Comments on: Success & Motivation: What Entrepreneurs Should NOT Do http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/ the mark cuban weblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: philophool http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66850 philophool Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66850 Dear Mr. Cubin: Except for your comments on the opening of your blog I would have written, "I have an idea that will make us both rich", but you may consider that a bit too much so let me say most of my life I have been a person who see problems and solutions but lack the technical knowhow or ambition to follow up. About me: I will soon be 80-year-old, live (almost) on Social Security. Most of my life has been spent in the newspaper business from starting in the late 1930s delivering the Borger News Herald in Borger, Texas. In college my photographic ability allowed me to do a lot of freelance photography and eventually land a job as a reporter (not journalist -- one who intreperets the news while a reporter reports the news as it occured without intreperation) in Dodge City, Kansas, after playing soldier two years. From there my career provided me the opportunity to own several small weekly newspapers and start a shopper (free publication of ads only in Northwest Oklahoma City--which an executive at seminar on advertising said the main competition to the Daily Oklahoman was the North-Star Advertiser, my publication. I saw a need a filled it) For reasons no necessary to this epistle (allowing other to make decisions for me) I went back to work for others until being retired (not by my choice). IF you are still with me, my time is now spent playing duplicate bridge, two days a week and going to a fitness center (paid for my Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO). This leaves me much time to surf the Internet with the possibility of finding information to help me develop a concept to help cut the need for massive petrolium products for automobiles and reduce polution. (Yes, I know there are electric cars and hybrids, but they are limited in speed and distancw between charging and expensive). Two websites provided me with a metal picture of hours and hours of continous driving and highway speeds up to 65 or 70 mph by replacing the current GASOLINE POWERED MOTOR in older cars with electric motor power. What I need is someone with the business skills to take my idea, study what I believe to be a workable solution, and put it in two or three vehicles which would (with permission) drive laps for 8-10-12 hours around the Texas Motor Speedway track (with stops to change drivers) to prove the concept works. All I ask is a token sum to allow me to at least be debt free in my declining years and have a reasonable royalty income which would be left to a mission church which my wife and I attend Sundays. If you are any of your friends who may have a few dollars to invest and know a excellent automotive mechanic whose specialty would be drive train, an electrical engineer with vast knowledge of electric motors and a CEO (being a small start up business there would be no need yet for a CFO) plus funding, let me know to whom I should get in contact. I have not pattened this concept or regisered for it is my believe and always has been that my luck has been to deal with only honest people (even if in two deals that did not happen because my inaction stopped it, however one man who cheated me was indicted by the U.S. Government within a month after I supplied the FBI with more than 100 pages detailng the deal, phone conservations etc. He died during plea bargaining and my money was never recovered). Don Peoples 101curious@sbcglobal.net Dear Mr. Cubin:
Except for your comments on the opening of your blog I would have written, “I have an idea that will make us both rich”, but you may consider that a bit too much so let me say most of my life I have been a person who see problems and solutions but lack the technical knowhow or ambition to follow up.
About me: I will soon be 80-year-old, live (almost) on Social Security. Most of my life has been spent in the newspaper business from starting in the late 1930s delivering the Borger News Herald in Borger, Texas. In college my photographic ability allowed me to do a lot of freelance photography and eventually land a job as a reporter (not journalist — one who intreperets the news while a reporter reports the news as it occured without intreperation) in Dodge City, Kansas, after playing soldier two years. From there my career provided me the opportunity to own several small weekly newspapers and start a shopper (free publication of ads only in Northwest Oklahoma City–which an executive at seminar on advertising said the main competition to the Daily Oklahoman was the North-Star Advertiser, my publication. I saw a need a filled it) For reasons no necessary to this epistle (allowing other to make decisions for me) I went back to work for others until being retired (not by my choice).
IF you are still with me, my time is now spent playing duplicate bridge, two days a week and going to a fitness center (paid for my Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO). This leaves me much time to surf the Internet with the possibility of finding information to help me develop a concept to help cut the need for massive petrolium products for automobiles and reduce polution. (Yes, I know there are electric cars and hybrids, but they are limited in speed and distancw between charging and expensive). Two websites provided me with a metal picture of hours and hours of continous driving and highway speeds up to 65 or 70 mph by replacing the current GASOLINE POWERED MOTOR in older cars with electric motor power. What I need is someone with the business skills to take my idea, study what I believe to be a workable solution, and put it in two or three vehicles which would (with permission) drive laps for 8-10-12 hours around the Texas Motor Speedway track (with stops to change drivers) to prove the concept works.
All I ask is a token sum to allow me to at least be debt free in my declining years and have a reasonable royalty income which would be left to a mission church which my wife and I attend Sundays. If you are any of your friends who may have a few dollars to invest and know a excellent automotive mechanic whose specialty would be drive train, an electrical engineer with vast knowledge of electric motors and a CEO (being a small start up business there would be no need yet for a CFO) plus funding, let me know to whom I should get in contact. I have not pattened this concept or regisered for it is my believe and always has been that my luck has been to deal with only honest people (even if in two deals that did not happen because my inaction stopped it, however one man who cheated me was indicted by the U.S. Government within a month after I supplied the FBI with more than 100 pages detailng the deal, phone conservations etc. He died during plea bargaining and my money was never recovered).
Don Peoples
101curious@sbcglobal.net

