I've used my same barber since I moved here.  That's what 18 years now?
She raise her rates over that same time, but she's always just gotten by.
Nice person, I always offer a nice tip.


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:30 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> We still have the traditional barbershop here....used the same guys for
> 20+ years.  Used to be $6.  Now it's ... $10?  $12
> still a steal, i guess.   I have to go right as the kids are being let out
> of school or there is a line....and i hate lines....
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Bill Prince <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 25, 2016 9:58 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon
>
> I think I get my "haircuts" at one of those places, as traditional
> barbershops have all but disappeared around here.
>
> The place I go to has full service with those kind of prices, but you can
> still get a haircut for about $20. When you come in the door, there is a
> small waiting area, and you are offered refreshments including water, beer,
> etc. I think they have at least 20 chairs, as they've recently doubled
> their square footage by taking over a shop that was next door. I have no
> idea how they handle the finances, but I think the stylists are on some
> sort of payroll. All money goes through one one register at the front
> (excepting tips).
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 2/25/2016 7:18 AM, Cameron Crum wrote:
>
> BTW, high end men's salons are becoming a trend, at least in urban areas.
> We actually talked about opening one here. My wife says the customer turn
> over is a lot faster and they pay almost as much. The idea was to have the
> waiting room be a sort of bar/hang out. We give away free beer (2 max, keg
> beer - total cost would be like $2/cutomer depending on the beer) and there
> would be a pool table, sports games on TV, even a smoking room for cigars
> and such. There would be a chair massage (for a fee of course), and a "head
> massage specialist" doing shampoos as part of every cut. It wouldn't hurt
> to have that one be "Very" attractive. We got into the planning stages and
> then one called "The Boardroom" opened up. Oh well. However, I have buddies
> who go there. Average price they pay is around $60. Some get straight razor
> shaves($20), haircut($30), manicures, pedicures, etc. That is pretty good.
> I bet they are out of there within 45 min. Just a haircut and they are
> probably out in 30. Compare that to a girl who can take 2+ hours in a chair
> and you have a pretty good business.
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> They do Simon. In fact, there have been several cases where Hooters was
>> opening new locations and their stores became ready before they got through
>> all the legal wranglings for their beer/wine license and they just gave the
>> beer away. However, I'm pretty sure that most places that serve alcohol
>> make most of their profit on it, so it wouldn't be smart to give it away in
>> any volume. I participate in a lot of brewing competitions and we give beer
>> away all day. Many are at established businesses without liqor licenses.
>> Federal law says nothing about giving it away. They just want the tax money
>> if you are selling it.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Simon Westlake < <[email protected]>
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Really? I'm surprised there aren't more places doing things like 'Free
>>> beer with your meal' or 'buy some peanuts at $5 a bowl and get a free
>>> beer!' but maybe there's already something closing that loophole..
>>>
>>> On 2/24/2016 11:34 AM, Cameron Crum wrote:
>>>
>>> Obviously check your liquor laws, but in most states you don't need a
>>> license if you are giving it away.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Chuck McCown < <[email protected]>
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, become a church...
>>>>
>>>> *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:23 AM
>>>> *To:* <[email protected]>[email protected]
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon
>>>>
>>>> Booze is not a bad idea, i dont know if you can just give it and not
>>>> have a liquor license, but there are no available licenses here, i think we
>>>> get one per church, so we have plenty of bars.
>>>>
>>>> A clarification on the relationship between the two, its a strained
>>>> familiar relationship due to differences in visions. Both parties are more
>>>> than agreeable to the whole scenario, I met with each separately
>>>> specifically to see what the dynamic was, I didnt want to get into a train
>>>> wreck. The more im learning of the details, there were alot of points in
>>>> time where all it would have taken was two people just stopping to talk to
>>>> one another and the disaster would have been avoidable, I think, based on
>>>> knowing the individuals, that had either one of them not been in the
>>>> mother/daughter environment, this would never have happened.
>>>>
>>>> A poor choice in the failure chain was retail, it got transitioned from
>>>> commission sales to a mechanism the keep the business floating. Once that
>>>> happened two things took place, the chairs saw no real benefit in pushing
>>>> it which was made worse by the fact it essentially equated to a pay cut,
>>>> and the financier partner saw no gain in risking bringing in any new
>>>> retail. In the schooling that costs 16k, they drill that into the girls
>>>> heads, retail, retail, retail, without it, all youre offering is a haircut
>>>> and everybody offers a haircut. Thats already been an agreed upon term, the
>>>> return of retail sales comission, and the return of loss leaders, they
>>>> completely eliminated that struggling to float. I was talking to a friend
>>>> of mine last night, she crochets artsy shit like baby covers and boob caps,
>>>> whatever. these things move like hot cakes in the salons. We had tried to
>>>> get them in the salon before, but what the owners wanted was to make profit
>>>> on them to the point it wasnt worth it for her to spend the time making
>>>> them for what they wanted to pay, on top of that they wanted to sell them
>>>> at too much markup. This girl doesnt live here, she has a real talent at
>>>> neat stuff. There are two other chics in town that make similar items, but
>>>> their styles are identical to one another, and they sell them in all the
>>>> salons.
