something called the Reticular Activating System, Jim’s brain keyed on to the solution to his problem.Jim got in touch with the church and found out that they only used the food truck on Wednesdays and Sundays directly after church services and the rest of the time it sat vacant.He negotiated a “win-win” deal for both him and the church. The church would let him use the food truck on the other five days a week to serve his vegetarian customers and in exchange Jim would donate 15% of his profits back to the church and pay for some of the upkeep cost. The church also agreed to pass out coupons to all of its members and encourage them to hit up Jims food truck because supporting him would also be supporting the church.He then went onto craigslist and found some nice tables and chairs being sold by an older couple. Wanting to save every penny he could to purchase food, he offered to mow their yard in exchange for the tables and chairs. Less than an hour later he now had what he needed to provide a small sitting area for his customers.Fast forward five years and Jim now owns three restaurants, his own food truck, and a catering business.As a business consultant I’m always amazed at the number of entrepreneurs who feel that money is the ONLY solution to their problems.Money is nice but its unlikely you will have enough cold hard cash to completely finance your idea. It’s even more unlikely that a magical investor will appear checkbook in hand. Start being creative and figure out WHO has the resources you need. Reach out to them and strike win-win deals.That is how the magic happens. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Wanted to share the best performing FB/IG ads I found.

Did this last week and people loved it so why not post this weeks.Here are 30+ of the best ads this week > https://ift.tt/3mGRY1d had to create a google drive to share all those images / videos. Enjoy :) see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Is this the reason why your company sucks?

There is a widely known fact that the bigger company is the slower it becomes in providing fast customer services. But this post is about small businesses like yours and mine.When I co-created my company we set a goal to be the fastest company in our field. And when I am saying fastest I don't mean to take advantage of our clients and create sh*t value. We just needed to be a bit faster than our competitors.How fast?I really hated and still do when instead of getting an answer from a real person I receive "We will respond to you within 24 hours". And then 24 hours pass with no response. I make a call, stay on hold for 5-10min. When I finally reach a human being, they have no damn clue what I am talking about.At my company, we have this rule to respond everyone within 1 hour. Or right away if possible. No matter if it is an email, live chat, or pissed of the client on a phone line - we are always all in it to help. Sometime's our clients even question us if we are AI or humans.But in general, our clients underline that they were happy with fast and good service that they receive.You might think, oh you are probably a medium-sized company with the customer service department and bla, bla, bla. No, we are just two dudes who love treating our customers as we would like to be treated ourselves.I really wish that more companies would understand how important is customer service (especially now when face-to-face contacts are limited) and would put more emphasis on genuine interest to help others.I don't know why I wrote all of this. Just wanted to share this with ya all. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Do you want to be successful? Like do you REALLY want to be successful?

Too often I hear of aspiring entrepreneurs talk about wanting to "make it", get rich, run a company, be their own boss, make their own hours...when you start with this mindset, you're already jeopardizing your success. You want to be successful because you desire the outcome of what it might bring you, but you lack to understand what it REALLY takes. If you really want success and want what comes with it (which isn't always good or fun), you'll forget the outcomes and focus on the path.If you REALLY want to be successful, you'll stop doing the following. You can't even afford to compromise on one of these. There are too many of us out there who will be successful at any cost. If you're doing any of these you don't really want it:You make excuses - You have a family to feed, your job pays you too well and you don't want to give it up, you don't have enough time. If this is you making these excuses...it's gut check time. Take a moment to realize, whatever you want to do, however much it's going to cost you, or however long it's going to take...double or triple your estimate. If you're a first-time entrepreneur...at least triple it. Seriously, there is no time to make excuses and you'll come up with every reason why you don't REALLY want to succeed.You won't sacrifice - Look at what you just read above...you won't give it up. I'm not talking about not being able to live, but I'm talking about changing your lifestyle. I'm talking about selling your cars to wipe away your debt, I'm talking about saving 6 months of your expenses to give yourself a fighting shot to figure things out, I'm talking about committing to an extra few hours of work each day and ditching Netflix or compromising on sleep (temporarily with sleep of course). Everyone who has made it knows what it was like at the beginning. It F***ING SUCKS...especially if you've had a taste of what comfort is like. The great thing is, if you actually do fail, you can always get another job.You won't validate your idea - I HATE THIS EXCUSE...forget the patent, forget the engineer who you think is going to steal your idea...you're not as smart as you think you are!!! You know who is? Someone who might buy what you're brining to the table? And no, I'm not talking about your best friend or mommy and daddy saying "oh yeah, that's really cool...I'd pay for that" No they wouldn't! Talk to real people who actually make buying decisions for what you want to do! Even if you do go for a patent, want to hide your idea until launch, etc...you're still going to bring it to market at some point when you're still at ZERO! Someone will have to hear about it, so why wait? Get feedback. Things change and your first assumptions will almost never be correct.You need an investment - Remember the first and second points I made? Stop thinking you need $100k to get started. YOU DON'T. I started a multi-million dollar SaaS company with a couple friends and we had NO IDEA what we were even doing. We each put a couple grand in to hire a crappy engineer who couldn't produce an MVP. You know what we did...we fired the engineer and we sold the dream with what we had. We partnered with a national corporation to roll out a marketplace, signed an agreement, collected some money to keep building, rebuilt our product, and iterated from there. Eventually we raised a small amount of cash, but money doesn't solve problems, people also don't solve problems...resilience, grit, and scrappiness in the early days do.One last thing. The longer you give yourself to be successful, the more likely it will happen. It sounds simple, but so many people quit too early. We ALL have what it takes and we can all achieve what we want if we're willing to work for it. The question is, are you REALLY ready to be successful or are you just dreaming of the outcome? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Negotiation Anchoring – 7 Anchoring Strategies To Close Better Deals

