Picking up where Jason Calacanis Left Off

^ We might have to chat.

I'm still learning how to leave the biz for a month and come back to it being bigger. You're right in a sense that I do enjoy the actual business vs automating it literally 100%, but my eye is still on the prize and I'm growing/doubling faster and faster. While I don't think "you must enjoy it for it to work", I do think there are advantages to enjoying it - be it running a biz, or running a biz helping other biz.

Sounds like you're quite farther along this journey than most, I'm still "that guy", I have 10K affiliates under me and have a hard time trusting any one person with too many keys so for now during this phase I am somewhat a slave to my own success whether I enjoy it or not.

Thanks for the wake up, think I'm going to re-think my top level stuff and re-read the OP again.
 
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I used to think like this.. The bigger Picture.. Start-ups, businesses..
Then, Internet marketing came along and spoiled me silly. All the short term ROI, stats, the thrill...

Time to rethink I guess.
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The best part of the essay is the topic. As someone who regrettably read 100s of cases like this in school, I believe most academic case studies are a waste of time. I've almost certainly never used nor want to use more than 90% of material I've read.

I ended up reading article, which took multiple paragraphs to admit: "We chose not to make the Shell study available to the general public, and it still remains unpublished today. The reasons had to do with the lack of scientific reliability for our conclusions"

The following is a better approach:

1. Define a clear hypothesis like proving a sustainable advantage over a specific length of time
2. Define a clear methodology to prove sustainability based on a clear definition
3. Prove at least a strong correlation

Instead this is an academic, unstructured piece of shit.

Unrelated: 1,000s of technology companies today that are bought/sold for $10M-100M will be worthless in 50 years. However, I'm sure you wouldn't mind being the guy who had a patent on VHS tapes and became a one hit wonder in the 90s. It's about the $, not the length of time.

9/10 topic
2/10 execution
 
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LoL,

a business needs to be run by you to start with.

We do not just splash money out and hire people to set up the business.

But don't fucking patronize us saying we don't know what a business is and other shit like that. Next you will tell us we don't know the difference between being rich and being wealthy.

Get of your big ego dick. Just becoz your a little further down the road does not mean your approach and philosophy to business is the be-all and end-all for entrepreneurs.

You don't strike me much of a leader, you big egocentric narcissist.


Good day General (0_o).

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuEeNXMcTD4"]G-Unit - Salute U - YouTube[/ame]

Thread// (for me).
 
ncmedia said:
^ We might have to chat.

I'm still learning how to leave the biz for a month and come back to it being bigger. You're right in a sense that I do enjoy the actual business vs automating it literally 100%, but my eye is still on the prize and I'm growing/doubling faster and faster. While I don't think "you must enjoy it for it to work", I do think there are advantages to enjoying it - be it running a biz, or running a biz helping other biz.

Sounds like you're quite farther along this journey than most, I'm still "that guy", I have 10K affiliates under me and have a hard time trusting any one person with too many keys so for now during this phase I am somewhat a slave to my own success whether I enjoy it or not.

Thanks for the wake up, think I'm going to re-think my top level stuff and re-read the OP again.
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Further along might be the wrong words, as it implies progress and I honestly wouldn't know how to go from 10,000 affiliates acting as chief operating everything to a manager.

It's just different.


than_west said:
The best part of the essay is the topic. As someone who regrettably read 100s of cases like this in school, I believe most academic case studies are a waste of time. I've almost certainly never used nor want to use more than 90% of material I've read.

I ended up reading article, which took multiple paragraphs to admit: "We chose not to make the Shell study available to the general public, and it still remains unpublished today. The reasons had to do with the lack of scientific reliability for our conclusions"

The following is a better approach:

1. Define a clear hypothesis like proving a sustainable advantage over a specific length of time
2. Define a clear methodology to prove sustainability based on a clear definition
3. Prove at least a strong correlation

Instead this is an academic, unstructured piece of shit.

Unrelated: 1,000s of technology companies today that are bought/sold for $10M-100M will be worthless in 50 years. However, I'm sure you wouldn't mind being the guy who had a patent on VHS tapes and became a one hit wonder in the 90s. It's about the $, not the length of time.

9/10 topic
2/10 execution
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Okay.

JZK721 said:
LoL,

a business needs to be run by you to start with.

We do not just splash money out and hire people to set up the business.

But don't fucking patronize us saying we don't know what a business is and other shit like that. Next you will tell us we don't know the difference between being rich and being wealthy.

Get of your big ego dick. Just becoz your a little further down the road does not mean your approach and philosophy to business is the be-all and end-all for entrepreneurs.

You don't strike me much of a leader, you big egocentric narcissist.


Good day General (0_o).

G-Unit - Salute U - YouTube

Thread// (for me).
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You're right, I'm not much of a leader. I'm more of a narcissist who patronizes people by sharing the things I've found valuable with them.

But, you won't be coming back so I'll just remain bemused by the change in tone and leave it at that. I'm also going to pass on clicking YouTube links... If you think I'm a narcissist (without even knowing me), you'd find the real Curtis Jackson to be a megalomaniac. :ugone2far:

Another popular oldie and goody for anyone interested in this subject.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280]Amazon.com: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It (9780887307287): Michael E. Gerber: Books[/ame]

Good luck all, I hope everyone reading this has a genuinely productive week.

Happy Monday
 
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