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Why not Upwork? Or investing some time in studying up on digital marketing and building your own products? It isn't easy but you should be able to clobber $5/hour. Two questions wh…

When the axe finally fell, My boss walked my resume over to a sister company in the same private equity group. Had an offer within a few weeks. He gets maximum internet good guy po…

Be careful what you wish for. Commercial ads aren't perfect but they represent a decent middle ground for content creators. And have a powerful moderating effect on webmaster behav…

I'll be in touch (sorry, wandered off to deal with life)

Yup. But it was more than that one guy, the whole model was crap and they kept selling more units... https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/brief-his...

And ability to execute consistently across the chain. That's the real miracle here. Everyone else is hit or miss. I don't think I've ever seen a bad Chick-fil-A...

Sure - and franchises are actively marketed, by a commission sales force and any number of people who get a 'finders fee' should you happen to sign up through their channel. There …

Uh...this is a common conflict between owner-operators and franchise groups. Also a common area of abuse. There was a sandwich shop chain in the US where this got very ugly a few y…

Politics aside, the food is awesome, fast, and polite. And generally better for you than the major chains... I'm not really sure what MacDonald's actually serves anymore... much le…

This is a secret weapon. Most organizations lose 30% - 50% of their "mojo" with each layer of separation from an "engaged stakeholder". Generally meaning someone with equity or sub…

I love it - any restrictions on setting up an ad program on my blog and feeding candidates into the process? (I've got a relevant audience, so not spam)

That is what is politely referred to as a "cost of doing business"....

Get ready for ads to get more annoying. The hidden benefit of using personalized data to target and track prospects was an advertiser could use "soft sell" to build a brand over ti…

Whoa there... you've got a blessing in disguise... use it wisely before you scamper off. I've had two of these in my career - extended stays in a role which is "naturally prestigio…

I think we need to work with people to encourage more of the critical thinking skills to create their own jobs. The average American is considerably less creative than their forefa…

What jumped out at me about this data was many of these businesses have robust contribution value per customer. (Not just relative to acquisition cost, like in low-end B2B but succ…

You had me at privateer... where do I apply?

Honestly, I hope the employees involved file a massive class action suit against the CEO, head of HR, and the board for creating a hostile environment. Burn the place to the ground…

Wait. Pause. I read the verge article. They put people through that kind of bullshit in NYC for 40 grand a year? Are you kidding me? (yes, well aware that many people make less tha…

Indeed. From what I can tell, it sounds like an e-commerce company is bifurcating into: - A B2C Shopify store, with the former traffic / audience - Some kind of e-commerce platform…

Actually, there is a market for used underwear. Look up the rag trade - industrial rags and the like. They shred old fabric for use in workshop and industrial applications. The mor…

I'm sorry. NO. Just No. Speaking as someone who not only invests in websites but authored some early studies on the fair value of micro-sites (back in 2012) that deal is utterly bo…

Speaking as someone who runs a bunch of large websites - out of my own pocket, for profit.... I'm confused. How did we get from 60K users to 10K per day expense? For comparison, I …

Both are nice to have but ultimately irrelevant to your success in life. Means nothing in the long run. Just do you. And work to get to a level of accomplishment where you don't ne…