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I do consulting in quantitative software and analytics for finance. I have my own small company and can give myself any title. "CEO" sounds too pretentious to many, so I went with managing director, the title for upper-middle to upper management in many financial companies. Choose something similar for your industry. Couple of guesses: vice-president of business development, director of professional services, executi…
When people ask what I do, I say: "I make children games."
You: I run my own business
Girl: hmm what kind of business ? (or she might just stop here)
You: Online business to sell $XYZ
Girl: Oh cool.
You: Well yea its kinda complicated. So what were you saying about that tilapia ?
instead of saying you're an entrepreneur, say what you do. for instance: blogger = author information marketer = teacher outsourced app = product designer affiliate marketer = international sales manager ecommerce store = ceo of import/export business and so on
Honesty is the foundation of a successful relationship. So when dating for love, you should always tell the truth. If you own a business, say you own a business. If your date can't accept your career, then they aren't worth dating in the first place.
I am Italian and have been an entrepreneur myself, for this reason, I understand your difficulty. However, before even trying to describe your lifestyle in a less defensive way, I would suggest to change attitude about your job. Far from being a stigma, running a small business makes you a successful person if you enjoy what you do, if your business is stable, if it grows organically, if it allows you to employ peopl…
girls.filter( girl => !girl.isGoldDigger ).map(_.reply("how about you?"))
I run a small software company which $BENEFITS_STATEMENT. You can tailor the benefits to whatever you thing the person you are speaking to values.
Did you A/B test those kinds of statements with girls prior to getting married? :-)
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Can you give us some good, non-awkward-to-say, benefit statement examples?
If you ever feel awkward saying something, trying saying it like the Old Spice Guy would say it. It seems to me this often makes things almost magically less awkward. My answer around techies is different and generally focuses on tech-centric social proof, but if I were e.g. at a McKenzie family reunion where capitalism is vaguely distasteful and teachers can do no wrong, I would bang the "I helped teach X million ki…
I didn't feel that confident about my work in the first year, now I do. I say the same thing to different reactions now.