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Society is getting sick of selfish "Conservative values"
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
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This is also the secret to how guys like Bezos start a company from a garage; they mooched off their parents, so didn't have to worry about how long it took to make any money.
Bezos took it a step further than most. Small loans of several hundred thousand dollars from his parents paired with actual fraud perpetrated against the major publishers.
I vaguely recall the fraud, but I forget the specifics. Please drop a link for more info if you have one! (Otherwise, yes, I am capable of searching the web myself.)
In Flood's case, he had a show on his college's radio so his parents bought him a station. He got more stations. Then he became a politician. He has never worked a day in his life.
Gotcha. Sounds relatively easy to verify, but eh, personally I'm inclined to believe you. And fits his entitled attitude for sure!
If you haven't started a business in your garage, you just need to remarket yourself to yourself. ~~I once sold some old clothes on ebay and one of the items went to Canada~~ I am an international designer jeans exporter.
I’m the biggest buyer of my own books (to give away).
Weird I’m not a millionaire yet. Perhaps I’m not marketing to myself effectively enough.
Are you charging enough?
Probably not, but I can’t afford to charge more.
Did you write The Art of the Deal?