I'm a senior at NC State University who is currently studying Business, concentrated in Finance. I am beginning to work on a website startup and am looking for a partner who can help with the technical part of creating a website. It's really a great business idea that does not exist now and has very few relative competitors. I need someone who has some experience in web design and website development. I will not ask you to provide any funds for this venture, but will ask for your time and effort.

If you are interested, I would like to talk in more detail with you about this startup idea and see if you would want to get involved with creating it. This position will not be paid upfront. I am looking for someone who has the same vision and can become my co-founder.

Please contact me at rasprin2@ncsu.edu.

1/20/2014 5:35:23 PM

Wait for it...

1/20/2014 6:26:22 PM

these are always fun to watch

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"I'm looking for someone to do all of the work needed to implement my idea because I don't have the ability to. Understand that you will not be paid and that I will take at least 50% of the profits for having an idea that I have no ability to implement."

1/20/2014 9:15:33 PM

I'll consider it for 95% of the business.

1/20/2014 9:42:16 PM

this will end well.
then again, he's looking for students on TWW, eheheheheheh

[Edited on January 20, 2014 at 11:15 PM. Reason : ]

1/20/2014 11:14:52 PM

You should try wolf pack students on Facebook.

Maybe hint at what your idea is so someone that shares your interest might bite.

1/21/2014 12:02:12 AM

I don't think I've ever met a business undergrad who was worth anything.

If you're the type of person to get a business degree, you're not the type of person who would be good at business.

In other news, business is the most popular major in america.

[Edited on January 21, 2014 at 2:15 AM. Reason : .]

1/21/2014 2:13:51 AM

Lemme guess, there's an NDA involved too?

1/21/2014 4:25:25 AM

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"It's really a great business idea that does not exist now and has very few relative competitors."

Let me guess, does it involve a pyramid?

1/21/2014 10:13:05 AM

it may involved outside sales

1/22/2014 12:00:19 AM

you've never met a business grad worth anything? WTF

1/22/2014 1:01:15 AM

I know a couple business IT people who could do stuff.

I can't think of an other business major I personally know that was worth anything.

1/22/2014 1:14:40 AM

I was a business major. Then again I've been in various IT positions since graduation so maybe I'm not very good at business either. Never really tried, technically.

1/22/2014 1:48:14 AM

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"I'll consider it for 95% of the business."

I'll do it for 99%

1/22/2014 6:40:26 PM

I'm betting the OP doesn't post again...

1/22/2014 6:45:03 PM

I realize this thread is about your business and website development, but hear me out-maybe I can offer some insight.

I am in outside sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:

Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.

Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.

Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.

Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)

Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.

Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.

This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.

I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.

If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!

1/22/2014 8:33:48 PM

Tww isn't the same ever since cyber bullying became a thing...

1/22/2014 11:35:21 PM

since the dawn of the interwebz you mean?

1/23/2014 1:04:19 PM

No i meant since it became like an actual illegal thing.

It used to be you could harass someone online and nothing would happen. Now, not so much...

1/23/2014 4:48:05 PM

That's what Tor and VPNs are for!

1/24/2014 1:37:43 AM

https://www.facebook.com/groups/wolfpackstudents/permalink/724438107588575/

Looks like he took my advice.

[Edited on February 16, 2014 at 10:57 PM. Reason : ]

2/16/2014 10:56:43 PM