>>>>
>>>> The old lady ended up selling them to other people in a short time for
>>>> her, like crack, ladies love crocheted crack. Id have no intention of
>>>> making profit on them, thats actually an expected cost. If i lose 5 bucks
>>>> on some tit hat, but that client shows it to her girlfriend who just needs
>>>> one as well, and were the only joint you can get them, the "staff" has the
>>>> option to discount them even further when the new customer comes in to get
>>>> one, if they can leverage it for a service and new contact capture. Women
>>>> are weird in the crap theyll drive 20 miles to buy, but the chair has the
>>>> option to grow their client base, and the shop gets a new marketing
>>>> contact, thats always worth 5 or 10 bucks "loss".
>>>>
>>>> I also have an expectation of some loss in inventory to the ether, but
>>>> one thing the daughter wanted but the financier partner couldn't justify
>>>> was surveillance. That will go in day one, the chairs will know every
>>>> corner that can legally be recorded will be. If theyre not serious enough
>>>> about the industry to know that theft is a rampant concern, theyre not
>>>> serious about growing their small business, and they can find a chair in
>>>> another salon. This may be a poor attitude as a business owner, but even a
>>>> high revenue generating thief is still a thief, I used to be a thief, so i
>>>> know what kind of trash one is deep inside and i dont want them as part of
>>>> the team. I know a couple of the salon owners overlook things. I cant do
>>>> that. This salon size has potential to reach the sales numbers quickly
>>>> again to where the premium pricing comes back, which is something they dont
>>>> have right now. combine sales motivation with a digital retail square app
>>>> or whatever that broads can but some overpriced shampoo and some nifty
>>>> curling iron at a whim on their phone from the bar in the bathroom on their
>>>> night out with friends and theres better pricing for more margin to offer
>>>> as increased commission. The way i see that, if the store is making 3
>>>> dollars on a bottle of shampoo after commission and the pricing gains
>>>> happen to where theres room for 4 dollars on it We can give 50 cents or
>>>> even the whole dollar to the chairs in commission. So a chair that normally
>>>> moves 3 bottles a week for 9 bucks is motivated to move more, if they move
>>>> 4, im still making the same amount i would have made if i pocketed the
>>>> discount as an increase in sales, but there not motivated to sell more than
>>>> 3. Im over simplifying it, and probably completely wrong, but thats how ive
>>>> always seen retail with commission, and salon markup is high
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Cameron Crum < <[email protected]>
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The thing about being the 51 percent share holder is that you might as
>>>>> well own the whole thing. You get to make all the decisions. Basically you
>>>>> could make it very hard for the 49% owner to make a dime off of the
>>>>> business outside of her labor contribution. I'm not saying you should do
>>>>> this, but it sounds like there is some dead weight there and it might be
>>>>> time to move on. However, your best bet is to buy the assets
>>>>> (Name,chairs,equipment,etc) of the business and leave the corporate
>>>>> structure alone. They can worry about their own debt and other liabilities
>>>>> with whatever money you agree to pay. After that it is their problem. Sign
>>>>> a new lease under the new company with the landlord and go on your way. 
>>>>> Now
>>>>> you don't have to worry about having a boat anchor as a partner. The
>>>>> current majority owner should be able to make this decision on her own. It
>>>>> sucks for the daughter and will probably ruin their relationship if they
>>>>> have one and the mother will probably get sued if she sells it out from
>>>>> under her daughter, but oh well. I would never buy someone else's known
>>>>> liabilities especially if I knew the business was in decline. You are
>>>>> asking for trouble. They either need to clear up the liabilities before 
>>>>> the
>>>>> sale (with proof of such) or sell you the assets only and GTFO. I'm sure
>>>>> your lawyer and accountant would agree.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would also worry about the business model a little bit. It would be
>>>>> too easy to cheat on the % side. Flat booth rent has lower upside, but 
>>>>> more
>>>>> stability, Depending on commission from work leaves a lot of incentive to
>>>>> hide money, especially if it is a cash business. They WILL make under the
>>>>> table deals. Product is going to be a big money maker if you know how to
>>>>> push it. My wife was the AVEDA rep for SoCal for a few years back in the
>>>>> 90's, and has manged high end salons in Santa Monica and LA. She says that
>>>>> unless you make every appointment, and actually watch what every stylist
>>>>> does, it will be difficult to make sure they are being honest. The salon
>>>>> manager has to really on top of her game and somewhat of a hard ass.