Anchoring Negotiation ExampleOrlando is an applicant for an IT job.He is trying to apply for an engineering position in a prestigious IT companyOrlando arrives in the office around 5 minutes early so he can prepare for the final interview. He badly wants the job but he also wants to get a higher salary compared to his previous job. During the interview, the interviewing manager asks Orlando what his salary expectations are. Orlando immediately answers that his salary expectation is around $10,000 to $15,000 per month. The manager looks at his resume again and then informs Orlando that his company’s salary budget goes from $7,000 to $9,000 and is also entirely dependent on his work experience. Given that Orlando is lacking the experience needed by the job, the manager tries to get him to agree to meet halfway because Orlando’s skillset is perfect for the job.Without any other option and seemingly regretting that he was very impulsive regarding the numbers on his salary expectation, Orlando decides to take the offer.​1. Do your ResearchLike everything else when it comes to negotiations, you need to do your research first.Before approaching the negotiation table, make sure you have every intel available regarding the other party. If you can get information on how much they’re willing to spend or offer, their resistance points, how well the negotiator for the other party is, or who is going to talk on their behalf, then you as the negotiator will have an easier time deploying negotiation anchoring like a boss.2. Prepare your ZOPAFor the seasoned negotiator, you must identify your ZOPA to use negotiation anchoring without challenges. ZOPA means Zone of Possible Agreements. It’s no less any different from the BATNA or Better Alternative to No Alternative but for the ZOPA, the options that you’ll be taking are entirely dependent on the other party’s counter-offer.In Orlando’s case, the hiring manager stated that their company’s budget for a new engineer is only from $15,000 to $30,000. With Orlando’s salary expectation, you could say that Orlando’s ZOPA is at $20,000 to $30,000 only. With that in mind, Orlando is saved from not having another job but at the same time, he doesn’t get the salary that he wants.3. Proposing a counter-anchorThe idea of proposing a counter-anchor is, again, entirely dependent on your ZOPA and research. When the other side proposes their negotiation anchoring and it’s lesser than the ideal, remind the other party first that the price they are offering is less than what you want.When you’re done with your explanation, give the other party the offer that you think would do good for you and explain why you think your offer is better. The better your explanation will be, the higher the chances that you’ll succeed with the negotiations.4. Rejecting the anchor priceShould the other party initiate the negotiation anchoring first, you can immediately reject the anchor price if the other party is not showing any signs of changing it. If the deal is also not worth the trouble anymore, you can also choose to reject the anchor price and walk away. Ideally, this should be your final resort. There is no turning back once you’ve walked away.5. Always avoid the Anchoring BiasIf you’ve initiated the negotiation anchoring and yet, you refuse to change the terms you initiated, then you’re committing one of the most common mistakes when anchoring a negotiation. This process is called anchoring bias.Taken from the root word “bias” itself, you are dead set on achieving on getting the results that you want based on your first offer. Avoid this at all costs, as it will completely alienate the other party and will affect your reputation as a negotiator too.6. To Pause or Not to PausePausing for some time off can be a welcome respite during a negotiation. As a negotiator, learning when to pause and not to pause is an effective strategy for negotiation anchoring. When you’ve initiated the first offer and the other party is trying to give some time for deliberation, you can give them some time to pause. But before doing so, remind them that about the value of your initial offer. This will give the other party some time to think while pondering on the things you’ve said.However, if you’re on the receiving end of the negotiation anchoring and the other party wants to give you some time off, it’s sometimes better to continue with the negotiations, especially if you’re setting up your counter-anchor. Giving time means getting information, so sometimes, you don’t want to give your opponent this opportunity.7. Learn from ExperienceNegotiation anchoring is one of the many skills that you can learn through experience. You take your losses and learn from them while you relish your victories while checking on the things that you can improve. Learning how to time your anchors is another skill that you’d want to master. Do all this and you’ll be a master in negotiation anchoring in no time at all.Full article with examples here. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Made $190k in 2 years as Solo Founder

