Simple Businesses to Start

[hypermak]

Small, mom and pop businesses are not worth my time. I am far past that level.

If you weren't so moronically arrogant and did some homework, even just on Google, so you can sound a little more credible, you would realise that small family-run franchises have the best operating margins and the lowest risk of any company in Europe. That's precisely why they rarely need external investments and, when they do, they tend to be far more successful. Don't know about US and Asia but suspect it's similar.

In fact, I actually help FINANCE people who seek to be FRANCHISERS of their businesses so I don't need your worthless opinion here, employee boy..

Ooh, great, that finally explains. You must have been sucked up into one of those affiliate businesses where you have to help "finance" and "train" people to open their own useless franchises to sell "exclusive products". Now it's even clearer why you get all hot and bothered whenever I mention phoney business gurus, you're on trying to be one of them.

But if I had a dollar for every idiot like you who tried to fear-monger me out of taking business actions, I'd be far wealthier.

Another quote straight from a book or seminar by these individuals...

You are not a business since you are just an employee at one (and that is even doubtful). The moment you bring in six figures a year without having to work, you can come lecture me about business acumen. Until then, get back to mopping those floors, peeling those potatoes, and keeping your prostitute-diseased mouth shut.

Fully triggered...well, that's what I thought. My business acumen comes from helping my family run a business, and a pretty successful one at that, since I was a teenager. Yours comes from having enough spare time and cash to join a bunch of "wealth and success" seminars who will deceive you that you're about to "make it big" and bring in millions "without working". You can deceive yourself, but not me or the likes of me.

At this point the question isn't even how much money you made with these dodgy schemes, it's how much money you have already lost on licenses, training materials and other "exclusive access". I hope you'll have enough cash left to have another round with the working girls in Kyiv, so you can fill the tank with more chest-thumping stories and entertain us again

@Cornfed might be odious in his racist remarks but he shows much more balance and common sense than you. If he has never been in business, he proves exactly my point: only a deeply deluded man can buy the BS that you can run a successful business from scratch, with minimal risk and, most laughable of all, with minimal industry knowledge.

Go back to your Trillion Dollar business, phoney.

[Contrarian Expatriate]

LITERALLY EVERYTHING is a downside to you Corny. That's why you are where you are and where you always will be. Guys like you CAN'T succeed in business because you're too scared and you focus on the eternal downside, most of it fictitious.

If you're not an action-oriented person ready to engage in business, get out of the way and let the big boys talk business. No one needs your opinion. No one cares if you stay a failure. So just zip it up!

You're mindset is COMPLETELY screwed up with excuses.

I don’t have anything to excuse. I’m just giving people food for thought before they risk losing everything. It is easy to be gung ho about starting businesses if you have been looked after by the government for being a negro your whole life.

Typical response from a poverty-stricken loser at life.

Unless you actually have business expertise, naysaying and excuse making is best kept to yourself. There are reasons why you failed miserably at life and your horrible mindset is a big part of that.

Keep your penchant to anticipate failure out of here. It does not belong anywhere but in your own head. Other people like to succeed where you never will.

[Cornfed]

Unless you actually have business expertise, naysaying and excuse making is best kept to yourself.

Unlike you, I do have small business experience and that allows me to point out the pitfalls. In fact you might recall that I was considering buying a franchise last year, and if I had done so I might be living under a bridge right now through no fault of my own due to the covid nonsense. If you knew anything about business you would know that there are things you can’t control that can trip you up, so the default position should be negative. It is only if you have reason to feel positive or have money you can afford to lose that you should go into business, and I am doing people a favour by pointing that out. Of course some guy just handed money by the government for being black for so long could not be expected to understand this.

[hypermak]

Unless you actually have business expertise, naysaying and excuse making is best kept to yourself.

Unlike you, I do have small business experience and that allows me to point out the pitfalls. In fact you might recall that I was considering buying a franchise last year, and if I had done so I might be living under a bridge right now through no fault of my own due to the covid nonsense. If you knew anything about business you would know that there are things you can’t control that can trip you up, so the default position should be negative. It is only if you have reason to feel positive or have money you can afford to lose that you should go into business, and I am doing people a favour by pointing that out. Of course some guy just handed money by the government for being black for so long could not be expected to understand this.

