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  1. Maccees's Avatar
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    What 'business' would you do?
    Say a private investor decided to give you the money you needed to start any business at all, what would you do? I mean legitimate businesses, say £500,000 as an absolute maximum to start with.
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    I'll sponsor the Olympics or better yet, I'll have "Dinner" with Mr. David Cameron. :rolleyes:
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    Re: What 'business' would you do?
    (Original post by Maccees)
    Say a private investor decided to give you the money you needed to start any business at all, what would you do? I mean legitimate businesses, say £500,000 as an absolute maximum to start with.
    If that was the absolute maximum and I can't get any further funding by means of loans then I'd be looking at either a small hotel/hostel or a country inn, a night club near an area with a large concentration of young people, a used car business or the final choice would be an outdoor cleaning service specializing in clean stone or masonry finishes and solar panels.

    Other things that could be looked into, a content erasure service..... currently big business in USA, I won't be surprised if it picks up in UK within the next year or two.
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    (Original post by Herr)
    If that was the absolute maximum and I can't get any further funding by means of loans then I'd be looking at either a small hotel/hostel or a country inn, a night club near an area with a large concentration of young people, a used car business or the final choice would be an outdoor cleaning service specializing in clean stone or masonry finishes and solar panels.

    Other things that could be looked into, a content erasure service..... currently big business in USA, I won't be surprised if it picks up in UK within the next year or two.
    Some very specific ideas towards the end there haha. I've never heard of a content erasure service before though?
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    (Original post by Maccees)
    Some very specific ideas towards the end there haha. I've never heard of a content erasure service before though?
    There are a few companies that do it and it is a growing business, generally used to remove your presence on the web whether it is through some stupid thing you once said on the net or some photo of you being drunk and throwing your guts out, these companies will remove everything for you just in time for you to start applying for that dream grad-job that will be running a major background check on you.

    Certainly a growing business especially in USA.
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    (Original post by Herr)
    There are a few companies that do it and it is a growing business, generally used to remove your presence on the web whether it is through some stupid thing you once said on the net or some photo of you being drunk and throwing your guts out, these companies will remove everything for you just in time for you to start applying for that dream grad-job that will be running a major background check on you.

    Certainly a growing business especially in USA.
    Sounds like a bugger to set up, don't know where I'd begin with that haha.

    Think I'd stick with the easier things :lol:
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    A parent food company called Dynamite Foods. I'd then set up a cafe called The Greasy Spoon, a burger bar called Burger Me Sideways, a chicken place called Cluck This and a pizzeria called You Wanna Pizza Me. I'd love to do that. :yep:
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    Re: What 'business' would you do?
    (Original post by Maccees)
    Sounds like a bugger to set up, don't know where I'd begin with that haha.

    Think I'd stick with the easier things :lol:
    Not really, the person who started one of it only started out with a computer in his dorm room

    Isn't really a fancy computer either.

    Only thing is it is time consuming work.
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    Escort agency
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