My dad keeps buying shitty beater cars for like 2-4K and whenever they break down just putting 200-500 to fix them for a couple months enstead of just buying a new one. This has gone on for a couple years now. How do I tell him he is stupid? I've already told him I would buy him a brand new car, and he suggested me to buy a cheap car to save money.
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Pic related, similar to what he drives
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Buying a new car is just as dumb, unless you have the money to burn. The best option is a less than 6 year old car with less than 70k miles or so
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That's like buying $10 boots that last 2 months because it's "cheaper" than the $100 pair that lasts 5 years
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>play vidya obsessively from the ages of 5 to 20 before becoming bored with them
>reading biographies of billionaires / successful and famous people
>"While other kids played video games, [person name] created them from the age of 12..."
Kill me famalam
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>>1290726
I get sad comparing myself to Elon Musk too
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>>1290726
it's ok bro.
not everyone is born to be useful. live your role as a second class human, just like all of us do.
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>>1290726
stop dwelling on the past and start working towards your success right now
>inb4 some stupid excuse
youre exactly where you deserve to be
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How much debt is too much debt? This is going towards a marketing degree.
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>>1290695
Any dept is too much dept for a marketing degree
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>>1290695
You're being paid $30k to do a degree... Awesome
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Are you actually getting 40k in aid or is that a bullshit estimate that they made-up?
If so, I would suggest not enrolling and simply going to the lectures for free since they seem to be good enough with their own marketing to convince you that it's a good deal when it really isn't.
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Would a major in electrical engineering be good for someone thinking about doing a tech start up?
I'd really like to design FOSS hardware
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>>1290411
No, do comp eng or math/finance
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>>1290411
The majority of EE action happens in SE Asia these days. I agree with the other poster about CS/Math being more suitable for our "post manufacturing" economy (assuming you live in the West).
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>>1290411
If you want to start a software tech startup (like in sillicon valley) I would go with compsci, if you like hardware (sensors, electrical circuits, embedded systems) with a bit of programming, go for EE (like myself, well mechatronics actually).
It doesn't really matter what you study, you can all begin a business. The succes rate of businesses isn't decided by what you study, imo your own abillity and level of skills are more important.
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Small business/startup thread
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Let's help each other by giving tips and feedback related to running a startup/small business.
So a bit about me.
>20 Years old
>Been investing and trading stocks since age 12
>Lived abroad most of my life (china, US, Japan) (I'm born in sweden)
>Started the company around 2 months ago with a close friend
>had next to no capital to start a company with so we had to find something that was not capital intensive
>Find niche in market
>work 100h weeks for 1 month developing the business plan, going to meeting for counselling, and market researching
>After two months we've now gotten our first investor
>Our company is valued at 1 million
We're about to go to a trade show and I was wondering if biz has any tips for us.
Our main problem is that our competitors look a lot more professional when compared to us, while they in reality know less about the industry and tech we're both using. How do we differentiate ourselves from them and how that although we might not look more knowledgeable (we're both 20) we are.
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>help eachother by giving tips
>offers no tips
>wants tips
Heres a tip, stop expecting people to care about you. Especially if you dont offer anything to them first.
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>>1290257
Well without asking for specific input it's kind of hard to give you useful tips that you wouldn't have been able to find by googling "startup tips".
/biz/ and forums are about discussion, being specific and adapting my imput (where I can) depending on who's asking should be a good thing.
But hey you can just read any start-up book if you want general tips that apply to everyone.
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>>1290261
What does your startup do
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Dear /biz/.
What forums do local businesses frequent? I know I can find them on yelp, but are there forums available, for USA only.
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>>1289916
rolling
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>>1290013
160
feelsgood
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>>1289916
lets go
studentdebtclock.org
Criticism welcome.
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>>1288945
>I'm going to buy this stock because I don't think it will ever be worth what I'm paying for it
If you don't believe you'll earn enough to pay off the debt, you may want to rethink the degree program you're investing in
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>>1288945
why is that a period and not a comma?
we went to school for thirty dollars and fifty cents
wat?
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>a randomly increasing number with no sources
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Why trade stocks if index trackers make more profit? 2016-06-06 22:00:50 Post No.1288786
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Why trade stocks if index trackers make more profit?
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With Warren Buffet having won the argument about index tracker funds giving better returns over long periods than managed funds, what is the point of bothering with buying and selling stocks at all? Why not just invest in an index tracker investment? Am I missing something?
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Because you can get higher returns on the individual stocks than the indices if you pick correctly. Only the highest gainers are obviously better than an index of all winners and losers
Most people are bad traders, don't care enough, or are just too stupid to do it themselves
For example the biggest holding in my portfolio is Amazon up 35% since I bought I February. Even with the rest of my mediocre portfolio I'm still up a much greater percentage than the S&P500 since February
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>>1288797
>Most people are bad traders, don't care enough, or are just too stupid to do it themselves
Warren's bet was against the top investment firms in the world and the index tracker is still currently winning overall:
http://fortune.com/2016/05/11/warren-buffett-hedge-fund-bet/
>since February
I'm talking about long term, i.e. 10 years plus. This wager seems to show that even the best fund managers in the world make less overall than the index trackers.
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anyone?
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What effect do you think the halving of bitcoin payouts will have on Bitcoin price?