>>>>> However, product in that business can have HUGE margins. You need to pick 
>>>>> a
>>>>> pretty high end line, and make sure all the stylists are TRAINED correctly
>>>>> by the reps on how to sell the product, and use that product exclusively
>>>>> for shampoos and such. Offer them commissions on sales and make sure they
>>>>> are pushing it. When I was in college I worked on the beach in S. Padre
>>>>> Island in the summers for a beach service who also happened to be the
>>>>> Panama Jack distributor for Texas. As we rented umbrellas and chairs and
>>>>> boogie boards to people, we would push product giving free samples. They
>>>>> paid me 30% of what I brought in on product, so imagine the profit in a
>>>>> bottle of junk most of these places are selling. It is similar in the hair
>>>>> business.
>>>>>
>>>>> One last thing...free booze. Keep half decent bottles of Cab, Merlot,
>>>>> and Chardonnay on hand and maybe some decent beer for the occasional guy
>>>>> who stumbles in or the poor schlub who was dragged along by his gf and
>>>>> offer it to everyone.  Don't let them get drunk, but a glass or two over 
>>>>> an
>>>>> hour or so helps to loosen the purse strings. Feeding the dude a beer or
>>>>> two makes sitting in a salon more bearable and he might even spring for
>>>>> that $30 bottle of sweet conditioner that makes his chicks hair soft and
>>>>> smell good so he can take her home and see how fast he can mess it up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:41 AM, Lewis Bergman <
>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> How you pay yourself can depend on the type of corporate form you
>>>>>> take. LLC that are pass through don't pay taxes and all income follows
>>>>>> through to the owner's tax filing via a K1. I agree with forest in that 
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> should count your salary, even though sometimes you may have to put it
>>>>>> right back in. The other side of that is if you take "excess" pay make 
>>>>>> sure
>>>>>> to record that on the books in a way you can pull that off in a
>>>>>> presentation to a potential buyer.
>>>>>> You should keep forefront in mind that you must pay no more than what
>>>>>> it is worth no matter what the present owners would like to get out of 
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 3:40 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
>>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I started writing a long post about how to work through this
>>>>>>> logically, but it sounds like you're already going down that path.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The thoughts that occurred to me for you to consider:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The business part of a failing business isn't worth anything.   If
>>>>>>> you buy this, you're essentially going to have to pick up scraps (which
>>>>>>> carry baggage with them) and try to overcome that baggage.  Unless you 
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> put a hard number on the value of the going business I wouldn't 
>>>>>>> consider it
>>>>>>> worth anything.   And, one caution:  There is a temptation to treat the
>>>>>>> existing customers (which may actually be the stylists, not the people
>>>>>>> getting their hair cut/nails done) as an asset, but you have to realize
>>>>>>> that a tarnished reputation is going to make everything more difficult 
>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>> it would be if you started fresh.   You have to ask yourself if gaining 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> existing business is worth the pain.   You may actually decide that the
>>>>>>> business part of the business has a negative value as a result.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Assuming the business part of the business has no value, you need to
>>>>>>> ask yourself how much are the physical things you're buying (i.e. the
>>>>>>> chairs, nail beds, etc.) worth.   That's probably all you want to pay up
>>>>>>> front.  Paying extra for the 'idea' of a salon seems silly.   Remember
>>>>>>> things haven't been maintained so some of these are going to have to be
>>>>>>> replaced, maybe soon.   So you need to look at the depreciated value 
>>>>>>> (how
>>>>>>> much value they actually have left) - taking it back to a wisp, if you 
>>>>>>> buy
>>>>>>> a router which lasts 5 years, 2.5 years in that router is only worth 
>>>>>>> half
>>>>>>> as much, quite possibly even less.  Consider that when valuating items.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Assuming you could come to a purchase price that was reasonable,
>>>>>>> then, and only then should you look at the financials to see if you can
>>>>>>> make it work, including a reasonable return on investment.
