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    Took over a Kitchen & Bath showroom, struggling to make payroll, rent, etc. Help

    Hello. If you can make it through the long read, I appreciate it. I am 31 and have been self employed in the remodeling industry since 2015. Most of that time I was physically on the tools and self performing most if not all work, specializing in Kitchen & Bath remodeling, finish carpentry such...
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    trying to start a business with 1000$ any suggestions ??

    hi! i am trying to start a small side hustle, however i can only afford around 1k maybe maximum 2.5k and i have no clue what i can do with such number? p.s : i am at Washingtons state.
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    D/b NGO & NPO? Can we count cooporative societies in NGO?

    D/b NGO & NPO? Can we count cooporative societies in NGO?
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    10 Hottest New Apps from November to Transform Your Life

    10 Hottest New Apps from November to Transform Your Life Welcome back to our monthly meetup, where we uncover the hidden gems and must-have apps that dazzled us in November. Dive into a world of productivity and efficiency as we present to you the 10 most upvoted apps, according to the...
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    How To Use No-Code Dev Tools To Automate Your Business? - Use Cases

    No-code development tools enable users to design and construct products and websites with the demand for custom software and compares some internal tools you can build with no-code: 15 Creative No-Code Tools You Can Build Customer Portals Augmented Spreadsheets Customer Care Center Sales Lookup...
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    How do you deal with friends/ family who feel they are entitled to a discount?

    Ive worked so hard these past few years to get my business off the ground. Investing so much time and money into my passion. I got a comment from a family member saying they feel bad if they got my product else where cause we’re family and I thanked them for supporting me. Their reply was well...
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    Elevator Pitch Formula?

    I'm having a hard time remembering the elevator pitch "formula". I think it's something like I solve this problem in this way for this market? I help [x] by [y] for [z]? Anyone know what I'm talking about? I'm having a hard time searching for it because, obviously, I can't remember enough...
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    Should I fire her? And if so, What do I say?

    I own a small storage facility company (2 locations) and I recently hired an assistant manager to oversee employees, deal with tenant complaints/concerns/questions, set up and run auctions, and fill in as needed at the front desk. She signed a 90 day probation period form stating that we had the...
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    $10k in the Hole w/ Acquired Business - What Could I Do?

    About 18 months ago I purchased a local coffee brand from people I knew in my local business community through networking. The business was 3 years old at the time. I believed I could repackage the product with better design (design is my “day job” as a full-time entrepreneur specializing in...
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    Im creating an app that pays users to play basketball. What are the cost of maintaining an app once successful?

    I created an app that pays users to play pickup sports. Pickup sports are sports that are played for fun usually at parks, rec centers, YMCAs, LA| Fitness, etc. Users earn money playing basketball, football, or soccer: The trick to making the app work is having the users earn the app enough...
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    I reworked HARO Emails - Less Spam, More PR Leads. Good idea or not?

    So, I was skimming through Twitter one day and bumped into a chat about HARO (Help a Reporter Out). A reply from a cool startup CEO hit home: I felt the same. HARO is a great way to build backlinks and did get me some sweet media mentions before, but it's a huge time-sink. Sifting through...
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    Anyone use Human Interest for 401(k)?

    I was looking at 401(k)s for my business. I really don’t need it, but more trying to get my personal finances in order, so looking around for the future. We are three people and I’ll probably be the only one using it. I saw Human Interest as an option in Gusto. They have a deal where the $499...
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    I need some help with Quickbooks. My overview shows $X income and $Y expenses, but my account absolutely does not show the same thing

    Say for Q4, when I look at my overview, QBO says income: $10,000 and Expenses: $7,000 as a made-up example, therefor it says net income is $3,000. I am not netting $3,000 in this case. What the fuck am I missing? As far as I know, that overview accounts for money in vs money out.
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    LLC registered in UT, living in TN, do I need a RA/CPA and p.o. box, and how do I pay myself?

    I lived in Utah for a year or two, and decided to register an LLC to start a business doing some freelance software work. The address is at my old home address in Utah (which I still own, just renting it out, netting $200/month). I moved to Tennessee recently and the money is starting to ramp up...
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    (Rant) I’m losing my mind at all the spam calls, emails, and texts about business funding. How many of y’all are experiencing this?

    Starting at 7am through the evening I start getting spam about it. Seriously I’ll get about 20 texts a day and at least half as many calls.
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    How do I grow my SAAS? Advice Needed

    Hello everyone, I developed a SaaS tool for dropshippers. This tool helps dropshippers analyse their stores in about 3 minutes. It gives them a report on metrics like SEO, store speed, product potential et al and grades the store in percentage. I personally think this is very useful because I...
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    How to fix website redirects and Google crawl?

    I have never really focused too much on specific SEO recommendations. I felt if I took care of providing the visitors some value and good experience, Google would pick it up. Leading with that I have been simply typing discoflip.com in the browser bar and using it as I normally would. It always...
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    As a business owner what are your thoughts on nepotism?

    For those who had a career before owning a business, we all have worked in places where nepotism was present. Son of the owner/founder is Exec VP, recent college grad daughter got a shoe in job at a big consulting firm because dad is a partner, brother of the owner coasts on a easy six figure...
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    1-employee company, what can I manage myself?

    Hi all! I've been deep in the rabbit hole in this subreddit this week and got quite a bit of info, but really wanted some first-hand experience on my questions. Currently I am a single employee company, but we are looking to expand in the next year or two. I don't foresee us getting beyond 5-10...
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    My family is considering a sale of our manufacturing business. How realistic is a successful sale?

    Some background: My family has owned and operated a small contract manufacturing business for 40 years now. I came on in 2019 to continue and eventually take control of the business. I've wrestled at length with this, and have decided that I need to leave the company meaning we have to look...
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