]]> By: kesabsy http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66788 kesabsy Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:49:58 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66788 Hi Mark, I guess I knew everything you were saying, but I had "followed the herds" as some would say. Maybe my MBA got in the way :-) So I revisited my Executive summary and with this new mindset (based on old) I asked myself, "If I were investing, how would I read this?" and I had to redo the entire thing. I put a very concise and to the point explanation of what we are doing, right on top, before you get to anything else in the document. Then I prepared a Q&A style document with tough defining questions that a smart investor would ask me about the company and the service it is providing. And I worked on answers. It was tough, but I have to say, I am more confident about the project and definitely more knowledgeable to be able to outline the advantages. Thank you for that eye opening and to the point few paragraphs, it helped me a lot. Sincerely, Diran Afarian Founder, CEO NextEmployee.com Hi Mark,

I guess I knew everything you were saying, but I had “followed the herds” as some would say. Maybe my MBA got in the way :-) So I revisited my Executive summary and with this new mindset (based on old) I asked myself, “If I were investing, how would I read this?” and I had to redo the entire thing.

I put a very concise and to the point explanation of what we are doing, right on top, before you get to anything else in the document. Then I prepared a Q&A style document with tough defining questions that a smart investor would ask me about the company and the service it is providing. And I worked on answers.

It was tough, but I have to say, I am more confident about the project and definitely more knowledgeable to be able to outline the advantages. Thank you for that eye opening and to the point few paragraphs, it helped me a lot.

Sincerely,
Diran Afarian
Founder, CEO
NextEmployee.com

]]> By: nylorac53 http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66736 nylorac53 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:56:34 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66736 From Carolyn Moos 6'5'' USA BB, B.A. Stanford, M.A. USC ACE Certified Personal Trainer, yoga instructor nutrition consultant. www.fitt4life.org RE: Emerging technologies as platform to hold people accountable to their lifestyle choices on a DAILY basis!!! Prevention is THE WAY of the future- forget our treatment based health-care system- that OBVIOUSLY has not worked well for us on a whole. COSTLY lifestyle related diseases are hurting individuals, companies and our entire health-care budget. This needs to change NOW. Exercise, Nutrition, sleeping patterns and overall lifestyle choices affect your health now and in the future. Also Nutrigenomics (linking family history to the increased importance of focusing on nutrition, wellness to have your most ideal control of genetic expression is a must for all from elite athletes to type II diabetics. Want more VISIT: www.fitt4life.org Talk soon ~ Carolyn Moos your online fitness and nutrition expert. c.moos@stanfordalumni.org www.fitt4life.org From Carolyn Moos 6′5” USA BB, B.A. Stanford, M.A. USC ACE Certified Personal Trainer, yoga instructor nutrition consultant.
http://www.fitt4life.org

RE: Emerging technologies as platform to hold people accountable to their lifestyle choices on a DAILY basis!!!
Prevention is THE WAY of the future- forget our treatment based health-care system- that OBVIOUSLY has not worked well for us on a whole. COSTLY lifestyle related diseases are hurting individuals, companies and our entire health-care budget. This needs to change NOW. Exercise, Nutrition, sleeping patterns and overall lifestyle choices affect your health now and in the future. Also Nutrigenomics (linking family history to the increased importance of focusing on nutrition, wellness to have your most ideal control of genetic expression is a must for all from elite athletes to type II diabetics. Want more VISIT: http://www.fitt4life.org
Talk soon ~ Carolyn Moos your online fitness and nutrition expert.
c.moos@stanfordalumni.org
http://www.fitt4life.org

]]> By: aimraje http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66726 aimraje Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:12:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66726 Thank you for your time as well.. time for writing this whole article and sharing w/ everyone.. Thanks! Regards, Jenn <a HREF="http://www.entrepreneursworldcup.com/" rel="nofollow">Entrepreneurs World Cup</a> Thank you for your time as well.. time for writing this whole article and sharing w/ everyone.. Thanks!

