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Do hungry plants have a light meal?
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Who on Earth planted that idea in your head?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Leaf it out! That was a good one!
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OK it was, even if it is pineful to admit it. : )
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Are you stalking me again?
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It has bean a while, has it not?
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In a nutshell, yes.
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I soiled myself reading this one.
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Your username does imply this, yes! 
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Hah! Yes it does. Sounds like you are green with envy. My pun skills have bloomed thanks to your thoughts of the day.
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Sounds like you're stalking him.
/ravi
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Only if someone roots for them.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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What kind of saps do you take us for? Well, you're barking up the wrong tree, this time. Well, mulch as it pains me to say it, don't petal that stuff around here.
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I (along with the family) did a week at an all inclusive resort in Negril, Jamaica back in January. It was awesome!
The wife and I did a tour of the Appleton distillery. Pretty cool.
I loved Appleton rum while in Jamaica... less so back at home.
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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I've become a bit jaded in my choice of all-inclusives.
1 - Tipping must be absolutely forbidden (at least until departure)*
2 - Adults Only (just more fun)
The rum I bought was/is supposedly sipping quality. I found out I like single-malt scotches and thought a cask-aged rum would be an interesting diversion. It should literally last for years.
* Cancun has really gone down the tubes with this. If I have to carry money for tips I might as well just get a room and choose exactly what I wish do/eat and when.
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There is a rum distillery (Wicked Dolphin) in the town where I live - their Black Rum is good, the Coconut is better, and they make a run that is aged in used stout beer barrels (I do not like beer, but my friends say it is pretty good).
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For me, it's a wait and see - how does this stack up to the Single Malts. Hopefully very well as these are quite a bit cheaper these days.
Scotch prices have taken off because demand, particularly in China, exceeds expectations. It will take 8yrs (minimum) for supply to begin to catch up with demand.
I've a stash - and am slowly looking for options.
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Hello everyone,
I would like to ask for an advice.
I am a freelance developer in upwork/freelancer and my past and current jobs are developing applications that are already existing. I am hired as a developer to be part of their team.
Now, i am planning to establish my own agency for software development. My problem is how can i get clients and projects? I can see that there are a lot of job posting in upwork/freelance hiring developers so they must have clients out there.
Thanks
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Networking. Lots and lots of networking.
A question for you. Do you have deep reserves of cash for those periods when the client invoices are outstanding, but you still have to pay your freelancers? I know a fair few agencies who it would just take a client missing two weeks payments and they would have to shut down because of having no funds. If you want to build yourself a reputation for being reliable, you have to start by treating those who you're going to get to do the actual work, right.
Beyond that, you're going to have to show clients that you have ready access to the talent they need. That means you're going to have to have people willing to give you a go as their agent here.
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Thanks Pete for the advice. I just know that i should keep a deep reserves of cash for outstanding client invoices.
For a starter how can i get a lot of networks?
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You need to spend a lot of time on the phone. Expect to develop a thick skin dealing with rejections. Make sure that you can answer in less than 20 seconds why people should use you, and make sure you know the worth of what you've got. Go to local business forums if you have them available. Talk to people. Find out what they can do for you and what you can do for them. There's no magic bullet - this is a sales job you're doing.
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Thanks again Pete. I will take your advise, i learned a lot. I am consolidating the knowledge i got in starting an agency business. 
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cyborgkagaw, plan on LOTS of working hours. You'll need to work billable hours yourself until you get a critical mass of people so that you can devote your time to just sales & management.
I'm on my third contract with a small agency. The owner has been billable 40+ hours/week for something like 15 years. Plus he did another 10-30 hours of sales and marketing beyond that. Recently he got enough critical mass to step back from billing.
Two things are critical: money and ethics.
Money? The first time you miss a paycheck, your people will most likely be gone. Doesn't matter why -- your contract with clients is completely separate from your contract with your people. People have bills to pay and most will lose faith at the first burp in their money. One choice is to float a loan to ensure the payroll ... and build that into your cost structure.
Ethics? In my experience every small company that did not act ethically towards their people and their clients failed. Yeah, ethical business fail, too, but not because they are untrusted. People talk and a poor reputation travels. As has been said, thirty years of good deeds is wiped out by one bad deed.
Regarding sales -- if you win 10% of the contracts you bid on, you're doing good. Most of your proposal efforts will produce nothing. Someone said you need a thick skin -- that is absolutely true.
Good luck and perseverance!
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