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Is $50k a Reasonable Price to Ask for Writing a Business Plan for a Tech Startup?
Why would anyone in the world pay $50,000 to have you write a business plan, when they can get an outline on how to make one on their own here for free: Leonard Kim’s answer to How does one create a business plan? Also, there are many professionals out there who write killer business plans … Read more
What Is the Best Way to Get Venture Capitalists or Angel Attention Besides Networking?
It’s a pretty simple process. Step 1. Don’t look for them. Step 2. Put your head down and work. Step 3. Make something of yourself / company / product. Step 4. They will go out of their way to contact you and request a meeting. P.S. I read minds. I know what you’re thinking. This … Read more
What Is the Toughest Question You Have Been Asked at a Job Interview?
John Pak, a sales manager at Manhattan Beach Toyota asked me to amortize out a 5 year loan at a certain interest rate without a calculator. I think he was just messing with me, to see if I would even try to figure it out. So I asked for scratch paper and answered it in … Read more
What Are the Worst Financial Crises You Have Been Through? And How Have You Bounced Back?
I don’t know. I was working at this real estate investment company thing. We were selling condos in Florida. I lined up 25 deals to go through in one month. My expected commission was supposed to be $50,000. I was on track to doing that every month for a year. I was going to buy … Read more
I’ve Met the Perfect Girl Twice, and She Hasn’t Liked Me Back. When Is This Going to Change?
Congratulations! You found the perfect girl! So did I. Many times, actually. There was… You know what, the list of women is way too long to name. Let’s just skip all that. So, through these interactions in my life, I found the perfect woman. Except, there was always a problem. And at different points in … Read more
What Is the Minimum That You Want from Yourself?
In the past, I would have laughed at the thought of having just the minimum of myself. I wanted everything. Where that led me was to a life of hopelessness and despair, chasing after worldly possessions that had controlled my life. As I aged and reflected, I came to find that chasing after these worldly … Read more
How Do I Get Self Confidence After Facing Much Rejection?
Someone on Quora asked: As far as I can remember, I have been rejected. I have been rejected from friends until I was in high-school, I have been rejected from different opportunities, and now I am being rejected from job opportunities. It makes me feel worthless. If I get rejected from most things I apply … Read more
Has Your Life Matched What You Had Anticipated in Your Teens?
I thought I would be rich beyond my wildest imagination (not really, more like earning $10 million a year, or at least having $10 million) by the time I was thirty. I’m thirty in December and I have nowhere near that kind of money. Also, I was pretty selfish back then and didn’t really think … Read more
How Did You Know It Was Time to Quit Smoking?
Oh how I remember. Remember the first day when I began my long term relationship. A relationship that I thought would last forever. I was in the city of Fullerton. I went to visit my friend Eric. We were out with a few other friends. He wanted to introduce me to a sweet lady whom … Read more
Can You Describe Your Rise to Fame on Quora?
So, seven people want to know how I rose to fame. The only problem is that I’m not famous. So I don’t know what I’m really supposed to do to answer this question… Well I mean I used to be back in August last year, but that’s a long time from where we are today… … Read more