Regards,
Jenn
Entrepreneurs World Cup

]]> By: mediamalpractice http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66711 mediamalpractice Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:40:31 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66711 I just want some of your money to go on a 4 week vacation. I don't give a rats ass if you give a shit about me or would like to see me poke my eye out with a buick. Should take about 4 grand. Let me know. Mike I just want some of your money to go on a 4 week vacation. I don’t give a rats ass if you give a shit about me or would like to see me poke my eye out with a buick. Should take about 4 grand. Let me know.

Mike

]]> By: philpelt http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66512 philpelt Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:03:12 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66512 My name is Phil Pelt. I have a new web site where you can broadcast "live" audio over the Internet: http://www.talkjockeys.com. The product I have developed is the streaming audio software. This is something I think you might have some knowledge about. The difference I believe my service has from the competition is the very low cost to provide the live streaming service. Current providers charge about $5.00/GB data transfer, my cost is about $0.22/GB data transfer. I would first like to promote the web site and get a few 100 people broadcasting. There will be a charge to each broadcaster $2.00/GB data transfer, which is about 100 concurrent listeners per hour. My cost would be $0.22 netting $1.78. Once stable and with accumulated revenue I would invest in my own network and servers eliminating the cost to external parties. The real goal would be to contract with the Professional/College sports networks and radio stations. You can help me with your knowledge, business experience and contacts. In order for me to do what I want to do, I would need a small amount of capital and would be willing to partner with someone that had the ability to help me make this work. I would like to talk or meet with you if you see any potential. Thank you for your time. Phil Pelt Talk Jockeys philpelt@talkjockeys.com My name is Phil Pelt.

I have a new web site where you can broadcast “live” audio over the Internet: http://www.talkjockeys.com. The product I have developed is the streaming audio software. This is something I think you might have some knowledge about.

The difference I believe my service has from the competition is the very low cost to provide the live streaming service. Current providers charge about $5.00/GB data transfer, my cost is about $0.22/GB data transfer.

I would first like to promote the web site and get a few 100 people broadcasting. There will be a charge to each broadcaster $2.00/GB data transfer, which is about 100 concurrent listeners per hour. My cost would be $0.22 netting $1.78. Once stable and with accumulated revenue I would invest in my own network and servers eliminating the cost to external parties. The real goal would be to contract with the Professional/College sports networks and radio stations.

You can help me with your knowledge, business experience and contacts. In order for me to do what I want to do, I would need a small amount of capital and would be willing to partner with someone that had the ability to help me make this work.

I would like to talk or meet with you if you see any potential.

Thank you for your time.

Phil Pelt
Talk Jockeys
philpelt@talkjockeys.com

]]> By: brucefenton http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66463 brucefenton Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:00:03 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66463 Pretty good -- You must get some really amazing ones I got one once for a company who wanted to create an OS and office app to go head to head vs. Microsoft but to do it with not just software but hardware too AND wanted the hardware to be all green machines AND wanted to simultaneously launch in Asia, Latin Am and Africa- about 50% of the business plan was to save the world by giving away these free green machines in the third world Amazingly, they got funding - they lasted about 6 months before it was gone Pretty good —

You must get some really amazing ones

I got one once for a company who wanted to create an OS and office app to go head to head vs. Microsoft but to do it with not just software but hardware too AND wanted the hardware to be all green machines AND wanted to simultaneously launch in Asia, Latin Am and Africa- about 50% of the business plan was to save the world by giving away these free green machines in the third world