Fortune.com suggests that it may cause a price crash and destabilization, at least, for a while.
http://fortune.com/2016/06/05/as-bitcoin-payouts-halve-uncertainty-looms/
Coindesk.com mulls over the same thing...
http://www.coindesk.com/crisis-halving-bitcoin-mining/
"Chandler Guo founder of Bitbank said he fears that if the price of bitcoin does not appreciate significantly before or immediately after halving, too much hashrate will drop off the network due to unprofitable mining, making transaction verification virtually impossible."
I figured the halving should cause a increase in price due to both increased scarcity of Bitcoins and to make mining still worthwhile, just my opinion though.
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Anyone with a brain should have been making money since January 2015 when it bottomed, and I recommended to get all in.
So scenario 1) It corrects: Good, time to buy the dip and keep growing
Scenario 2) It keeps growing: Just continue sitting on my ass looking how my BTC are worth thousands of dollars more on a daily.
You just can't lose.
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I was around for the first halving.
I've been mining, buying and holding bitcoin since 2012
The price is going to skyrocket in the coming months. Expect at least $2,000 for one bitcoin.
pic-related, me mining on a $200 GPU in 2012 when 1 BTC was $10.
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>>1289220
Kek
I have $10,000 cash in Vanguard.
I want a medium risk medium reward investment. I personally believe we are headed towards a mild economic recession around the world, and a profit recession in America.
Where should I invest? Treasuries are problematic because the Fed keeps talking up interest rates.
Oil is already off its lows and will likely stay around $50-60.
Commodities are dependent on a slowing China.
Stocks in the US are at all-time high P/E.
Housing is at record prices.
I was thinking about investing in Latin American bonds/stocks. Is this a good idea?
Old picture related.
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Bump
Maybe emerging market stocks.
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>>1288346
how about just buying $900 worth of vti every month regardless of market condition?
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>>1288346
Watch emerging markets. Buy the 2017/2018 dips and hold.
Is getting rich in cryptocurrencies respectable and red pill? Would you respect someone who made their fortune that way?
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It's respectable if there is some real utility in the coin, like ethereum. That was one reason I switched from btc to eth, because I saw btc as nothing more than a ponzi scheme.
As far as redpilled goes, yes it's redpilled because it's anti-establishment and provides an option for the white race to save itself (Ethereum DAO that pays women to have white babies, and works in other ways to save the race).
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>>1288275
what a sexy ass that gorilla has
10/10 would tap that
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>>1288289
I cringed a little bit
> go back to /pol/
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- Anyone here have a successful and durable experience in forex trading ?
- What's techniques did you use ?
- With how much money did you begin ?
- Gives me advice for a beginner like me, please.
I am really sad when i read specialized forums in forex, why?
Because all the trading journal I read ends the same way :
They end up losing all their gains and have their account to 0 dollars, after 6 months or 1 year.
I need testimonials from people who really live forex successfully since several years.
http://forums.babypips.com/newbie-island/70214-truth-about-forex-you-cant-become-rich.html
I think this method is the best to learn forex or index cfd:
Depositing tiny amount less than € 200 and try to make it grow until 1000, once in 1000 reached 900 withdraw.
With the remaining € 100, try to grow them again to € 1,000, remove 900 ... etc.
Do it 10 times successfully
Instead of dropping € 50,000, losing after six months, redeposit € 20,000 and lose again after one week.
Warning : this thread is only for winner in forex market.
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>>1287783
OP you have to understand one thing: we don't hate you, we just want you to stop posting this thread. Maybe call it "forex general" or something.
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>>1287965
fuck you faggot
i wanted first post
REE
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>forex can be dangerous
So bitcoin just keeps rising, never gets dumped, cuck boys are trying to shill eth which will get dumped soon, and I can't even bother finding a btc pic
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>>1287586
>never gets dumped
Many tears have been drank thanks to bitcoin.
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Eth shills and people too dumb to own bitcoins are posting their usual bitter gibberish
People who have been holding their coins for yrs are happier than ever
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Buy ethereum
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Scandium makes aluminum lighter and stronger. It will go into wide spread use in Autos,Planes Bikes thus improving fuel efficiency and cutting costs for companies. THIS virtually unknown alloying ingredient will push the next wave of engineering revolution. http://www.mining.com/web/whos-heard-of-scandium/
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>>1287425
This metal’s two main uses are in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and in scandium-aluminum alloys.
SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL...do you know what this means??
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>>1287432
The buzz is with the lithium for the production of the lithium battery....well these fuel cells may be a competitor or maybe a outright winner.
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so how do I invest in it?
I know for space travel fuel cell will be necessary?
Maybe they can use sunlight to charge batteries idk how consistent that is.
>you will never be rich while you are still young
whats even the point then
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Says who?
If your parents or you have good connections you can start up a good bussniess with a charity loan or from the bank of dad/mum
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>>1287242
>You will never be /fit/ 5 years ago
>You will never have 130+ IQ
>You will never be 6'2 - 6'4
>You will never have perfect insertions and genetics
>you will never have a huge, 10x8 dick
>You will never be born a billionaire
>You will never inherit a trillion dollars
>You will never just get a business handed to you that becomes vastly successful just on its own
Why even life? idk im killing myself now
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>>1287242
I think this was my biggest piss off, Sure I can and will be able to let my kids do exotic shit but I personally never was able to and I'll be too old to do it for myself when that time comes.