Leaves, Fliers, Illegals... (OH MY!)

[paninaro]

Where I live, the county waste services will take leaves and pay by the pound. They process it into biomass that they then sell and make millions from it (no kidding). I see landscaper trucks driving in there with a trailer full of leaves all the time.

The nice thing about that option is it's easy and quick - no need to negotiate pricing with farmers, etc. Just dump, take your money, and get back to work.

 

[JackDavey]

Where I live, the county waste services will take leaves and pay by the pound. They process it into biomass that they then sell and make millions from it (no kidding).

Who do they sell it to?

 

[Screwston]

Haha. You could get a bitch slap to mhaes.

 

[Edmund Dantes]

I thought this was gonna be profitable but I broke even on just one deal :s

I handed out the fliers, did some pitches and I only got 1 call. This guy wanted me to pick up dog shit and rake both back and front yards for $20. Dafuq?! I negotiated with him and he turned it down after discussing the matter with his morbidly obese wife.

So it's finished. I did better than most people when starting their first business venture but like I said in the beginning, it was only a way to make fast cash.

If I get some calls, I will do it but for now I'm done trying to advertise. The hours put in did not equal the return.

Next up: Niche website

Gonna do some homework on it then post up a thread on my progress.

 

[MHaes]

I thought this was gonna be profitable but I broke even on just one deal :s

I handed out the fliers, did some pitches and I only got 1 call. This guy wanted me to pick up dog shit and rake both back and front yards for $20. Dafuq?! I negotiated with him and he turned it down after discussing the matter with his morbidly obese wife.

So it's finished. I did better than most people when starting their first business venture but like I said in the beginning, it was only a way to make fast cash.

If I get some calls, I will do it but for now I'm done trying to advertise. The hours put in did not equal the return.

Next up: Niche website

Gonna do some homework on it then post up a thread on my progress.

 

[Edmund Dantes]

Thanks for the pic. If I were to invest more time into this, I could run a landscaping business but my goal was to take advantage of the season and holiday laziness. Gonna move on to other things. Btw, I read your sig...

ROFL!

 

[AntiTrace]

Edmund, youve done more than most people will ever do. Most people will sit around and dream and talk about "million dollar ideas." They will never put in the hard work and push forward into uncertainty.

by going out and actually taking action, you have risen above the herd. It may not have worked this time, and you could look at it as a failure or you could look at as very cheap education.

Without doubt, your next venture will be more successful. It may not be the "million dollar idea," but it is something. It may take 3,5,10 tries to get there, but if you keep pushing forward and learning from where you stumble, you will get there.

 

[Edmund Dantes]

Thanks brotha! Means a lot to me. I definitely learned from this experience.

 

[paninaro]

Edmund, youve done more than most people will ever do. Most people will sit around and dream and talk about "million dollar ideas." They will never put in the hard work and push forward into uncertainty.

This. Lots of people (including on this forum) talk talk talk about ideas and never seem to execute. Edmund's ahead just by giving something a try.

Edmund: What's your experience or specialty? I come up with business ideas all the time, and maybe I can pass on one to you that you'd be able to execute well.

 

[Edmund Dantes]

Fighting (Striking-wise)

Writing (I was an English major and love writing but I'm very critical. Some of my best works, according to others, felt like shit to me.)

Game (Working on the sub-niche for my website)

Motivating people (I get that compliment a lot)

Public speaking

Analyzing shit

My two business ideas are niche websites:

1) Kickboxing- Kind of like expertboxing.com. Teaching people techniques, strategy, diet, workouts, mindset, philosophy, etc.

2) Game- A certain topic has not been covered extensively but that is actually my shit.

I also have some screenplay/novella/TV show ideas that need to be written down.

 

[paninaro]

Ok you said you like analysis and you're a good writer, so presumably that means attention to detail also. Here's a business idea: order taker/organizer for interior designers.

Talk to one and they'll explain this better and I can, but here's the gist: most freelance interior designers don't have someone to place orders for their clients. The order process is very precise and complicated with custom orders, because they need to order X amount of fabric from one supplier, have it sent to the furniture maker, etc. Then, for a given furniture item, they have to specify 10-20 details about how it should be made (trim, wood stain, fabric layout, etc).

Then, they have to issue purchase orders, coordinate delivery times (typically to a warehouse for staging), and deal with anomalies.

Designers either eat this cost, or charge their high designer hourly rate for a task that is mostly clerical. They also don't do this often enough to need a full-time staff member for it.

So, provide a service to do all this back-office order processing and detail work.