Do people ever ask you to go into business with them?

[macarollo]

Today I met the second person who wanted to go into business with me selling motorized bikes.

The first time was on my HT bike, some crazy guy stopped me and tried to convince me to go into business with him. I said I was not interested.

Today I was first at the traffic light and the guy behind me runs out of his car and starts up conversation with me... (I keep looking at the light because I am not sure when it is going to turn green). He says this is awesome, that I should market it in Europe, and here. He was following me on the 3 mile road as I was going over 40mph the whole time. He said he has a business and wants me to call him. Then he asked if he could take a picture so he backed up across the road and took a picture of me. He was very intense.

Then the light turned green and I left.

 

[Mountainman]

the thing that I have found to be pretty much true in business is

we are only as good as our business partner

in these cases it seems that you don't know these guys
that may turn out to be something like as follows
getting married on your first blind date.....

ride that thing

 

[HoughMade]

Good advice- where I am, they want to watch you work for 8 years before you are considered as a partner...because here "partner" still means what it used to.

 

[Revorunner]

the thing that I have found to be pretty much true in business is

we are only as good as our business partner

in these cases it seems that you don't know these guys
that may turn out to be something like as follows
getting married on your first blind date.....

ride that thing

Isn't that the truth.

 

[Member 5549]

Why do you even need a partner??

Sounds like that dude dosen't know that much about m/bs.
So you will be turning the wrenches and forking over 50% profit.
I don't think I would sell m/b's .. The product liability issues are of major concern. I don't think you could get insurance on that type product..
What Iam saying is you would be one wreck away from a Lawsuite and loosing everything. I know it sucks but about 35% of our population makes a full time job out of suing people for anything, And we have a wonderful support system in place in the U.S. to keep propetuating this kind of thing.
it's going to take the place of baseball as the American passtime !!!

And That's one of the real reasons most American companys are gone !!!

We really need Tort reform legislation, but when most of the house and senate are ex Lawers !!!! Thats not going to happen !!!!!

 

[Mountainman]

this motor bike site just get's down and amazes me more and more and more

looking at seanhan's picture there -- I would have never in a million years
thought that he was so darn smart

goes to show -- I have a lot to learn as I -- ride that MB thing


just got a pm sent to me since I posted this
somebody had to just -- really rub it in -- just like salt in my fresh cut
I was informed that the same little guy as seen in the picture above
good old seahan as we call him around here
also of all THINGS had his trainner wheels off of his motor bike long before I did

man oh man -- please don't spread that around................................
the little Lady thinks that I am king of the mountain -- you know what I mean ?????
and plus -- that picture of me on my MB with those trainner wheels -- is pretty cool !!!!!!!

 

[Pablo]

You have no idea.

 

[spunout]

all the time. most times, i cant wipe the con-man stench off of me fast enough.
the ones who seem legit, 99% of the time are all talk. as soon as you tell them to put up some money, they're like "oh my god...whats that in the sky?!!!?" when you turn to look, theyre already down the road, hahaha

 

[Mountainman]

I will share about my two partners in the bicycle business -- many long years ago
my first partner was a much older than me guy -- I was around 19 he was in his 40s
didn't take me long to realize -- this guy is a small time crook
I told him in a nice way -- we needed to part ways -- I bought out his half of
The Handle Bar Bicycle Shop
thought to myself -- a good honest business partner would be a nice THING
turned out my old friend Mike H. had just lost his welding job
I had known Mike since we were little guys going to elementary school together in Hawaii
he was the best most honest, reliable friend I had ever had
I asked him if he wanted to join me in the bike shop -- wish to buy in ???

it was a great three years spent with my best friend in business together

when we get into business with someone -- the best THING to remember is

it is almost just like (((((((( getting married to them )))))))) !!!

that deserves some long thinking before jumping in -- I think....

MM

 

[Member 5549]

I was thinking about.....

Building some m/b's and selling them. I found some dealers that offer qty deals on HT's. ( really good deals for 10 sets or more )
I guess iam affraid it will turn out like when I built hot rod computers for gamers, Everybody wanted free tech-support for Life!!!!
It just got out of hand and people got really Irate ( the computer you built me doesen't work !!!!) well maybe it had somthing to do with the worms you got from ALL THOSE PORN SITES !!!!!!!
I lost some friends over that... for almost no gain...

Besides I like having the only M/B in town !!!!!
It's a chick magnet HA !! HA!!