I finished my Master's degree in 2017 and joined a full-time job as a Full Stack Engineer in a startup. I had a dream to start a company by myself solo founder. I read the book called Company of One and I got more motivation by just reading the first 20-pages of the book. I decide to quit my job without knowing what to build.I found a GitHub repository for the Public APIs that have more than 700+ APIs but the problem I see to navigate the API with the advanced search feature.So, decide to convert that into a user-friendly website to easily get the API user looking.So, I launch my first project on 14th January 2019 on ProductHunt and It's become the #1 product of the day. In 4-5 months website was getting 50k+ page views and more than 30% traffic from organic google search.I was not making any money from that website at that time but traffic was growing as I was adding new public APIs by myself and In parallel, I was making other projects those get failed.After 7 months one API company email to buy Public APIs project and I decide to make money and sold for $23k.From there I got more motivation and here is the number about my micro-startups.Launched 11 micro startups7-failed3-sold1-making $2k+ MRRMade $190kI follow a pattern to make MVP faster and validate.1️⃣MVP in days2️⃣Launch3️⃣Validate4️⃣Continue ↳ Iterate5️⃣Stop ↳ 1️⃣Currently, I'm working on my SAAS business(NoCodeAPI.com) full-time to grow for $10 MRR by this year. Let's see how far I can go. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Marketplace Tuesday! - August 31, 2021

Please use this thread to post any Jobs that you're looking to fill (including interns), or services you're looking to render to other members.We do this to not overflow the main subreddit with personal offerings (such logo design, SEO, etc) so please try to limit the offerings to this weekly thread.Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Question -- Collaborative map suggestions

Please bear with me because I have no idea what these are called. My tech knowledge is limited to turning it off and on until it works.What I'm looking to do is put a map on my website where visitors can choose if they want to drop a pin on their state and/or country location to be counted among my brand community of changemakers.What I've seen with a quick Google search (probably using the wrong keywords) are maps where people can add their info -- but also edit everyone else's info.Which is just asking for trolls to wipe all the data or just add random pins, which would defeat the whole purpose.I've seen these types of maps before (and have participated), but I can't remember what they're called or what brand to search for.Essentially, I need a service that allows people to:Sign up to place a pin on the map to show the global communityNot edit other people's pinsOnly add ONE pin (of course, I know people can get around this using VPNs, but as a standard only one pin per person)Any help is greatly appreciated! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Online ideas

Hi, everyone! I’d like some advice and maybe suggestions. My daughter was diagnosed with leukemia four months ago. We had to move hours away so that my daughter can get treatment. I am on leave from my job with no pay for AT LEAST another 6-8 months. This is all very expensive and difficult, and the fear that I will likely have to resign since my leave won’t last for another 6-8 months just really has me really nervous (on top of all the worry with my daughter). I was thinking of trying to do something online that can help me make a bit of cash. I just would like some ideas of what you all might know could be the best way for me to start a revenue stream even if it’s small. I’ve designed some shirts, but I don’t know if it’s even realistic to try to sell them. Or even Amazon selling crossed my mind, but do people even make money? I’m sorry if this all sounds dense, but this is just a stressful time and I’m just looking for ideas. Thank you! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Thoughts? Difference in Opinion

