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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:03 PM Original message |
My lord what you don't know about business can kill you. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:11 PM Original message |
My Lord. Have you found yourself a good accountant yet? |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Actually I'm real close to going off on that subject. I'd think that he should have been |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yes, he definitely should have been aware, if he was looking at all your records. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I think I'll avoid the Jiffy Lube of accounting but thanks for the info. nt |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Seems as tho you and I went to the same school (or not) |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "My problem(s) just involve a couple of more zeros." |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. He's a friend. And Tom has earned it. nt |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. What I meant by that.. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Perhaps I could write "Fuck Me" on your carry on.....nt |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Seems as tho someone wrote "Fuck Me" on my life. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh my gosh |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Most of the small business you can open in this country are not viable. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. There are LOTS of viable small business opportunities |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. My statement still stands. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I don't think it necessarily fits, though |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So it's the cobblers fault when his business becomes obsolete? |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. No |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. So you think grandpa who was in the family business for 4 generations should |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Absolutely |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. My statement still stands. nt |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. How? |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Lets say thats true but lets also admit that what you're really looking at is |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Sure, but all businesses have things happen that are beyond control |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I had nothing to lose. I was handed an oppurtunity. It is not something I could have done |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I do think you were naive |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I love that I have no overhead, else I would not be able to work for myself |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Spend a year or two working for someone else in the same field |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So you think a manager has a clue about being a business owner? |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Certainly you won't know everything there is to know. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You do have a point but you're hitting a sore spot. Take Care. nt |
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Bronyraurus (871 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. God bless ya, Flab |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Recently lost my latest business. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Not a whole hell of alot I can do. I'm afraid if things don't change drastically by |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. How are you marketing your business? |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I've never had a problem with marketing. I can get people in with my eyes closed. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. A business professor gave me some advice |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Fortunately there are vastly simpler ways to market a restaurant. |
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Nabia2004 (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Talk to the IRS, you may be able to work out a deal |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well thats cool. I guess it can't hurt. Thanks. nt |
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