[nABEntre] Advice
Brandon Keith Biggs
brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 14:18:05 UTC 2020
Hello,
Business skills are the yeast in the bread that makes the business rise.
You need something someone wants to buy, or support someone who has
something someone else wants to buy. Once you have that, then your books
and business skills will start becoming useful, although you'll probably
learn a hundred times as much as you've learned from the books actually
scaling the business.
1. Find something people are willing to pay for.
2. Write a plan (sometimes known as a business plan) to get your product in
front of your customer so they will buy it.
3. Work hard to make your first customer experiences so incredible they
will love you and tell their friends.
4. Become so busy with sales and new customer orders that you need to hire
someone else to help you.
5. Use those business skills and repeat step 4 until you have a business
that doesn't need you anymore.
6. Either sell the business at this point, or take it public.
For funding, your personal credit score will be critical if you're going to
take out loans. Get that as high as you can. If you're going to right
grants, spend lots of time reading over the application, meeting with the
grant officer, and making sure your documents are in order. Also make sure
you have someone on your team who has received that grant before. For
investors, I'm not an expert, but from what I've heard, you need a product
that is growing so fast that you can't wait for a grant, banks won't give
you high enough loans, and you're making money hand-over-fist. I've heard
you can also get investor funding in earlier stages, but you need a large 5
billion pluss market size.
But the point is, you need a product people actually want to buy.
The problem with MLMs, is they're a product built for the team member to
buy and not the customer. Sure, you can find people who will buy the
product, but the people running the MLM are selling to the team members and
not to the team member's customers.
If you want to really be successful, specialize in something else, not
related to business (Mark Zuckerberg) or find someone who is an expert
(Steve Jobs).
If you're only after money, become a financial trader at a bank or
investment firm. That doesn't have as much risk, and the payoff is much
faster. You're also dealing with money every day, which is what can scratch
that itch for more money.
Businesses are for people who have a burning passion for getting something
out into the world, or who have something people really want to buy. You'll
live, sleep, eat, and drink that thing for between 5-10 years, so you need
to love it.
Thanks,
Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 6:29 AM Reece O'Bryan via NABEntre <
nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What is it you want to do? If making money is all, then you’ll never have
> enough.
> What do you enjoy doing? If it is not something you enjoy, then the money
> doesn’t matter.
> You say you have made two companies. Did you make two business plans? Did
> you create two LLC’s?
> Books and seminars are nice, but you won’t have success until your
> ambition meets effort.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Reece
>
> > On Aug 24, 2020, at 8:18 AM, Esoteric Quality via NABEntre <
> nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I know others can relate, so here goes. How do you go from being an SSI
> recipient to a multimillionaire/billionaire? I've been struggling to
> achieve success. I've been discriminated by colleges and employers. I have
> read so many different business books, attended seminars, etc. I have done
> Mlms without success. I've formed 2 companies. My first one failed, and my
> second company I can hardly get off the ground because I don't have the
> capital and support that I need to be able to build my team and expand out.
> My credit is also low. Any advice from successful blind entrepreneurs would
> be much appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Clayton Jacobs
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
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> >> 1. Re: looking for work from home businesses including direct
> >> selling companies for men (karate25 at comcast.net)
> >> 2. Re: looking for work from home businesses including direct
> >> selling companies for men (Lauren Merryfield)
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> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:10:51 -0400
> >> From: <karate25 at comcast.net>
> >> To: "NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [nABEntre] looking for work from home businesses
> >> including direct selling companies for men
> >> Message-ID: <0A79B63BA27E4D37B65EEF66F586E676 at LAPTOPD5TD923F>
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> >>
> >> hello there again everyone, Daniel Perry here again and I'm so happy to
> >> report that not only have I found a direct selling company that I can
> mostly
> >> work with, but dear old mom suggested it for me. I'm happy to announce
> that
> >> I'm now a successful Avon representative and have been now for about 6
> >> campaigns now. Yes, there are some accessibility hurtles, however I am
> able
> >> to effectively run my Avon business as a direct delivery only business
> and
> >> I've got 64 people on my team. However, out of those 64, only about 12
> or so
> >> actually make the effort to run their businesses. I'll take what I can
> get
> >> however, so I'm happy. Now that I'm able to run an Avon business, I'm
> >> looking into a second company that I can expand into. I'm not stopping
> Avon
> >> by any means though let me make that perfectly clear. I'm so happy with
> them
> >> because the products pretty much sell themselves without me having to
> really
> >> do any sort of heavy marketing. I've even got my own facebook business
> page
> >> that I've hooked up to Avon's social media platform. Now, if I could
> only
> >> get Avon's it department to get back in touch with me about making the
> site
> >> more accessible. I'm not able to fully use our training platform
> because
> >> both jaws and nvda don't see the button that tells the system that I've
> been
> >> able to locate our resource library so that I can proceed to the next
> module
> >> in the short cut to success course that I'm currently stuck in. Other
> than
> >> this however, I'm having lots of fun with Avon. I finally feel as
> though I'm
> >> a functioning and contributing member of society. If anyone would like
> to
> >> join my team, please feel very free to reach out to me and to go to my
> Avon
> >> store located at youravon.com/danielsavon. Have a wonderful day to you
> all.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Daniel Perry via NABEntre
> >> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 7:09 AM
> >> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
> >> Cc: karate25 at comcast.net
> >> Subject: [nABEntre] looking for work from home businesses including
> direct
> >> selling companies for men
> >>
> >> Hi there Peter and others, Peter, what you say makes lots of sense. If
> I?m
> >> going to run a business, whether or not it?s Amway or which ever form
> the
> >> business takes, whether I?m looking to build some sort of downline or
> look
> >> for other employees, I really ought to know how to recruit. I?m of
> course
> >> willing to learn how to do this but for me it?s going to be somewhat of
> a
> >> challenge, as I live in such an area where transportation is rather an
> >> issue. So I would have to do my recruiting online for the most part. So
> now,
> >> with all of this being said, what are some ideas of some good companies
> or
> >> businesses that I could get started with that are legitimate and
> accessible
> >> to jaws? thanks so much, and Peter, if you could run the title of the
> book
> >> you recommended to me once again, I?d appreciate it. I happen to have
> an
> >> audible account and I?ll look for it there. I absolutely love Audible
> by the
> >> way just in case anyone?s interested, but that?s beyond the scope of
> this
> >> list, so I?ll not talk about it here. Have a wonderful day my friends
> and I
> >> look forward to hearing from you soon.
