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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ecko
if your business is growing you should be making more money
When your business is growing, that's when you put your profits back into the business to further spur the growth. Paying yourself any more than necessary during a growth cycle is dumb.
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
When your business is growing, that's when you put your profits back into the business to further spur the growth. Paying yourself any more than necessary during a growth cycle is dumb.
im getting paid less then any of my employees i only took out $3500 since january 1st for myself.
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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Good luck with the business!
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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thanks. ive got a new business plan in works right now. should be able to build entire application that i have in mind for under $250k. then $450k in sales/marketing and possible acquisition for $250mil+
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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damn. well in that case you have a decent reason and I'd probably do the same in your shoes. Money>cars
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by UrbanSoot
its just a car after all... i can always pick up another miata
Ya, we know. We have seen you do it several times already. GL on the business side.
Old Mar 15, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by UrbanSoot
ecko, are you proficient in either hardcore oop php/python coding or linux/unix system administration (high availability, clustering, load balancing, cloud/grid storage)?
also, ive got no problem finishing the car but it still needs another $2k of crap to get it done and id rather spend that money on new servers which i desperately need. have you priced a decent enterprise-level private cloud hardware recently? **** is uber expensive!
I used to do the latter. I'm curious about what you're up to-- PM me?
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