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At what point do you look for help?

A lot of us likely start our company ourselves with no help and no employees. Sure, there will be some who start with a group, raise a lot of money, and transition right into a small or medium sized company. But focusing for a moment on the solo e...

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When do you start promoting your products?

I'm creating a membership product for customers to learn electrical engineering to get a better job. Some of the people I have talked to asked why I would start promoting the program before it was even ready to sell. The biggest reason for me anyw...

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City: Gold Bar

Country: USA

Website: http://www.electronicthinking.com

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Hi! Welcome to my profile page. My name is Abdul Wahid and I normally just go by Wahid for short. I don't want this introduction to turn into a full biography; there is enough of that already on my LinkedIn page. But I did want to write a short intro about who I am and how I came to be involved with this community.

I have been working at Microsoft for the last seven years or so and before that, I ran my own startup company for a few years. I have been planning to start my own company again soon and came across IASE while researching and forming a general direction for my company. The entrepreneur bug has bitten me again and because I decided to focus my business on some kind of space venture, this is a community that is a perfect fit.

In an attempt to keep this information short, you can read more in my blog on this site. Also see my FriendFeed below for what I am doing. For anybody who does not know about FriendFeed, it is an excellent way to gather multiple feeds from almost anything imaginable into one place and somehow keep it all understandable.

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Just opened my website to the public!

I could spend many more months adding content, uploading more pictures, integrating new features but at some point, we just need to launch. And that is what I did a couple days ago. I have over 400 electronic components listed for sale and it is now possible to browse for parts, add them to your cart, checkout, and notify me that I need to ship something. In other words, Electronic Thinking is now operational. Time to ship! Open the doors. Sort of… Continue

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Are there better ways to organize a company?

I have recently been contemplating how I want to structure my company and as part of that process, decided it was time to create an organization chart. I know it is not a good idea to design positions around a person but instead on the role and what results I want from a particular position. But then I got to thinking if there could be a better way. Something radically different but still focused on results. Something that would scale and still function when people were away on vacation. And mos… Continue

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Never make customers perform pointless tasks.

I'm going to work this into my business planning somehow. This struck me recently at a doctor's office but I can think of other examples too. I have visited this particular doctor several times already over the last few years but on my last visit was asked to fill out all new paperwork (you know the kind, several pages, front and back, where you have to write your name and address on almost every page). This seemed strange to me because they already had all of my information but I was told that… Continue

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Business plan (part 2)

Ok, so I have not focused much lately on the actual business plan but I have solidified my thinking quite a bit. That has to count for something. The first thing I did was setup my accounting software. I am using Peachtree and the first real task is planning and creating the chart of accounts. I spent several weeks on this and think I have settled on a plan. It is amazing how much this got me to think about what the business will be doing and how much detail I wanted to be capturing in the numbe… Continue

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There's no turning back now

Yesterday, I talked with my manager at work about my plans to start a company. Probably the most surprising part of this discussion was that I was giving about 10 months notice. Who gives 10 months notice? In this case, I thought it best to be as open about my plans as possible. Other companies might have just terminated things right there but I have been with Microsoft long enough to know that the managers have a sincere interest in the careers of the people reporting to them. It probably also… Continue

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At 11:22pm on November 10, 2009, Trevor HM Cooper said…: I hear, we should leave this nest we call Earth, evolve past this barrier.
Tasha9503 is tomorrow, designed with 1995 technology.
As this moon race continues I would like to ask every one to help us build these transport vehicles to take several crews to the Moon, Mars, beyond and back.
I will not suggest any human leave the protection of this infrastructure after passing the Van Allan Belt, but you can enter any orbit around our sun.
It is a new rocket design that produces no space junk.
Use the six robotic arms to collect space junk in preparation for mining the Asteroid Belt.
Tasha9503 will be owned buy the people, initially used as HotelsInSpace, resorts.
People in China, Brazil, Argentina, Etc. Congo, Guinea, Namibia, etc. Sahara, Tunisia, USA, Antarctica, Canada, etc. will soon be able to own the infrastructure in orbit.
The day we collect rent we will no longer be for sale.
In 1988 we started looking for all the reasons we can not move to space.
7 years we collected the sciences that say we can.
This infrastructure includes five levels of artificial gravity to remove the physical degeneration that prolonged exposure to zero-g brings.
It is a place for our children to live if an asteroid or a commit etc, hits earth or global warming makes Earth uninhabitable by humans.
Launch costs, oxygen and water purification, food and sewage, Maintenance, Reproduction.
We found the solutions to all the stoppers and slow me downs and lowered the cost.
We still ask the world why they think we can not build these HotelsInSpace if funds were available?
If we can pass the Van Allan Belt, we can pass the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Each HotelsInSpace includes five levels of Artificial Gravity, 12 staff units, 72 units with sleeping for three for rent, six cafeterias, six separate zero gravity sections, internet connection to the world and access to the entire HotelsInSpace.
This is the place where many people can try ZeroGravitySex.
Depending on other’s transportation facilities, we feel any time under one week per year will not be usable, unused time accumulates.
In 2009 we showed the world our answers to why we can go.
Re design the HLV.
Lift 1,000,000 lbs of pre shaped HLV.
Re use the casings fuel tanks and software in orbit.
Lift six satellite payloads per launch.
Land a 400,000 lbs 200 passenger CRV.
Share the launch price between hundreds, effectively lowering the cost.
Attach 6 used rockets, clean, renovate and place the 36 satellites in their respective orbits.
Do it again, lifting another 1200 people, 36 satellites and building more HotelsInSpace.
Like LEGO, these pieces of Infrastructure can be attached end to end producing CitySkapes above the clouds.
Get on board? Do you want to build a 400 passenger landing vehicle? We will use our HLV to lift it.
APlaceInSpaceToPlay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivHAO96FIiw

Safety?
How many people died this month in car accidents?
How many died when swimming?
How many died in Boating accidents?
How many starved to death this month?
How many died this month.
With 120 NASA shuttle launches, less than five burned on re-entry.
Max 35 people die and 819 live to tell stories about space travel.
With 120 tasha9503 launches, if 5 burn on re-entry, that’s 1000 people die and 23000 live to tell space stories.
We also end up with 19 HotelsInSpace.
Does that answer any questions about safety and do you have any other questions?

At 9:16am on June 9, 2008, Dave Hook said…: Hi Wahid...Come join us in the Space Enterprise Security group. This way you can begin building your secuirty culture as you build your company. See you there...Dave

At 7:50am on April 6, 2008, Sebastian Corradini said…: Hi Wahid,
It's nice to find this community full of interesting projects. I'll try to make some small contributions. Keep the good work.
All the best!

Sebastian