>>>>>>> (Ok that sounded kinda wrong.  What I mean is:  Don't over pay for
>>>>>>> the assets.  Don't justify over paying for the assets just because the
>>>>>>> business operation numbers (P&L) look good based on your best guesses of
>>>>>>> costs.  Figure out what the assets are worth (including the business 
>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>> of the business), and use that for negotiations, not any percieved
>>>>>>> potential future benefit.   That isn't what you're paying for - you're
>>>>>>> paying for the assets.).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A bit of a note in relation to the above is to mention that if you
>>>>>>> can make a business case for a business salon in your town, then 
>>>>>>> there's a
>>>>>>> good chance you could start a salon with or without buying the existing
>>>>>>> business.   That's why I'm saying 'the business part of the business is
>>>>>>> probably not worth much, especially with a tarnished reputation'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Once you get to the point of working through your business operation
>>>>>>> numbers (P&L), there are a few caveats/suggestions:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) YOU MUST PAY YOURSELVES.  This is important.  Plan on paying
>>>>>>> yourselves from day one.  Figure out what a reasonable pay rate is and 
>>>>>>> pay
>>>>>>> yourselves.  If you don't do this, you will never ever make any money at
>>>>>>> this.  It's ok to escalate this with increasing load.  For instance, 
>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> you start, you may only need a few hours a week... but still pay
>>>>>>> yourselves.  One even worse gotcha is that not paying yourself sometimes
>>>>>>> indicates to the IRS this isn't intended as a going business and that 
>>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>>> something you want to have happen.   Ok, it's okay to put a bit of sweat
>>>>>>> equity into the business at first, but very shortly, you should start
>>>>>>> paying yourself for your time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) You must consider depreciation of equipment.   You're going to
>>>>>>> have to replace that equipment sometime, you need to plan for it, and 
>>>>>>> book
>>>>>>> for it.   This needs to be put in your business plan from day one.    
>>>>>>> That
>>>>>>> equipment you purchased costs you on an ongoing basis.   If your 
>>>>>>> business
>>>>>>> plan doesn't account for replacing the equipment at correct intervals, 
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> will end up 7 years from now with an even shoddier place which is worth
>>>>>>> less than you paid for it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3) Consider an exit strategy.  How can you position yourself to be
>>>>>>> able to sell this for *more* money than you paid for it a few years from
>>>>>>> now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4) If "your woman" plans on being a stylist there, consider treating
>>>>>>> her from a financial point EXACTLY like any of the other stylists, at 
>>>>>>> least
>>>>>>> for her stylist work.  That is, charge her rent for her station, etc. 
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> etc.  That way she will be pulling an income from the business just 
>>>>>>> like if
>>>>>>> she was a stylist elsewhere.  This will produce revenue for the business
>>>>>>> which it will need to pay the rent and also her salary for management
>>>>>>> duties.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think that's all I can think of for now...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do have one other reference I point ANYONE starting a business to,
>>>>>>> and thats a book/website called "business model generation".   It 
>>>>>>> contains
>>>>>>> tools to help people work through a successful business model.  If I was
>>>>>>> doing what you're considering, I'd work through this process considering
>>>>>>> your customers as your stylists (which seems to be the normal model) 
>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>> means the services (aka value proposition) you provide to your customers
>>>>>>> are things like providing a workspace, credit card processing, 
>>>>>>> advertising,
>>>>>>> etc.   Your goal in this business model is to fill every slot in your 
>>>>>>> salon
>>>>>>> with happy stylists which you can charge large amounts of money for the
>>>>>>> quality workspaces you provide and the continuous flood of new customers
>>>>>>> your advertising provides to them.  The other option is running a 
>>>>>>> business
>>>>>>> model where your customers are the actual people getting their hair and
>>>>>>> nails done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd recommend getting a dead tree version of the book (by Alexander
>>>>>>> Osterwalder), but you may want to check the first part out online at
>>>>>>> businessmodelgeneration.com... They have a exerpt which is basically an
>>>>>>> introduction available.  This isn't for everyone - some people just 
>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>> get this book.   I haven't figured out a pattern about who this does or
>>>>>>> doesn't work for yet either (I'm usually wrong, so maybe it's all the
>>>>>>> people I don't think would like it).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In any case, good luck.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 5:57 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm <
>>>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Salons are service industry with subcontractorish environments, so
>>>>>>>> it's not all that different than wisp, except it's all broads.