Reddit, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.I am part of a nonprofit start-up. It is brand new so everyone is currently a volunteer. I am a member of the executive team. The founder and president of the company believes that information should be shared with everyone in the company (minus HR information and financial information). This means that even when you're jotting down notes or brainstorming ideas as a rough sketch with your team, another team can go into your folder, access your files, read them, comment on them, edit them, etc.To take it one step further, the founder also believes that those who are considered advisors, should get an email address in the company's domain and also have access to these files. The founder states that all the advisors are considered volunteers too if they sign the volunteer agreement.In my opinion, I think both things are a little strange. For the first situation, I think it's odd and somewhat invasive when drafts and brainstormed ideas that are not ready to present/be seen publicly or readily accessible and editable by others in the company outside your team (because of this, I've started to save general notes on my computer's desktop instead of drive or I email them between my teams instead of using the drive folder). For the second situation, I think outside advisors should be just that - advisors. They should not have access to company documents nor should they have an email with the company's domain. They should just use their own emails to correspond with us. I think if a conversation warrants the advisor to look at certain documents, those documents can be specifically shared as "view only" or emailed as a secure PDF. But I disagree that the advisors should have full editing access to all company documents from every team.What do you all think? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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As someone who has never been well organized, how can I successfully start using a planner?

Trying to get my business off of the ground, I'm realizing that I need to be better organized. However, my entire life I have never been any bit 'type-A'. As a child, my desk, backpack, locker, you name it, were always a disaster. As an adult, my desk looks like a catastrophe. My computer has 11 tabs open (honestly miraculously few), and my phone, ∞, my clean clothes get dewrinkled as needed from the heap in my wardrobe. I laugh at my partner for deleting emails. As a child, I would get detentions for refusing to fill out my school planner.All that being said. Lately, (within the hour) it has hit me that if I am to have any success as a business owner, and hopefully boss/CEO in the near future, I am going to have to buckle down and start planning out tasks, goals, and obligations, as well as marking important things on a calendar or planner to make sure they get done on time, or at all.How can someone like me, that has always lived in chaos, flown by the seat of my pants, and looks at using a planner like making the bed (time consuming, monotonous, and pointless)... how can someone like me start using a planner, calendar, or some kind of organizing app? Any tips on making the change more digestible and make it stick? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Food product packing design

Does anyone have recommendations for platforms/software to design product packaging for a food product (candy in a bag). see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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What are examples of your business' usage of blog content that got exposure/conversion?

Please don't link to your blogs, but describe your tactic in your given industry and target market. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Business Title

We are trying to start up an all around cleaning service for our local city. We want to know which names sound more inviting. If you were to see these on social media or a car, which would you be more intrigued by.Envision Cleaning, Imperium Cleaning, Superior Cleaning, Oracle Cleaning, Cleaning Genie see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Need a side job to finance my business.

Hi,So I'm slowly building a brand for furniture assembly in my city. But, money is getting a bit tight so I'm looking for a customer service job based out of the US that I can work from home.Does anyone have any suggestions. PS - Canadian here. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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So I wanna start a aerial photography business...

