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    Smart Not Clever
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    How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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      How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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      Dalek Dave
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      Depends what you intend to do? Buy/sell online? more than enough. Employ people? No chance.

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        How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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        wow[^] Whose biscuits have you been eating?

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          How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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          Rama Krishna Vavilala
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          ... to do that. Jokes apart, you can start a company for $200. Yes that's all it takes to register :) Here is Guy Kawasaki's article on How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 [^] If you ignore the legal fees and save the development costs by developing yourself, you can come to the $5000 mark. Remember, it takes very less to start a company but takes a lot to run one.

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            wow[^] Whose biscuits have you been eating?

            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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            Smart Not Clever
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            oh sh*t.i never kept track of that!

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              ... to do that. Jokes apart, you can start a company for $200. Yes that's all it takes to register :) Here is Guy Kawasaki's article on How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 [^] If you ignore the legal fees and save the development costs by developing yourself, you can come to the $5000 mark. Remember, it takes very less to start a company but takes a lot to run one.

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              what if everything is done- idea is big. product is ready. registraion is all done. only need to sell.how do u do that with 5000$ ?

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                How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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                Mark_Wallace
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                Don't worry your pretty little head. Just send me the money, and I'll sort it out for you.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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                  Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                  I promise to deliver a well written summary. On a serious note, the smaller your capital investment the larger your personal investment must be. Make sure, however, the business you are starting is something you can attract business to and not perform the work for. Sure, in the beginning you will be doing both. But after you get started you should do less implementation and more solicitation. The amount is really irrelevant. Although with good credit 5k can become $30k (small business loan) and if you are in the U.S. there are SBA micro grants and loans available to bring your total to $50k if you really try.

                  Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                    Don't worry your pretty little head. Just send me the money, and I'll sort it out for you.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    Abhinav S
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                    Mark Wallace wrote:

                    Just send me the money, and I'll sort it out for you.

                    And you don't worry about the money or all this sorting out business, either. Just send it over, and I'll take care of it for you.... :)

                    Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
                    Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...

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                      Mark Wallace wrote:

                      Just send me the money, and I'll sort it out for you.

                      And you don't worry about the money or all this sorting out business, either. Just send it over, and I'll take care of it for you.... :)

                      Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.
                      Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for...

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      Great! Send me your credit card details, mother's maiden name, etc, and I'll forward the money to you!

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                        what if everything is done- idea is big. product is ready. registraion is all done. only need to sell.how do u do that with 5000$ ?

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                        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                        You do not even need $5000 in that case. :)

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                          I promise to deliver a well written summary. On a serious note, the smaller your capital investment the larger your personal investment must be. Make sure, however, the business you are starting is something you can attract business to and not perform the work for. Sure, in the beginning you will be doing both. But after you get started you should do less implementation and more solicitation. The amount is really irrelevant. Although with good credit 5k can become $30k (small business loan) and if you are in the U.S. there are SBA micro grants and loans available to bring your total to $50k if you really try.

                          Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane

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                          Smart Not Clever
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                          assuming - the idea is reasonably good.the product is ready.it's all hosted on a dedicated server.it only needs to sell.i just cant figure out how to sell. dont belive in online advertising.now if you could add furher opinions to that

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                            You do not even need $5000 in that case. :)

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                            Smart Not Clever
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                            ideas ! please!

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                              ... to do that. Jokes apart, you can start a company for $200. Yes that's all it takes to register :) Here is Guy Kawasaki's article on How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 [^] If you ignore the legal fees and save the development costs by developing yourself, you can come to the $5000 mark. Remember, it takes very less to start a company but takes a lot to run one.

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                              After read further, I think the title of that article needs to be re-written. "How I blew 12K on a yet another worthless, copycat Web 2-Point-Blow site that's of less use than a urinary tract infection in a senile South American sloth." Lead on Mr Kawasaki, lead on. X|

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                                After read further, I think the title of that article needs to be re-written. "How I blew 12K on a yet another worthless, copycat Web 2-Point-Blow site that's of less use than a urinary tract infection in a senile South American sloth." Lead on Mr Kawasaki, lead on. X|

                                ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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                                Rama Krishna Vavilala
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                                Huh? Do you know that he sold Truemors for far, far more than $12,000? :) [edit] Ok! I did not state the fact is that he was able to sell it because he was Guy Kawasaki. Other smart people may not succeed doing the same. [/edit]

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                                  How do you go about starting a company with 5000$ - any ideas? any opinions?

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                                  i think i need some sense of humour to sell.can someone share that?

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                                    i think i need some sense of humour to sell.can someone share that?

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                                    I can sell you some for about $5000! :)

                                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                                      Huh? Do you know that he sold Truemors for far, far more than $12,000? :) [edit] Ok! I did not state the fact is that he was able to sell it because he was Guy Kawasaki. Other smart people may not succeed doing the same. [/edit]

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                                      Well congrats for him. All that proves is that PT Barnum's observation of "There's a sucker born every minute" is still alive and well.

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                                        I can sell you some for about $5000! :)

                                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                                        Smart Not Clever
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                                        I thought by now - one of the cpians would have asked "what are you trying to sell?give us a hint": :doh:

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                                          i think i need some sense of humour to sell.can someone share that?

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                                          hammerstein05
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                                          You're asking for someone to provide you with a sense of humour?! Seriously, from what you've said, you just need to market your product to encourage sales. Either market locally, or use the internet (which you said you don't believe in). I'm sure a quick search of google will yield you some results as to global or local marketing companies.

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