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Re: Tiny

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Post by tempestn »

bjarneh wrote: post #57
TAForObvReasons wrote: post #33

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The website gives an example: > You've got early employees, investors, or a co-founder who wants to leave or cash out. You want to swap them for a friendly new face who can add value and help you grow the business. This is common in professional groups (like law firms or medical practices) when a partner is looking to retire.

Selling out is common; I just hope and think I would not do it, but who knows. I've never been in the position to sell out :-)

Unless you plan to a) run the business until it fails, or b) pass it to your offspring, you're going to sell at some point, right? Given that, it makes sense to give at least some thought to what that point might look like before you get there.

Re: Tiny

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Post by vidarh »

bjarneh wrote: post #31
umvi wrote: post #3

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The catch is that your business has to be in pretty darn good shape. They won't just buy any company, you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing.

> you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing. I just cannot imagine selling my business if everything was pointing upwards like that.. but people are different I guess

It can be stable, profitable, and growing and you might still be burned out, or have an even better idea you want to focus on, or just want a change.

Re: Tiny

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Post by quickthrower2 »

avnigo wrote: post #66
jimsimmons wrote: post #13

I like this new style aesthetic that I’ve been seeing on a few sites. minimalism the right way

Seems like Corporate Memphis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis https://www.wired.co.uk/article/corporate-memphis-design-tec...

Ooh there is a name for that style! Didn’t know that.

I see it everywhere. It feels very generic most of the time. Some graphic artists do it well though.

Re: Tiny

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Post by techwind »

devoutsalsa wrote: post #46
mrslave wrote: post #25

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If only this were Keyne's most famous theory. I believe he (or the greater school of thought built around him) did argue that stimulus through discounted interest rates should be balanced in a timely fashion. But I have to look around the world and wonder which - if any - of our leaders is brave enough to do this? The long trend downwards in interest rates everywhere has not had the desired effect and there are a lot…

Without my glasses on, I read that as Kanye’s and was really confused for a good minute.

Keyne West is a well-known creative genius

Re: Tiny

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Post by bjarneh »

vidarh wrote: post #72
bjarneh wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing. I just cannot imagine selling my business if everything was pointing upwards like that.. but people are different I guess

It can be stable, profitable, and growing and you might still be burned out, or have an even better idea you want to focus on, or just want a change.

True; but from what I've seen it seems most people who start businesses have a very hard time letting them go, even when they are doing badly; but I guess there are circumstances where it makes sense to sell out.

Re: Tiny

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Post by huhtenberg »

FriedrichN wrote: post #64
firecall wrote: post #58

I wish companies would indicate which countries they operate in!

When it's not mentioned I just assume it's US only. Which is usually the case.

IIRC Tiny came out of MetaLab and MetaLab is Canadian.

Don't know if they might be registered elsewhere though. They probably are.

Re: Tiny

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Post by xuki »

bjarneh wrote: post #31
umvi wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The catch is that your business has to be in pretty darn good shape. They won't just buy any company, you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing.

> you have to prove it is stable, profitable, and growing. I just cannot imagine selling my business if everything was pointing upwards like that.. but people are different I guess

By selling you get to access the money NOW, instead of waiting (and working) for years.

Re: Tiny

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Post by berkes »

vasco wrote: post #23

The founders also have a Spotify marketplace sidekick to Tiny https://www.wecommerce.co/

Shopify, not Spotify.

Now I'm left wondering what would be needed to piggyback on the spotify success, though. A marketplace for in-podcast-advertising? A (digital) agency that helps musicians sort out "all their Spotify administration, artwork, etc" so they can focus on making music?

Re: Tiny

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Post by berkes »

TaylorGood wrote: post #69

Don't like calling out things, but Sophia with GirlBoss got lucky. Do they accept NFT projects?

> but Sophia with GirlBoss got lucky.

Without some background and/or numbers that really is "calling out things". Could even be considered gossip or slander.

I'd never heard of GirlBoss before, but I put it on my podcast-list just now because the topics look very interesting.

Re: Tiny

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Post by ncmncm »

ralusek wrote: post #19

Is anybody else super tired of this aesthetic: https://assets.website-files.com/5f10771cbfea70224f1ce526/5f... I know companies all jump on design bandwagons, but this one of these hideous illustrations of amorphous blob people is not only one that every company has been riding for the last few years, but should have never existed in the first place. Not to mention the egregious usage of 90s HTML hyperlink blue. I ge…

Almost as tired of as of "incredibly". Thus, incredibly, deeply, profoundly tired of.

This use is what linguists call a "generic intensifier". It is somewhat less bad than misused "exponentially" or "literally".

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