In case you needed more proof, @Contrarian Expatriate is your average idle retiree with a bit more cash than he needs (and perhaps he deserves), who has fallen into one of these many "business investment" schemes that are supposed to tell you how to behave like a successful entrepreneur and become a millionaire in a year.

When you hear someone boasting their "business acumen", with a language that has nothing but buzzwords and aggressiveness, without seeing anything to back it up, rest assured, it's one of those deluded chumps. The sad part is that, unless you are silly enough to become their "downstream", the only damage their attitude will ever wreck is to themselves and their cohort.

[Cornfed]

The sad part is that, unless you are silly enough to become their "downstream", the only damage their attitude will ever wreck is to themselves and their cohort.

Eh, the sad part is that it is people who believe their bullshit that end up destitute instead of them.

[hypermak]

The sad part is that, unless you are silly enough to become their "downstream", the only damage their attitude will ever wreck is to themselves and their cohort.

Eh, the sad part is that it is people who believe their bullshit that end up destitute instead of them.

You're assuming he is the top man, the guru. Sounds more like he is one of the many acolytes who may well end up in tears. Of course, when that happens, he will never come here to tell us

[Contrarian Expatriate]

Unless you actually have business expertise, naysaying and excuse making is best kept to yourself.

You might recall that I was considering buying a franchise last year, and if I had done so I might be living under a bridge right now through no fault of my own....

Well why is that not a surprise you broke idiot loser!

Newsflash: If you are broke and nearing poverty, it is 100% your own fault. Smart people prepare for these things unlike fools who think they have a clue about real business.

[Contrarian Expatriate]

In case you needed more proof, @Contrarian Expatriate is your average idle retiree with a bit more cash than he needs (and perhaps he deserves), who has fallen into one of these many "business investment" schemes that are supposed to tell you how to behave like a successful entrepreneur and become a millionaire in a year.

Sorry to disappoint you, but I have been a millionaire for some years now.

When you hear someone boasting their "business acumen", with a language that has nothing but buzzwords and aggressiveness, without seeing anything to back it up, rest assured, it's one of those deluded chumps. The sad part is that, unless you are silly enough to become their "downstream", the only damage their attitude will ever wreck is to themselves and their cohort.

Nice try idiot, but I refuse to give you any substantive tips on getting six figure income to flow just to prove something to you. You don't deserve anything but chopping veggies and stirring the soup in that cramped, hot, miserable hotel kitchen.

[Contrarian Expatriate]

My business acumen comes from helping my family run a business, and a pretty successful one at that, since I was a teenager.

And that is why you are working as a failed cook who had to escape to the Phils right? Nice try, if your family and its "business" are anything like you, they are third rate, classless idiots who can't do anything but prepare food for a living.

@Cornfed might be odious in his racist remarks but he shows much more balance and common sense than you.

Cornfed gets a pass on his bigotry. If I were close to living under a bridge due to poverty and low-IQ, I would be angry at me too!

Now get back to scrubbing toilet bowls and dishes you flunky from a family of burger flippers.

[hypermak]

Sorry to disappoint you, but I have been a millionaire for some years now.

Suuure LOL sure

Nice try idiot, but I refuse to give you any substantive tips on getting six figure income to flow just to prove something to you. You don't deserve anything but chopping veggies and stirring the soup in that cramped, hot, miserable hotel kitchen.

You can keep your Trillion Dollar Baby wisdom to yourself, mate. I wouldn't want even if you paid me to get it. Your delusions obviously run across the board: from the lifestyle you have, to the girls you date, to the businesses you run... It's all so believable, you need to use foul language to start even the simplest discussion about setting up a business.

[hypermak]

And that is why you are working as a failed cook who had to escape to the Phils right? Nice try, if your family and its "business" are anything like you, they are third rate, classless idiots who can't do anything but prepare food for a living.

I have said it a billion times and you know it full well, why I am in the Philippines and not in Italy, with my family. No point repeating it.