I have been looking into creating an aerial photography business for a while now, and I have recently been more motivated to get started. There's a lot I could talk about, and ill try and be clear and break up my post into a few lists:GOALS: what do I intend to do with this business?1) Extra income. I am gainfully employed as an electrician, but its always fun to have more money2) Entrepreneurial experience. I wish to run my own electrician business one day, and this drone company would sever as a good trial run to running a small company3) Part time. I am about as busy as I can stand with my main job, so this is not a full time or primary income. However, once I am fully licensed I can always use that license as a backup and a fall back should this photography company take off and becomes feasible.4) Flexibility. Once a scheduling/booking system is developed, I view this as a very flexible business. I could move locations and as long as I maintain a level of FAA compliance, I should be able to take it almost anywhere in the US.TARGET MARKET: What do I want to focus on?1) Agriculture. There is a lot of farmland and agriculture where I live currently.2) Private Property. Lots of cabins and second homes in the area as well3) Recreational Land. Hunting property is also rather common.4) Promotional Material. Resorts and other tourism based businesses are within an hour of driving and would offer a demand for footage.4) Other. I'm open to other options as well. Construction updates, cars, boats, prom photos, etc.ADVANTAGES: What makes my business competitive in my area?1) Little Competition. The closest competition is another small business run also as a side job around 150 miles away.2) Lots of potential Customers. As mentioned above, this is an underserved area. Lots of people who would like photographs of their properties. This would require a fair bit of work to raise awareness of my services, but I believe there would be a steady stream if not a downright torrent.WHAT I THINK I NEED:1) FAA commercial licensing. $115 dollars to get licensed.2) LLC registration. ~$2003) Insurance. Haven't done much digging here yet.4) Drone. I will be asking a follow up question for this one. $300-$1k budget for now5) File management. Lots of options here. Thumbdrive to cloud based.6) Website/MarketingQUESTIONS: a not conclusive list of questions that I can think of.1) Drone. I need to pick a drone. I don't know where to begin. I would like to start out without investing too heavily, and then as I get more experience and demand invest in a more specialized drone or two. A friend has a DJI Maverick and I was impressed. True, it lacks more advanced gps route planning and autopilots, but it seems solid and easy to use and may be enough. Otherwise, I am not against buying a drone that is used or an older model or one that is more expensive. But, as I am just starting this out as little more thank a side gig, I don't want to get too invested2) Software. I currently have an Adobe Lightroom subscription, GIMP, what other software should I look into? I don't think I want to mess with more advanced pipeline software at this time, but I could see opening up into more interesting tools in the future.3) Have I missed anything?Thank you for your time. I am open to all thoughts and critiques and advise. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Free A/B testing solutions for single page application?

I've started working on an idea and I need to test some copy for a CTA. I don't believe I have funds for Optimisely but looking for something free or atleast affordable for my small project!Thanks see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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If I have 120k in avi credit lines what should I do?

If you have consultation advice that is a plus.. I just have this huge credit line I know is profitable see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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What do I need to learn to be able to be able to work as an liason between a web designer and a potential Client

So me and buddy are creating a side gig where we find clients who need their websites redone. I have the marketing and advertising experience, he has the web design experience. He only want to focus on the web design and to leave the marketing, sales, and communication/customer service of the clients to me which is perfect.​The issue is that I know next to nothing about webdesign. Aside from just asking my friend, what resource can I read/watch to have a baseline understanding of webdesign (enough to be able to communicate what the client wants to my friend). Things like website creation, urls, etc. I don't need or want to learn about coding. Anything else shy of that I can learn. Just would like to be pointed in the right direction. I use udemy a lot so if you guys have any suggestio with that as well, that works. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Managers or people of authority, I am a college student in a course of management in organizations. I was assigned to interview managers for my assignment. Answers would be greatly appreciated.

1) briefly describe your current position and responsibilities. How long have you held this position?2) what do your subordinates expect from you on the job3) what are the major stresses and challenges you face o the job?4) what if anything do you dislike about your job? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Are there any ppl who have shopify web design businesses? How did you promote?

I want to connect with someone who does shopify web design - or an agency who does shopify wen design. Please PM me :) see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Trying to find a post from about a year ago. Revenue share split marketing model

It was a business that decided to make its income based on performance on their work, creating marketing campaigns, etc. instead of just charging for the marketing services.Really well written, and I’m in sudden need of some of the details see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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In Ten years, new Billion Dollar companies will have emerged which don’t even exist yet. What are the markets, those companies will target?

P.S. Same question could have been asked 10 years ago.I always think to myself: “In ten years, I want to be someone who thinks: “good thing that I started ten years ago”.” see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Why money isn't a good enough reason

Hi folks,I come here pretty often. Probably too often in fact. But during my time on the sub, I've been able to develop a profile of the average /r/entrepreneur member who is looking to start a business. These people usually have more questions than answers, which is fine, but in many of their posts, the primary motivating factor for wanting to start is money. The following is targeted at the average user on this sub and outlines why money isn't a good enough motivating factor for starting a business.Business is a long, hard journey. It can both brutal in its methods and devastating in its results. Your physical health, mental health, financial situation, personal relationships, and professional career may all take blows while you develop your side hustle and hope that one day, it'll all be worth it. While reality deals damage to other aspects of your life, you'll need some motivating force (or many) to keep pushing you through the challenges of business. In my experience, which is all I have, money isn't a good enough motivator. If you currently can't afford to eat or if a lack of money is causing you significant pain in your life, then this may not apply to you. For many of us though, we have office or factory jobs that provide us with a life where our basic needs are met. The driving force that you'll require for your journey will need to be stronger than that want of a new tv, car, or even house. The driving force that you'll need has to be strong enough, at most any point in time, to drive you to do that which is uncomfortable, sacrificial, and even mundane.Does an unstoppable force drive you? If not, you may not be ready to take on the world with your new idea depending on how ambitious it is. Feelings of ambition, desire for freedom, greed, jealously, or any combination of these, in sufficient quantity will give you the energy and motivation that you need to do what is required.What's your motivation and do you think it's strong enough to push you through to the end? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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How do you get enterprise customers to switch from an existing solution to an alternative solution when you're doing pre-sales and smoke testing?