>>>>>>>> The salon my woman works at is failing, poor management decisions,
>>>>>>>> partners who are family (mother funded, daughter managed) mother owns 
>>>>>>>> 51
>>>>>>>> percent daughter 49. At one point it was an established and successful
>>>>>>>> business, but feelings got hurt, partners fighting, a staff coup that 
>>>>>>>> took
>>>>>>>> a substantial amount of clientelle, facilities not maintained. No clear
>>>>>>>> company structure as far as owners getting paid. A 7 thousand dollar 
>>>>>>>> and 13
>>>>>>>> thousand dollar note owed to the mother partner, etc. Management 
>>>>>>>> software
>>>>>>>> client capture went from over 800 clients to under 200 captures over a 
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> year span indicating to me the "staff" quit putting a lot of services 
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> the books and was pocketing the cash. It was an llc but they quit 
>>>>>>>> paying it
>>>>>>>> and transferred it into what they refer to as a partnership with the 
>>>>>>>> 51 49
>>>>>>>> thing, I have not seen that documentation
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I assume a lot of this could be correlated to many of your
>>>>>>>> purchases of family run wisps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This has the potential to be turned around, the salon had a good
>>>>>>>> reputation, and volume at one point, and its the only full service one 
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the town, so it's not completely failed. There also is room to 
>>>>>>>> incorporate
>>>>>>>> some other sources of revenue into the mix.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The 51 percent partner wants out, they would like to simply recoup
>>>>>>>> the majority of their outstanding debt and was their hands of the 
>>>>>>>> matter.
>>>>>>>> Initially this was offered to us for 7k but that left an outstanding
>>>>>>>> liability of 13 on the business to the same person, and that note is 
>>>>>>>> secure
>>>>>>>> via a mortgage extension. That didn't sound like a good risk so we told
>>>>>>>> them to get a better proposal consisting of buying out that half of the
>>>>>>>> partnership as well as a second proposal for buying out the entire
>>>>>>>> partnership. The "assets" including minimal revenue of a single 
>>>>>>>> occupied
>>>>>>>> station for a year was informally estimated at around 34k.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The daughter partner who is the primary "contractor" had a 45k
>>>>>>>> recorded revenue. I don't recall the revenue from the other occupied 
>>>>>>>> chair
>>>>>>>> of the 5 chairs and the retail had substantially dropped, I suspect 
>>>>>>>> due to
>>>>>>>> it becoming free when nobody was looking.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Recovery could take place, as they offer the full spa set of
>>>>>>>> services, however they currently are limited in their massage and 
>>>>>>>> facials
>>>>>>>> by contractors who don't show up. This can be resolved fairly quickly 
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> the massage therapist by recruiting one I'm aware of who is looking 
>>>>>>>> for a
>>>>>>>> new place to operate because her stand alone office did not generate 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> revenue to justify the expense and overhead. Also my it job has 
>>>>>>>> allowed me
>>>>>>>> to build good personal relationships with a lot of beneficial 
>>>>>>>> businesses,
>>>>>>>> primarily the beauty school for recruiting fresh "contractors" to fill 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> empty chairs, they just don't come with clients.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is a more rushed scenario than I would prefer, this was a 3-5
>>>>>>>> year plan, but circumstances presented. Our lust for business ownership
>>>>>>>> stands to cloud judgement, and that in itself is enough to walk away.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have a meeting later this week for presentation of the
>>>>>>>> proposals. What I don't know is what documentation in particular I 
>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>> request. I can ask for "financials" but I don't know what that actually
>>>>>>>> means, or what further information to ask for.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm reaching out here because you guys are my favorite cheap dates,
>>>>>>>> and a lot of you have experiences more valuable than any advice I 
>>>>>>>> could pay
>>>>>>>> an attorney for. After this next meeting is when our expenses start, 
>>>>>>>> so we
>>>>>>>> need to be able to make a personal judgement at that point if it's a 
>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>> enough opportunity to go to a lawyer and start paying for the non
>>>>>>>> refundable advice. It's also when we make the decision of how foolish 
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> want to look in front of our bankers. I like my banker though, and he 
>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>> be in poor spirits and need a good laugh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Smart me knows this is not the right time to take risks like this
>>>>>>>> when I only have 7 short years til my boy needs a college education 
>>>>>>>> and if
>>>>>>>> this goes south, mom and dads financial support will be out. But the
>>>>>>>> potential makes it worth looking at, like watching a train wreck. 
>>>>>>>> There are
>>>>>>>> also some other long term prospects this makes possible so that benefit
>>>>>>>> alone makes it well worth an investigation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I really would appreciate some sage advice from experience in small
>>>>>>>> business.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From what I have seen, there is no formal business structure, in
>>>>>>>> other words I don't see
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.*
>>>>>>> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
>>>>>>> <[email protected]>[email protected] |
>>>>>>> <http://www.packetflux.com/>http://www.packetflux.com
>>>>>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian>
>>>>>>> <http://facebook.com/packetflux>  <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your
>>>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Simon Westlake
>>> Skype: Simon_Sonar
>>> Email: [email protected]
>>> Phone: (702) 447-1247
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