Who watches it? (on tuesdays bbc2?
Its a great series :)
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Who watches it? (on tuesdays bbc2?
Its a great series :)
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Originally Posted by Robert00000
I'm waiting to see you on it ... :shifty:
Is it still on? I like it :P
I think they're still filming the second series ... :unsure:
The bird lost her company, Red Letter Day or whatever it was.
So she can STFU right away.
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Originally Posted by JPaul
I know... :lol:
I'm waiting for the sarky comments from Duncan Bannatyne most of all ... hehehehe
is it about dragons ?
No, entrepreneurs.. :unsure:
The "dragons" are the rich successful people (except the red-letter lady :P ) who rip them off and steal their ideas ... :01:
Sorry, did I say "rip them off"? I meant of course, "invest in their ideas" ... :dry:
This thread getting a new lease of life :D
The world of business should get a better profile on this board.
Wow what an old thread. :huh:
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Originally Posted by rossco
Really ,I have seen worse on this forum .
What the feck do you know about the World of business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000
so it is about dragons :01:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbarossa
She, was once hairdresser...to Donald Trump.:snooty:Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
Peace bd
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Originally Posted by brotherdoobie
Whats that old saying ? You'll tell your barber anything . :)
Yep, I received a reply 7 months after i made the original post. :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by rossco
Nope, I own my own business and making some serious dosh :DQuote:
Originally Posted by brotherdoobie
That would be quite nice if;Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000
a, It was true
b, You weren't a complete wanker.
c, Could post a coherent sentence.
Not interested in your opinions so take it elsewhere. You dont know me and i dont wish to acquaint myself any better with yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
I don't think this is as outlandish as it may sound because it makes me wonder if one of my previous concepts was stolen, not by a VC firm but by someone who was supposed to be a business mentor. Because the nature of the service we intended to provide, the prices and marketing strategy were exactly the same as a competitor who appeared months later, before we even launched the service.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbarossa
It couldnt be just coincidence as the type of service we were offering was quite unique. But in the end i discovered a more profitable path and decided to pursue that.
It's always a good idea to approach a well know VC firm, and only after you have the business up and running (where possible), that way they wont use your plan to pinch ideas for some similar business they may be dealing with.
Oh please, let me get to know you better. There aren't enough semi-literate interweb fantacysts in my life just now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000
I made my first million by optimizing dot-com methodologies which secured me the ability to generate viral applications, I'm now looking into incentivize frictionless platforms which deliver open-source convergence to leverage ubiquitous web services.
That's just clumsy :pinch:Quote:
Originally Posted by robert the PL
In other news:
My vocation as a bank clerk enables me to meet and chat with many people who have just started up in business, the ones who think they know it all are invariably men younger than myself and any advice I offer is summarily ignored.
Which seems rather strange as that is primarily what they pay me for.
Point is that these hot-headed young 'entrepreneurs' rarely have two brass ha'pennies to rub together :schnauz:
Yeah, you might be making "good money" now, but you're going to get such a nasty rash, and you won't be able to poo properly, and don't come whingeing back round here when that happens. :snooty:Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000
:lol: :pinch:
The business has been trading for over a year, so it can be considered established. But i still never say no to quality business advice from people who know what they are talking about. Unfortunately, Mr Jpaul isn't one of these people.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
@ Withcheese. Damn, i wish i had come up with that concept first. :lol:
@ Barbarossa. I'll remember to notify my doctor in advance. ;)
Absolutely spot on, I would never offer business advice to a cretin. It's a waste of my time and theirs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000
The best bit of business advice I ever gave someone was to close the business down and to get full time employment as they were not suited to running their own small business.
Thankfully he took this advice and thanked me for it later. He, his wife and family were much happier and less stressed out. I think he probably knew deep down it was something he should do, he just needed it explained to him. I also managed to get him a shed load of money (which he was actually due) to pay off a lot of debts. Which was nice.
I ran my own business for 2.5/3 years, apparently I had circa £30k profit a year (police accountants), which isnt too bad for a part time/weekend effort :ph34r:
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by DanB
gigolo? :ermm:Quote:
Originally Posted by DanB
Part-time Police Accountant, the chap told you that.Quote:
Originally Posted by sparsely
Didnt know you're a business advisor, thought you were just a manker clone out to cause irritation to the ambitious and successful.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
Your comment above doesn't apply to me, my business had a turnover of just under £900,000 last year (about 80% of which was profit). This hasn't as yet made me into a millionaire (in cash terms) but i'm on the way there.
Its taken a great deal of hard work, but the efforts will hopefully pay off in a big way once i get the required VC investment.
I'm also seeking 2 welsh assembly grants (AIG & RSA) to help with the employment and training costs.
The margins of my business are relatively high and so will see competitors appearing in the near future. To be honest i'm looking forward to the planned IPO to give me the security i desire. The big flashy house and cars will have to wait till then.
Yet you are still a semi-literate letch who has not the slightest idea of how business works. What's the chances of that well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000
Your business had a turnover of c£900,000 last year. You made a profit of £720,000. Which means costs of £180,000. Depending on what you do and how the costs break down you have a really nice mark up there.
Please enlighten me, what particular field are you working in. Oh, wait, you've been asked before and couldn't answer.
Quelle surprise.
If every business in the UK was run by "semi-literate letch's" like me it would be a richer place.:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
You need to rephrase that as "didn't answer". There is good reason for that. All i will tell you is it involves oursourcing (the reason for the high margins) and european grants.Quote:
Please enlighten me, what particular field are you working in. Oh, wait, you've been asked before and couldn't answer.
Found it! :) :schnauz:
So are you Nationwide yet? By my estimates, with a £900,000 turnover, selling systems at £500 a pop, you must have around 1800 "clients" by now... Why haven't we heard of you? :mellow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert00000 on the 21st August 2004
and how many agents do you have now?
this time next year, we'll be mwillionaires
Rodney you plonker! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by DarthInsinuate
This is really funny.
£720k profit from a £900k turnover in a first year of trading. That doesn't happen, unless the accountant is an idiot. Imagine the tax bill :lol:
What's probably happened is that Rob the letch has added a zero onto his figures and is, in fact, talking about gross profit rather than net because he doesn't really understand the difference between the two. That would make a bit of sense and be realistic - particularly when he thinks oursourcing is a reasonable explanation for an 80% profit margin.
Outsourcing - Robert spelled it incorrectly - doesn't mean higher profit margins. It means that you buy finished products, or services, from other firms.
This usually means lower profit levels (particularly when talking about software because that mostly takes the EOS [economies of scale] factor out of the equation) than when you're able to produce products, or services, for yourself as you have to incorporate the supplier's profit margin into your own costs.
In this particular case, it seems that software is the only thing that can be outsourced. If you are unable to code software for your business and have to buy it in then it would DEFINITELY make your business less profitable. Your own time costs nowt.
Added to this is that Robert was working from his bedroom until late October last year. When he informed us that he had, at last, got an office and would be setting up his new business from there. As I recall it was some time before he could afford a broadband interweb connection.
I think it's really funny when people show off on the interweb - particularly when it's blatant pish.
what does the company do again?