How do you get enterprise customers to switch from an existing solution to an alternative solution when you're doing pre-sales and smoke testing? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Im feeling stressed aa.

Elon Musk was right. Entrepeneurs really are measured of their stress tolerance! If anyone here wanna chat gimme their two cents? I have a GREAT product for women but don’t know how to sell it or scale it…. Marketing is okok (im in MBA of scott oldford) What pain point to go with for high ticket is so unsure tho. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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How to get your retail store online

So to start i own a retail grocery shop in india so how can i develop more.How can i Go to online world ( my margins are low and Amazon charges alot. so any other way i can? )How can i use technology please tell the basic ones alsoHow can i expandAny other recommendations related to this.And which are the way i can earn more as a side hustle.Thanks for sharing your valuable comments see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Best courses to develop myself and my business acumen

Hey folks,In 2019 I have founded my design studio (UX UI). We´re now 10 people moving quickly to 13.I feel the need to "evolve", so I decided to spare some time to acquire new knowledge to eventually transform my business, or create a new one, or make something else alone.What online courses would you recommend?​Thanks! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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How to find the source/manufacturer behind taobao or aliexpress's seller?

I think this is a good topic for beginners as well so Reddit helps me please!As the title says, what is the best way to find the source of a seller's item? I keep coming back to buy from a few stores on Taobao because their quality and products are really great but I can't find their products on Alibaba or 1688 most of the time, if I could then the seller on Taobao is much cheaper..??I noticed an Aliexpress seller also have the same packaging so they must be ordering the products from the same factory but the name on the packaging gave me no results on Google D: I can keep ordering from Taobao temporarily for now but I think for the long term plans, finding the factory to get the wholesale prices would be much better..I reckon I can't DM them and ask about this lol so gotta do the research all by myself so would really appreciate all the advice and comments here!! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Way of Funding

I’ve never done anything like this in my life, nor did I ever think to become a company owner.Ironically, I’ve studied and worked for many accounting and financial institutions. Yet, all of the companies I worked for were institutions that were well established and have a cash load of money in which I organize and give investment/financial consultation.However, I’ve recently been approached by a perfect friend who is devoted to sports education. He told me that he wants to create a web application that helps sports coaches enhance their coaching skills and manage their teams better. His primary goal is to give young kids an opportunity to get some quality experience and enjoy sports recreationally and competitively. Honestly, my text does not justify his profound goal on this project.The struggle comes with gathering the funds for this project. I’m currently taking my master's degree and also supporting some health issues going on within my family. I’ve invested as much as I can, but it's not enough. A couple of other people that are on board with this idea also contributed a little bit. Most of them are freshly out of college.We are currently looking for investors through both personal and professional connections, but we have had no luck so far. Crowdfunding was also an option, but we do not have much awareness of the project to gain the amount we need.I want to ask all entrepreneurs on this page. What methods could we try to gain funding for a start-up business/project (especially with many college graduates)? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Need to find a way to make 30k in month

Anyone have suggestions for how I can make 30k in 1-2 months? I am good with ads, digital marketing, seo, and building websites. How can I leverage those skills to make 30k in a month?Usually I make a little less than 5k/month in net profit, which is alright for where I live, but I need 30k FAST to flip a product which I can later sell for 70k.Any ideas appreciated. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Unisex jewelry (ring) business.

