INDITEX- European FASHION IMPERIUM ( Amancio Ortega ); 6000 shops in 86 countries. 16 bill Euro retail value.

"preisguenstige Waren massenhaft verkaufen". Aus:5/2013 manager magazin

ALTAIR of Troy, Michigan- Biomimicry/ topology optimization

Charles Schwab ( via Xjt )

Entrepreneurbookstore.com

become a brand ambassador- entrepreneurs inspire customers. Set standards in customer service.

www.italianice.net ( water ice )

 D'Think of Disney Institute

http://www.quinceanerasmagazine.com

KKR- Henry Kravis and George Roberts

Potash- Uralkali, BhP Billiton, Potash Corp Canada, Vale,  BPC, Canpotex

Indiegogo

www.solaruniverse.com/fast

Rent a roof

Six Flags Fence

You tube video- fuenf Eimer wie man's macht

Alibaba.com

http://www.endeavor.org/

www.farmervetco.org- farmer veteran Coalition

CROWDFUNDING SITES

------ APRIL 9-13,2014 at Jacksonville,FL: Crowdfunding festival, www.beonespark.com

--- www.Upstart.com : interested accredited investors can fund aspiring entrepreneurs or upstarts in exchang for a percentage of the income

----- more than 100 upstarts and 160 backer profiles so far. Upstart collects 3% of the money entrepreneurs raise on the site and charges backers 0.5% of the amount they invest annually.Upstart statistically predicts the income over 10 years- then comes a funding rate: for every 1% of your income you share with the backers, you can raise X dollars. One can't offer more than 7%, that's the cap. More on their website.

--- www.thegrommet.com : product launch platform. Since 2008 Grommet has brought 1,500 companies and 6,000 products to market through the online store. Best way to prototype? Foam board- cardboard- 3-D print prototype ( can rent these machines for 15$/hr ). Make sure to get at least 20% of the  product campaign prefunded before it goes live. You want the manufacturing cost to be 1/5th of the retail price.

--- www.kickstarter.com : Kickstarter is full of projects, big and small, that are brought to life through the direct support of people like you. Since our launch in 2009, 5.5 million people have pledged $950 million, funding 55,000 creative projects. Thousands of creative projects are raising funds on Kickstarter right now.

WEBSITES-IDEASites

--- www.edisonnation.com: Turn your invention ideas into products and get paid at Edison Nation. Our expert team is here to help get your product idea on store shelves

--- www.quirky.com: Shop for the world's best products, invented by real people like you. If you've got an incredible idea for a product, we want to know about it.

--- www.innocentive.com: InnoCentive helps clients to engage a world of creative and diverse on-demand talent to rapidly generate novel ideas and solve important problems.

--- www.kaggle.com  Kaggle is a platform for data prediction competitions. Companies, organizations and researchers post their data and have it scrutinized by the world's best statisticians.

Customer-funded business

John Mullins, PhD

-- Core task: Please customers and increase sales

-- why through customers? you get their vested interest in the success of your biz

-- stark contrast to "writing biz plans and raising Venture Capital (VC) are twin pillars of entrepreneurial endeavour"

-- as a founder show first that your biz has "legs"- securing customers first is a "magnet" to attract angel investors and VC firms

-- most successful companies are often a second or third attempt by their founders ( versus German education to do it right from the very beginning! )

INVESTMENT FEES

-- sample topic: invest 200,000 in a mutual fund: average annual fee ~US$ 2,500 versus US$ 80,00 in a broad stock market index fund

-- pay less for seeking financial advice, making investments, purchasing a home etc.

--- Financial Advice: typical charge of Wallstreet large banks: 1% of assets under mgmt

----- meet with at least three candidates

----- fee-only planner who charges per hr or project

---------www.LetsMakeaPlan.org; www.GarrettPlanningNetwork.com

----- go Internet

---------www.LearnVest.com: 299$ plus 19$/month for five yr plans of retirement prep, debt mgmt and savings

---------www.Wealthfront.com: charges 0.25% of assets annually when greater 10k, no fee for accounts less than 10k, min balance: $5,000

---------www.Betterment.com: same 0.25% charge, 0.15% at $100,000 and above, no min balance

--- Discount Brokerages: current average fee per trade is $8,82 ( www.NerdWallet.com tracks fees of financial firms)

---------www.TradeKing.com, one of the cheapest discount brokers: $4,95 flat fee per trade, no min balance; $50 annual fee if inactive accounts/no trade within a year and less than $2,500 balance

--------- check for promotions!! when trading infrequently: www.USAA.com offering 50 free trades for 90 days in new account; www.TDAmeritrade.com offers 60 days of free trading in new accounts with more than $2,500

--- Mutual Funds and ETFs: large variety of fees based on type of asset, mgmt style, fund company etc. Average mutual fund expense ratio of %1.25, which is ~ $125 per $10,000 investment

----www.etf.com

-----Fund's "bid-ask spread" should be no more than 3 cents for a stock ETF and five cents for bond ETF

-----Annual fee: Investors should not pay more than 1.25% for US large company stock funds, more than 1.75% for US small company stock funds, more than 1.5% for US bond funds

-----Check out Expense ratio and competitiveness of mutual fund at www.Morningstar.com- Expense tab

-----------Vanguard 500 Index fund ( tracks S&P 500): Charge= 0.05%

-----------Schwab US Large Cap (SCHX): cheapest large cap stock ETF: 0,04% expense ratio

-----------Schwab US Broad market (SCHB): 0,04%

-----------Schwab US Aggregate Bond (SCHZ): 0,06%

-----------Vanguard Total International Stock (VXUS): 0,14%

-----------Vanguard Total World Stock (VT): 0,18%

-----------ETRACS DJ-UBS Commodity Index total return ETN (DJCI): 0,50%

--- Buying a Home: save $$ by comparing and negotiating LENDER fees

----www.HSH.com: mortgage info

----www.Bankrate.com: consider using a "mortgage amortization calculator"

-----Lender fees= Originating fees: normally 0%-1% of total mortgage amount. If no origination fee CHECK the list of other charges ( i.e. at closing...)! which could offset any savings on the origination fee.

-----What if higher fees but offer lower interest rate? a worth-while trade off if planning to stay longterm at the house.

(source: WSJ May10/11 edition, B10)

OWN ROUTES

- Fedex routes, Snapple, Bread, milk/ dairy , ATM routes and more!
- www.routebrokers.com

WOOD DESIGN

www.cedarworks.com

- play products for your backyard, playroom or bedroom

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Work in the Alps,on a farm and live/eat for free in return-= check it out under the travel tab...

http://www.emptylegmarket.com/

empty charter legs- check it out!

Are you a Space Junky? Go check out millions of public accesssible pictures:

http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-imaging/amateur.html

Do you know what episodic memory is and what its susceptibility to failure can lead to? Its failure is normally called Amnesia, or worst case: "AD- Altzheimers"

Quantum Computers are coming!

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