> >>
> >> Sincerely, Daniel Perry
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> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 2
> >> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:49:59 +0000
> >> From: Lauren Merryfield <lauren7877 at outlook.com>
> >> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [nABEntre] looking for work from home businesses
> >> including direct selling companies for men
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> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> >>
> >> Hi, Daniel,
> >> Congratulations on finding a work-at-home job that makes you happy!
> That is great!
> >>
> >> It might be helpful for you to call our NFB National office at
> >> 410-659-9314
> >> to talk to someone there about the inaccessible Avon website.
> >>
> >> You might also try Googling companies who work on website
> accessibility. You might find one who is able to work with Avon to bring
> more attention to the fact that some of their revenue is being generated by
> blind Avon representatives so it behooves them to respond favorably to the
> accessibility needs of their blind representatives.
> >>
> >> Labeling the buttons seems to me to be a fairly simple thing to do. All
> they need to do is put Alt text (alternative text) on their graphics,
> including the buttons, and you could be on your way as an equal in the
> business.
> >>
> >> Blessings,
> >> Stay well and safe,
> >> Lauren Merryfield
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: NABEntre <nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Daniel Perry
> via NABEntre
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2020 6:11 AM
> >> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: karate25 at comcast.net
> >> Subject: Re: [nABEntre] looking for work from home businesses including
> direct selling companies for men
> >>
> >> hello there again everyone, Daniel Perry here again and I'm so happy to
> report that not only have I found a direct selling company that I can
> mostly work with, but dear old mom suggested it for me. I'm happy to
> announce that I'm now a successful Avon representative and have been now
> for about 6 campaigns now. Yes, there are some accessibility hurtles,
> however I am able to effectively run my Avon business as a direct delivery
> only business and I've got 64 people on my team. However, out of those 64,
> only about 12 or so actually make the effort to run their businesses. I'll
> take what I can get however, so I'm happy. Now that I'm able to run an Avon
> business, I'm looking into a second company that I can expand into. I'm not
> stopping Avon by any means though let me make that perfectly clear. I'm so
> happy with them because the products pretty much sell themselves without me
> having to really do any sort of heavy marketing. I've even got my own
> facebook business page that I've hooked up to Avon's social media platform.
> Now, if I could only get Avon's it department to get back in touch with me
> about making the site more accessible. I'm not able to fully use our
> training platform because both jaws and nvda don't see the button that
> tells the system that I've been able to locate our resource library so that
> I can proceed to the next module in the short cut to success course that
> I'm currently stuck in. Other than this however, I'm having lots of fun
> with Avon. I finally feel as though I'm a functioning and contributing
> member of society. If anyone would like to join my team, please feel very
> free to reach out to me and to go to my Avon store located at
> youravon.com/danielsavon. Have a wonderful day to you all.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Daniel Perry via NABEntre
> >> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 7:09 AM
> >> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
> >> Cc: karate25 at comcast.net
> >> Subject: [nABEntre] looking for work from home businesses including
> direct selling companies for men
> >>
> >> Hi there Peter and others, Peter, what you say makes lots of sense. If
> I?m going to run a business, whether or not it?s Amway or which ever form
> the business takes, whether I?m looking to build some sort of downline or
> look for other employees, I really ought to know how to recruit. I?m of
> course willing to learn how to do this but for me it?s going to be somewhat
> of a challenge, as I live in such an area where transportation is rather an
> issue. So I would have to do my recruiting online for the most part. So
> now, with all of this being said, what are some ideas of some good
> companies or businesses that I could get started with that are legitimate
> and accessible to jaws? thanks so much, and Peter, if you could run the
> title of the book you recommended to me once again, I?d appreciate it. I
> happen to have an audible account and I?ll look for it there. I absolutely
> love Audible by the way just in case anyone?s interested, but that?s beyond
> the scope of this list, so I?ll not talk about it here. Have a wonderful
> day my friends and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
> >>
> >> Sincerely, Daniel Perry
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