Hey guys!I am a former design student, and now a business and administration student, currently located in Norway. I want to create a jewelry design and sales business in my country. I have been developing a strategy based on a specific segment in my mind for a long time, and saving money for a while, and are ready to take the next step, start looking for a team, and create a more comprehensive market plan.A little bit about the meaning of the existence of this company:Im looking to create a way more colorful, unique and edgy look/vibe as a whole, than most jewelry brands out there offer, especially in my country, and something that works for guys as well. Everybody wants to be unique, and special, and cool. The thing however, is that most young people don't want to stand too much out either. I want to focus on forming this crazy, "club", that you identify yourself as a part of, when you own a piece from this brand, in combination with a quite simplistic design on the ring itself (steel, pretty basic, maybe a small, wacky skull ingraved on the side or something along those lines), so that NORMAL young girls and guys who wants to feel a little edgy, actually will buy and use it.Practically, this means HEAVY hitting on social media and sponsoring influencers that works with the aesthetic and vibe. Production-wise: making the product as cheap as possible, one ring design for at least a long time, and three sizes S, M, L; eventually six sized S, M, L, for girls, and same for guys.So now, the real reason I am writing in this subreddit; I just want to try to meet other people that are interested in starting out in the same industry, or people with experience from companies like this. Maybe you in some way or another want to be a part of it, maybe you have some useful critiques for me to consider or maybe you want to share some experiences. Thats what I am very interested in hearing about! :) see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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How do you find projects which you can take and outsource to a third party basically working as a middle man much like a lot of companies currently do.

As far as I know, this can either work on a commission basis or a flat fee. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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NooB Monday! - August 30, 2021

If you don't have enough comment karma to create your own new posts, you can post your new questions here. You can also answer/add comments to anyone else's posts in the subreddit.Everyone starts somewhere and to post in /r/Entrepreneur this is the best place. Subscribers please understand these are new posters and not familiar with our sub. Newcomers welcome! Be sure to vote on things that help you. Search the sub a bit before you post. The answers may already be here.Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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I'm 17 and I've made 20k off investing, how can I make money off this? Tips? Business opportunities?

Really just trying to make some money haha see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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How do you find out the quality of your idea? Also, why aren't there more entrepreneurs? Starting anxiety.

How do you safely get feedback on an idea?I'm really smart in some areas, and really dumb in other areas. It is really difficult for me to know whether the idea I have is good or if it's something I'm going to get weird looks for even bringing up.Hypothetically I could just ask someone in that field whether the idea is good or bad. If it's a bad idea then no loss. I am worried about if it's a good idea, then people will take advantage of it. I don't know how to prevent that.Its really easy for me to complain about problems. But when I have an idea, I clam up. I stop talking. Sending an email is so difficult I almost always cut out the most important information before sending it. Part of the reason that happens is because of the potential consequences. But it's also frustrating because that means nothing moves forward.The thing that freaks me out the most is the part where I don't truly understand why other people haven't tried what I want to do. Some reasons I've come up with:Other people just want to go with the flow, and would rather go with the flow than try something new.People go with the flow because those who don't are heavily punished. (I actually have experienced this in my personal life. I just am not sure what it looks like in the professional world.)People have tried the doing the exact same thing and it didn't work, and when I try it I will fail in the exact same way.People don't try because there just aren't very many leaders out there.People don't try because it involves taking a lot of responsibility, and people don't like taking responsibility because mistakes are culturally seen as a terrible and not a normal process of the human experience.People don't try because they aren't very creative, and some of my ideas are genuinely new.How many of you relate to this? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Is there a database of consumers to avoid?

I'm getting sick and tired of customers who file chargebacks and fraud claims against us. Esp. when we have a 100% money back guarantee and all they need to do is ask for a refund. All it does is cost me money and risk my ability to accept payments from honest people. Is there a database/blacklist of consumers somewhere that has a history of such behavior, so I can avoid selling to them? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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I would like to create an internet course about how to create an internet course about creating internet courses about creating internet courses.

People have already made money off of courses about creating courses, so why not courses about creating courses about creating courses???!!! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Tips to let go of an old identity that no longer benefit me?

What have you all done to let go of old identities that no longer benefit you?I recently graduated college, and I absolutely loved the social experience and having so many friends around me all the time. I still derive a lot of my personal identity from being extremely social/partying a lot, but I know I need to let go of this chapter of my life to hit the next level.I’m able to stop (or at least greatly cut back on) partying and a lot of the negative habits that take up a lot of time, money, and energy, however, it can leave me feeling really drained when I do. I’m working on surrounding myself with other highly motivated, focused entrepreneurial people, but I’m not sure what else I could be doing to proactively work on this.I’m working on a side hustle in addition to long work hours and I know I need to make this change. The transition has been really hard and I’d love to hear all your experiences! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Are there medical supply and equipment companies that hire 1099 salesmen for relatively high commission base only?