I am still waiting for proof that you are anything more than a former community college-educated, affirmative-action white collar who spends his $50K pension on sex trips to Ukraine and what's left of it on lottery-like "investment schemes" ran by phoney business gurus and tycoons.

So far on your posts you have proven the complete opposite: you have no sense of business, not even the basic common sense needed to run a lemonade stand. At best, you regurgitate some of the materials you bought off your "mentors" who will, one day (no doubt!) make you as rich and successful as you desire to be.

You may not like restaurateurs and bakers but it's still a very legitimate job, at least when done with hard work, passion and commitment. We never stole anything from anyone and, in fact, we are one of the top 50 taxpayers in our town.

Compare and contrast with your boastful claims of being a "business mentor" and a millionaire when you can't even spell the ups and downs of starting a franchised business. Again, you are being fooled and your business knowledge is what your handlers want you to repeat, parrot-like. Considering the way you behave with us here and your attitude, I don't have the last ounce of sympathy for you. You have it all wrong and will lose the little cash you invested on these phoney schemes. I hope you at least got yourself a good investment manager who managed to get some of your savings into some good funds.

Cornfed gets a pass on his bigotry. If I were close to living under a bridge due to poverty and low-IQ, I would be angry at me too!

Now get back to scrubbing toilet bowls and dishes you flunky from a family of burger flippers.

Leave my family alone, you magnificent idiot. I have never mentioned yours out of respect for two people who certainly were better than you and your arrogant fakery. You're in a lot of pain as soon as someone pinches your ego. Unfortunately, you are way too old and stubborn for a wake-up call. You'll have to hit the dust and fade into nothing.

[Contrarian Expatriate]

Leave my family alone, you magnificent idiot.

To hell with your family. Since they have daily pubilc contact, Coronavirus will take out a few of the older ones.

I will look forward to seeing if you even return to Italy when that happens or you remain in the Phils to preserve your hotel worker job and access to your Asian prostitutes. My money is that a sick, selfish, psychopath like you would opt for staying in the Phils over paying respects your own family members, but we’ll see.....

[hypermak]

To hell with your family. Since they have daily pubilc contact, Coronavirus will take out a few of the older ones.

I will look forward to seeing if you even return to Italy when that happens or you remain in the Phils to preserve your hotel worker job and access to your Asian prostitutes. My money is that a sick, selfish, psychopath like you would opt for staying in the Phils over paying respects your own family members, but we’ll see.....

Testing new lows on a daily basis, aren't we?

All that solitude, the sky-high expectations of the ultimate American dream that cause you a constant sense of inadequacy, the tired comedy of pretending to be a stud-looking multi-millionaire on an unmoderated forum with 15 active members, to barely function, those nasty TRT injections that are screwing with your brain to the point of no return...that must be a lot of daily pain to take.

If this is how you survive now, I hate to think what will be of you when reality finally catches up.

[Contrarian Expatriate]

To hell with your family. Since they have daily pubilc contact, Coronavirus will take out a few of the older ones.

I will look forward to seeing if you even return to Italy when that happens or you remain in the Phils to preserve your hotel worker job and access to your Asian prostitutes. My money is that a sick, selfish, psychopath like you would opt for staying in the Phils over paying respects your own family members, but we’ll see.....

Testing new lows on a daily basis, aren't we?

All that solitude, the sky-high expectations of the ultimate American dream that cause you a constant sense of inadequacy, the tired comedy of pretending to be a stud-looking multi-millionaire on an unmoderated forum with 15 active members, to barely function, those nasty TRT injections that are screwing with your brain to the point of no return...that must be a lot of daily pain to take.

If this is how you survive now, I hate to think what will be of you when reality finally catches up.

I don’t have any regard for any “family” that unleashed the likes of you on the world. They must be truly “remarkable” people and not in the positive sense.

[hypermak]

I don’t have any regard for any “family” that unleashed the likes of you on the world. They must be truly “remarkable” people and not in the positive sense.

Newsflash: you don't have any regard for any family, in fact for anyone who is not yourself.