craigb
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Starting a new business!
We'll have to see what comes of it, but I got my business license, DBA and even secured a website today. I intend to use this initially for creating Android apps (I usually consult under my own name - whatever that really is  ). My goal is to have something ready to go by the end of March. Until then (and maybe even after), the website will have next-to-nothing on it, but I'll be using the email addresses and file space behind the scenes. Here are a couple of website-ready logos I created today (in all of 30 minutes - the light version is actually just the dark version inverted). So what do you guys think? Business worthy branding?   Regardless of the final outcome, it does feel good to be doing something new! In fact, while making the logos, I got a message from a company that wants me to do some consulting for them (I've been waiting on them since last April! *Sheesh!*). Maybe things are finally turning around for the better? 
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/10 20:05:40
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I hope things are on the upswing for you, Craig. Good luck.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/10 20:54:16
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You're definitely tapping into the current look for logos and graphics there, this kind of sleek minimalist look that I see a lot. I like it a lot. Good luck with it.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 01:18:36
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I like the logos and the name!! Very cool :-)
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 02:02:23
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Congrats and best of luck, Craig!
I really like the logo.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 02:50:35
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Logo and name are fine! Good luck!
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 08:11:53
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Jyemz Thrombold's Patented Brisk Weather Pantaloonettes with Inclementometer
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 08:15:32
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That's great! Best to ya.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 08:16:25
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Love it, Craigb. That's great news.
I like the name and logo. You may want to have Bapu put that logo on a shirt for you.
I wish you the best on your new venture.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 09:43:25
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Pigs in fog? That's kinda like misty becan on the hoof, right?
Good luck!
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 09:50:19
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Best of luck with your new endeavor. Looks like you are on the right track. Love the name.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 10:03:36
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Best of luck Craig!! Hope this Pig pen takes off with much success!!
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 10:29:32
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I won't wish you luck Craig, but I do wish you well. As an newish self employed small business owner myself, I quickly learned this: Luck has nothing to do with success. The harder and smarter I work, the fatter my bank balance gets. The side of the road is littered with the rotting carcasses of the lazy. Get after it hard and heavy and never quit trying to do and be better every day. Do this, and you'll get where you want to be.
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craigb
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 13:41:07
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Thanks guys. Right now I'm going into it thinking it's merely an avenue to publish a few apps for the Android phone, but who knows after that?
It sure would be nice to create the next Candy Crush Saga and make $400,000 per day but I'm certainly not expecting a lot going in. (Being in two start-up companies already that made me less than $20k combined over four years of very hard work can temper ones expectations!)
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/11 13:53:29
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Hi,
May you do well, and finally find a chance to get out and throw a few snowballs, and then have a giggle listening to some music, if you want to.
Only advise I have, is to make sure you find an accountant (mom is a major one here in Vancouver, btw), to ensure that you know that every pencil receipt is MANDATORY, and that you start off correctly, and not waste any money that you end up not representing in your next tax return. It's all a benefit to you, not the IRS, by the way, since the less you show on your Schedule C, the more the IRS makes off you.
And yes, Randy is fairly right in making sure you know what it takes ... but you have to find a day to yourself, in order to recharge batteries once in a while, or it will all be gone sooner than you imagine from exhaustion!
Hang in there! Success is not guaranteed, but being "seen" is.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/12 20:54:26
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Might be too clever a name.
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craigb
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/12 21:06:08
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Have you looked at the developer names in the Google Play Store lately?
My hope is to someday have a forum on MY website that works like crap too... (Ah, one can dream, can't they?)
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/12 21:38:49
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No matter where I move my iPad...they keep staring at me. Good work.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 08:19:33
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I won't wish you luck Craig, but I do wish you well. As an newish self employed small business owner myself, I quickly learned this: Luck has nothing to do with success. The harder and smarter I work, the fatter my bank balance gets. The side of the road is littered with the rotting carcasses of the lazy. Get after it hard and heavy and never quit trying to do and be better every day. Do this, and you'll get where you want to be.
Randy
This is exactly right. Sometimes things happen by luck or circumstance but generally, it's "luck" that you create through hard work and perseverance. I've heard it said that luck is when preparedness meets opportunity. Same story here, I started a business 22+ years ago. A number of folks told me I was making a mistake.... economy's not right, towns too small for another company doing that, etc, etc, etc.... I went door to door in the downtown area passing out cards, adverts in the paper, and before long, I "lucked" into a guy doing rehab work and from that point on..... well, lets just say, it's been a nice ride on the capitalism train for the past 2 decades.
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craigb
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 08:42:21
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I agree. Still not sure if this will actually be "that" business yet (it's currently slated to just be an avenue to deploy any Android apps I develop) or if I'll be headed back to other IT work once I'm back up-to-date with my skills but... That said, how I ended up riding the capitalism train for two decades myself was by being more prepared than those around me and taking a risk (which made me a 19-year old programmer for a defense contractor). So, maybe history will repeat itself (minus the part where the government and financial institutions steal everything I had earned that is). NOT happy about being pinched in the job market right now though! I can't get an interview for a decent job thanks to my age (not that anyone will admit that) and my apparent lack of "current experience" in whatever they're looking for, OR because I'm over-qualified for any available entry-level position or even brain-dead work... Thanks again for all the well wishes though!
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 09:35:14
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>>Business worthy branding? << Maybe when pigs fly... ? ! ?? !?  If they're in fog they'd have to be IFR rated tho... to fly I mean... That is, if they could fly. Go for it. Who knows?! Maybe they it will fly.
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craigb
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 09:38:03
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C'mon, there's an implicit reference to becan going on here! That HAS to count for something!
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UbiquitousBubba
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 09:44:07
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It's making me hungry. Well, it's making me hungrier.
Just so you know, coffee is not a becan substitute. (Time for cup number 8...)
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craigb
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 09:48:43
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Heyyyyyy... Becan flavored coffee! UB! You're a genius! 
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UbiquitousBubba
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 09:51:31
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Starbucks' corporate office just hang up on me now.
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 09:57:31
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But, you can still make your own home brew roight......just add becan to taste?
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bapu
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 10:07:55
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"Best of luck with what you find, but for your own sake, remember times, we used to know"
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craigb
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 10:09:07
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I can see that the trick will be how to get the becan into the coffee... Maybe it should be cooked to a nice crispiness, then ground fine and added to the beans before brewing? Then maybe I can figure out how to include a flaky crescent roll, egg and cheese (or waffle and syrup) next so I can have a cup of breakfast!
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bapu
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 10:23:36
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Jack In The Box now offers becan inside the burger patty. Mebee you can license the technology.
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UbiquitousBubba
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Re: Starting a new business!
2014/02/13 13:53:23
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Now we know where all those ex-NASA folks ended up working.
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