I lived in abroad for roughly a decade and I had the opportunity to work with various companies that offered intriguing contracts to employees. For example, In Canada I worked for a medical supply and equipment company. They offered me a gig to work as an independent contractor, no salary, just commission base. It wasn't bad because many of the sales would get me 10-40% commission. I'm talking very expensive things like diagnostic imaging n whatnot. Some said it's a bad deal but honestly it made a lot of money as I was willing to put hours in and economy was during those years.I seem to have trouble find similar contracting positions like this in the states. I have experience selling imaging equipment and many other medical supplies/equipment. I just need one that doesn't constantly tail your ass. A lot of these positions "harass" their salesmen so yo.push them, I find that just messed up flow for the effective and efficient ones?I hope to gain contacts through this position for when I create my own medical supply/equipment business see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Thoughts on 50/50 partnership?

I'm currently in the process of creating a clothing brand but with no physical product as of yet. I was speaking to a friend of mine who claims to have wanted to start a brand too (pendants instead of clothing). As we spoke about my clothing idea he wants to come on board and to be of help by being there for me to bounce ideas of him etc. and to take care of most of the marketing aspect of the brand. Granted he is good at marketing due to his current sales job, he's asking for 50% of the brand as he claims he wants to work on something which, in his eyes, is considered his as well as mine. He claims that he will put equal if not more effort into the brand than I. He isn't artistic so all of the designs and creative decisions will come from myself. I am asking you objectively if considering a 50/50 proposal is worth it from my perspective, or if it will cause too much hassle in the future. At the moment I don't view his support to be equal in comparison to mine and I'm unsure if I'm being selfish in thinking this way or not.​Any advice would be appreciated see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Looking to acquire a software company. What technical questions should I ask?

I wanted to acquire the company in hopes of expanding the software and adding more features to it. I'm just looking for help is what questions I need to get answered before I move forward on anything. Looking for any red flags. I have never acquired a piece of software before so.. yeah.I have the following list so far. What am I missing?What is your tech stack? Database, server framework, cache layers, etc. Where is your data persisted/stored?Where is your website hosted?Where do you keep your source code for your Web App? (I assume a Git repository)What is your deployment / software update mechanism?Is there any kind of telemetry is in place? Metrics, error logging, etcHow up to date are your software libraries it depends on? How difficult are upgrades? Have you quantified your tech debt? If so, speak to those numbers.How does your software scale? Horizontal vs vertical. Make sure it talks about app servers scaling vs db vs caching strategies. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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since a lawn mowing business is low barrier to entry, how do you guys who own a landscaping business stand out?

no offense but everyone and their mom can get into it. (just a truck and mower) and mostly hi$panic day laborers can work for lower bids. (hey not trying to be rude just realistic plus these guys have 10 of their cousins on their side and a greater work force)my thinking is*have extensive knowledge on turf/sod/seedingtree knowlege/pruningcan install koi fish pondsgrow/maintain vegetablesusing riding mowershave expensive/specialized equitment see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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is it advised that you work for a landscaping business before starting your own to gain experience?

-discuss see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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Patent for a clothing

My friend has a patent for a design on a hoody. It it a different style that hasn't been done and he owns the patent so no one can use it.He wants to sell/lease the patent to a famous person.I told him he should try and at least sell a couple hoodies to prove that people want the design.He said that is not his goal which I understand he doesn't want to sell his own hoodies he wants to lease it to a larger brand which I get but I told him the sales just help him have that discussion by proving their is demand.Thoughts? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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what are some relatively good paying low-skill hustles that most people are too lazy to do

ie jobs like landscaping/pressure washing are jobs you can make some pretty decent cheddar if you work hard. Also jobs like working on oil riggs are dangerous/noisy/hot but you can make a TON of cheddar doing that. However lets be real, a LOT of people are lazy/look down and overlook these opportunities and say: "its too hard" (at least where I live)-lets have an open-ended discussion please no smart-ass answers I gave you my thoughts so i'd like to hear yours :) see hubwealthy.com/wealthy

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