Amazingly, they got funding – they lasted about 6 months before it was gone

]]> By: How Not to Ask for Money » Become eVOLVE'd http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66404 How Not to Ask for Money » Become eVOLVE'd Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:12:33 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66404 [...] Billionaire Mark Cuban has written a very information post explaining how not to ask for money in email: The first thing I do at this point is look at the senders email address. Is it an email with the company name in the URL ? If it isnt.. ding, ding, ding. They sender has come up with a name, but doesn’t have the focus or confidence to put up a website. This person was using a gmail account. Next my #FailDar was ringing louder than Larry Kudlow talking nonsense on CNBC about green shoots when I read the “designed for different industries and is dedicated to improve the quality of life of individuals throughout the world, one step at a time” Im sorry, but could anyone possibly invent and write anything that is more full of shit than this person ? That has to go down in business letter history as one of the all time worse lines. If you want to get someone interested in your company, DO NOT tell them you are going to save the world. You are not. No one will believe you will. Save that nonsense for your grandma when you are trying to make her proud of you. [...] [...] Billionaire Mark Cuban has written a very information post explaining how not to ask for money in email: The first thing I do at this point is look at the senders email address. Is it an email with the company name in the URL ? If it isnt.. ding, ding, ding. They sender has come up with a name, but doesn’t have the focus or confidence to put up a website. This person was using a gmail account. Next my #FailDar was ringing louder than Larry Kudlow talking nonsense on CNBC about green shoots when I read the “designed for different industries and is dedicated to improve the quality of life of individuals throughout the world, one step at a time” Im sorry, but could anyone possibly invent and write anything that is more full of shit than this person ? That has to go down in business letter history as one of the all time worse lines. If you want to get someone interested in your company, DO NOT tell them you are going to save the world. You are not. No one will believe you will. Save that nonsense for your grandma when you are trying to make her proud of you. [...]

]]> By: How Not to Ask for Money - Business Opportunities Weblog http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66402 How Not to Ask for Money - Business Opportunities Weblog Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:31:20 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66402 [...] Billionaire Mark Cuban has written a very information post explaining how not to ask for money in email: The first thing I do at this point is look at the senders email address. Is it an email with the company name in the URL ? If it isnt.. ding, ding, ding. They sender has come up with a name, but doesn’t have the focus or confidence to put up a website. This person was using a gmail account. Next my #FailDar was ringing louder than Larry Kudlow talking nonsense on CNBC about green shoots when I read the “designed for different industries and is dedicated to improve the quality of life of individuals throughout the world, one step at a time” Im sorry, but could anyone possibly invent and write anything that is more full of shit than this person ? That has to go down in business letter history as one of the all time worse lines. If you want to get someone interested in your company, DO NOT tell them you are going to save the world. You are not. No one will believe you will. Save that nonsense for your grandma when you are trying to make her proud of you. [...] [...] Billionaire Mark Cuban has written a very information post explaining how not to ask for money in email: The first thing I do at this point is look at the senders email address. Is it an email with the company name in the URL ? If it isnt.. ding, ding, ding. They sender has come up with a name, but doesn’t have the focus or confidence to put up a website. This person was using a gmail account. Next my #FailDar was ringing louder than Larry Kudlow talking nonsense on CNBC about green shoots when I read the “designed for different industries and is dedicated to improve the quality of life of individuals throughout the world, one step at a time” Im sorry, but could anyone possibly invent and write anything that is more full of shit than this person ? That has to go down in business letter history as one of the all time worse lines. If you want to get someone interested in your company, DO NOT tell them you are going to save the world. You are not. No one will believe you will. Save that nonsense for your grandma when you are trying to make her proud of you. [...]

]]> By: pars14 http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/19/success-motivation-what-entrepreneurs-should-not-do/#comment-66396 pars14 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:56:33 +0000 http://blogmaverick.com/?p=1372#comment-66396 Hey Mark- Straightforward, how the hell does someone get their idea to you? I have an idea combining Ecom with entertainment and social functionalities powered by UGC. I have been bootstrapping so far, but reday for the next steps of funding, scaling, team, execution, advice…etc. Just so you know, I am not your typical startup guy, No NBA, Not under 35 and I Don’t carry a messenger bag. I have real business experience (signed checks from my own account), have failed a few times but I have always gotten up stronger. I think I am up to something interesting and would love a chance to share the idea for whatever the response may be. Hey Mark- Straightforward, how the hell does someone get their idea to you? I have an idea combining Ecom with entertainment and social functionalities powered by UGC. I have been bootstrapping so far, but reday for the next steps of funding, scaling, team, execution, advice…etc. Just so you know, I am not your typical startup guy, No NBA, Not under 35 and I Don’t carry a messenger bag. I have real business experience (signed checks from my own account), have failed a few times but I have always gotten up stronger. I think I am up to something interesting and would love a chance to share the idea for whatever the response may be.

]]>