DUPLICATION - A Business Lesson Learned!

karomesis · 2006-05-10, 05:26 PM

I have strengths, and I have weaknessess. My modus operandi is to emphasise my strengths by focusing on what I do best, while using other people/rhesus monkeys to make my weaknessess lack the sting they posess.

I am not a CSS/XHTML codemaster, I may have the potential to be one someday with alot of hard work and time, but right now I want to focus on building a business and being as creative as possible, so I outsource those tasks to the sacred codemasters

Obviously, my ability to outsource is limited by my financial condition but I think there are some people who are inherently better than others at certain things, some people code from birth it seems, while others struggle with even the basics. And some people can play sports well, while others make my grandmother look like emmit smith.

That's just the way it is.

Mr. Blue · 2006-05-10, 09:38 PM

As I see it one of the problems is finding people that will put out decent work. Let's take designers for example, there's tons of them, but are they necessarily good at what they do? Are they just photoshop guys/gals that have never actually worked as a submitter themselves. Do they know what sells? If they did, why would they have to work for someone else?

If you find a good designer, are they reliable? Everyday you see someone on some forum bitching and complaining about paying someone to do work and them not delivering or not delivering on time.

Some people are lucky, the first time they hire someone they manage to catch that lightning in a bottle that will benefit them immensely, but in the adult biz that's rare.

As I grow, yeah I would like to hire someone else, but right now would I want to spend 1 hour building something for myself or 2 hours looking over the work of someone I hired.

Halfdeck · 2006-05-10, 09:46 PM

I have plenty of chores I'd hire people for, but the biggest obstacle for me is money. If a LL owner is pulling in 80k a month, he can afford to pay 2k a month / reviewer, but that's not where I stand. What I'm looking for is someone who measures up to my standards, and I won't find that offering 15 bucks an hour (or will I?)

2006-05-10, 09:38 PM	#2
Mr. Blue Searching for Jimmy Hoffa Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 771	As I see it one of the problems is finding people that will put out decent work. Let's take designers for example, there's tons of them, but are they necessarily good at what they do? Are they just photoshop guys/gals that have never actually worked as a submitter themselves. Do they know what sells? If they did, why would they have to work for someone else? If you find a good designer, are they reliable? Everyday you see someone on some forum bitching and complaining about paying someone to do work and them not delivering or not delivering on time. Some people are lucky, the first time they hire someone they manage to catch that lightning in a bottle that will benefit them immensely, but in the adult biz that's rare. As I grow, yeah I would like to hire someone else, but right now would I want to spend 1 hour building something for myself or 2 hours looking over the work of someone I hired. __________________ 69Blue.com ICQ #223487665

2006-05-10, 09:46 PM	#3
Halfdeck You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 985	I have plenty of chores I'd hire people for, but the biggest obstacle for me is money. If a LL owner is pulling in 80k a month, he can afford to pay 2k a month / reviewer, but that's not where I stand. What I'm looking for is someone who measures up to my standards, and I won't find that offering 15 bucks an hour (or will I?) __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

2006-05-10, 05:26 PM	#1
karomesis Are you sure this is the Sci-Fi Convention? It's full of nerds! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: pepperell,Massachusetts. Posts: 264	I have strengths, and I have weaknessess. My modus operandi is to emphasise my strengths by focusing on what I do best, while using other people/rhesus monkeys to make my weaknessess lack the sting they posess. I am not a CSS/XHTML codemaster, I may have the potential to be one someday with alot of hard work and time, but right now I want to focus on building a business and being as creative as possible, so I outsource those tasks to the sacred codemasters Obviously, my ability to outsource is limited by my financial condition but I think there are some people who are inherently better than others at certain things, some people code from birth it seems, while others struggle with even the basics. And some people can play sports well, while others make my grandmother look like emmit smith. That's just the way it is.