As many of you know I have been trying to start up a greeting card company. The first test drive
will be happening just in time for Christmas. What kind of cards you might ask? Well Dah....Christmas
cards you silly thing.
The line will be simple hand drawn sketches from my limited artistic skills. I'll test the market here
in the mid west with those friends and family who will be willing to humor me as I seek to discover
if this'll fly or not.
I'll start with a set of eight different 5"X7" Chr…
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Added by Lee Martin on October 23, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Here is a quick update:
Just when I think I got things figured out, life throws me a twist. You see I'm trying to establish a small business in the form of a greet card company. I attempted to contact several potential sketch artists who might be interested in being on the ground floor of this exciting business. Out of five different people I contacted only one showed any interest. (I am still looking for interested sketch artists)
I was excited and made some basic plans but progress is pretty…
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Added by Lee Martin on August 17, 2009 at 7:45pm —
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Recently you may have noticed a short pause in the written activity of our "Share Your Number" blogs, there are some obvious reasons and some undetermined reasons for this. I'm not sure anyone has all the answers but let me tell you my take on what going on. All seven of us involved in…
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Added by Lee Martin on July 24, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Progress is progress even if it is slow.
On my plans to create a line of specialized greeting cards that will hopefully turn into my own card company I have discussed the start up issues with a retired corrections officer in Oregon who has just sold a similar company of his own. I received a lot of good pointers about what to do and not to do. Sometimes we need to look at others failures and successes in order to map out our own future.
I have also found a skecth artist who is willing to assis…
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Added by Lee Martin on July 8, 2009 at 8:04pm —
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One of the tools I am going to use to get to my number is the start up of a business. (I'll also create an exit strategy). Actually I'm interested in a greeting card business and I want to operate it on two levels (1). A face to face operation with clients who want my product and (2). An on-line sales of the same product. I have been in touch with a man in Portland who just recently left this same business and he was very encouraging.
My problem is knowing just where and how to begin. Mainly I'…
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Added by Lee Martin on June 16, 2009 at 8:58am —
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I have always been afraid of heights. If there is social network for ladders look for me at the bottom. This whole idea of striving to become a mnillionaire, while still quite an adventure it is getting more frightening every step of the way.
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Added by Lee Martin on May 31, 2009 at 8:54pm —
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So here I set trying to figure out how do I get from where I am with $183,000 in assets, $105,000 in liabilities and a net worth,
of $78,000 to "My number" of $3,000,000 by the year 2019? It's pretty obvious that I'll have to start some kind of business along with the common sense savings, investing, and whatever else I can do to reach my goal. I have been following springwise at
to see what the trends of new businesses are.…
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Added by Lee Martin on February 20, 2009 at 3:11pm —
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I recently read Napoleon Hill's "Key's to Success - the 17 principles of Personal Achievement" among the interesting chapter was one about Creative Vision. Now while I believe very strongly in trusting God for our future I also agree with the idea of seeing yourself as doing or being all that you can do or be. The idea of Creative Vision struck a sweet cord with me. Creative Vision is about commitment to a better future. Dedication to making things happen, seeing things happen before they actual…
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Added by Lee Martin on February 7, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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Standing on this portion of the mountain that I'm climbing I can at least see the direction I need to be going and eventhough I can't see my final destination I know where it is, $3,000,000 by 2019. The path ahead of me offer many opportunities and lot of them have to do with Life Coaching, Consulting, training and writing. While I feel comfortable with all that I still have a problem with it. You see my nature and past experience has been to prettymuch offer my services for "free". Of course th…
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Added by Lee Martin on January 24, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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In "Sharing My Number" I have come to realize how important different people are to the process, let me tell you about 10 of them:
THOSE WHO I WILL FOLLOW because they have been there and done what I wish to accomplish.
THOSE WHO I WILL AVOID because they are the Negative Ned's and Nellie's always looking at the down side of anyone's efforts to improve themselves.
THOSE WHO I WANT TO NETWORK WITH because they have something I don't and I can learn from them if I'm willing…
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Added by Lee Martin on January 11, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Ah at last my favorite time of the year. There is something refreshing about new beginnings. I guess I like it because of the very idea that there is an end to some things that just didn't seem to fly right. What lies ahead of me in 2009 is nothing but exciting. I hope you will stay with us here at "Share Your Number" and give some imput from time to time.
If you are the kind of person who makes New Years Resolutions let me recommend that among what ever you come up with you also consider readi…
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Added by Lee Martin on January 3, 2009 at 5:34pm —
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I'm re-reading "the E Myth Revisited" again by Michael E. Gerber and I break out in a cold swet when I come to chapters about the Entrepreneur, the Manageer and the Technician. He should re-titled the chapter "Me, Myself and I". Understanding the fact that we have all three of these characters within us helps me to even better deal with "My Number".
I've failed in the past at putting together business efforts and/or keeping them alive, little did I know that there was this inner struggle within…
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Added by Lee Martin on December 21, 2008 at 6:40pm —
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Alright I'm still in the starting blocks with this one. I want to do some investing, but I really don't know where to begin. I don't know if I need a minimum amount to do so. I'm not sure where to go to find what would be a good investment.
I need help is there anyone out there who is willing to make some recommendations?
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Added by Lee Martin on December 11, 2008 at 4:30pm —
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The Thanksgiving season makes me think about my past. Just having turned 61 means I have a lot of past to think about. But I want to comment on my "Recent Past".
Selecting my "Number" has been a process that I guess really started years ago, long before I ever met my fellow Seven Millionairs in Training. But it didn't really begin to take shape until someone came along and gave me the idea that I could actually reach this goal.
We don't want to forget that in the process of making tough decisi…
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Added by Lee Martin on November 24, 2008 at 7:51pm —
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One look at the photo should tell you that I'm a little older than most of those who are on the journey to become a millionaire in a short period or 7m7y as we like to call it. There is a reason for this, actually there are probably several reasons, but I'll limit it to one for now.
I love experiments. You see I entered into this adventure of learning how to earn a lot of money in a set period of time by simply applying to be a participant. Little did I know I would actually be selected as a fi…
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Added by Lee Martin on November 22, 2008 at 1:21pm —
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