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any /biz/ bros here in Ivey? How is it? I applied for AEO status 2 weeks ago. I want to get in but I think my essays werent the best.
>He fell for the Ivey marketing meme
Just apply to Lakehead for the B.A. in Economics program...
>>1056088
He lives in Oakville where every fucking person here goes to Western so that they can perpetuate their high school drama
I have no doubt that VR is the next big thing, on the level of the personal computer, and internet.
Every household that has a TV, and most industries will adopt it over the next few decades.
Having tried all of the most recent headsets, HTC Vive is the clear winner. This seems to be the common consensus.
As well as that, i have the utmost faith in Valve to deliver the best experience.
I'm considering investing $100,000 into HTC.
Valve are showing off 10 new 3rd party titles for the Vive in a little under a week. I expect this will bump...
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>>1055287
I unfortunately haven't been able to tried them yet. But I am kind of a geek, and I know how to program.
I don't see in what kind of markets these things will become an big hit in the near future though. Gaming? If so, who is going to make those games (probably not HTC). Movies, if so who will make those movies? Porn, if so, do you think HTC really wants to associate their products with porn? Short cool videos? Seems like hype that will last about 2 weeks.
I mean I can see how these things...
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It's not always about what's best. More often, it's about what's best marketed and at what price.
Somewhere around 1985, Commodore released a computer called the "Amiga", which was a computer very superior to many around during that day.
But it didn't matter because IBM and apple were better at marketing, and TI and Tandy were better at price.
In the case of VR, I would avoid putting any serious money in now, and especially into HTC specifically, since they're probably not going to win the battle.
Oculus is...
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>>1055301
Just as an aside, the manufactures don't need to be directly involved in porn. There's an app called "Milk VR" which is a generic VR viewer which allows you to easily drop files into a folder, bypassing the limits of Oculus or others.
That being said... VR porn is not to be believed. It is, simply, the greatest advance to porn since the invention of the VCR and will be MASSIVE in the industry.
post not-so-legal ways to get $$$$$
Suck dick
>>1054044
Sucking dick is legal. Now, if you go to a muslim country and suck dick... could be good money.
ill start:
- bought 5 iphone 6s for a total of $5075 cad
- send all of them to a friend across the country
- have a friend working as delivery guy in the delivery company
- purposely get him to smash the iphones on the ground
- claim insurance from the company for accidental damage
- get $5000
- take my broken iphones and receipt back to apple store
- get them all replaced with new ones
thug life
>did some googling
>15% of women in the workforce admit to having slept with their bosses
>37% of those perceived themselves as being rewarded at work for it
>Went all the way up to women at the CEO level
>If aware of the affair 60% of males and 70% of females lost respect for the individual
Seems like sleeping with the boss might be one of the strongest career moves a mid-level professional woman can make, particularly...
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>>1058362
I would do this as a male if it meant I would have significantly more preferable work conditions/$20k more salary.
>Tfw no gay boss
>>1058362
>new goal is to be a manager with at least 6 female direct reports.
>tfw qt girl in office is sleeping with boss's son
Okay guys it's time to talk about socialism now I know you are already trying to scroll through this or you're probably done arguing about it, but it's time to make it a real economical debate.
I'm no economical expert matter of fact I'm just a normal college student who probably knows nothing about economics, but I love learning more about it.
So I'll give you guys an example of a socialist idea and you guys try to improve or debunk what I'm saying with sources and examples if you could. (I know it's a lot of work and I'm sorry about it but it's time to end this debate)
Let's start.
As a community we need to build a country that can stand on it's feet and can be better than any other country out there, the main way to achieve this is if the community becomes comfortable and suitable for everyone living in it and if everyone in the same community tend to participate in the prosperity of itself.
In capitalism for a long time the building block for the economy was the individual, that if everyone just took care of themselves then we might make a better society.
But in socialism the building block became the community as a whole, that you no longer think about yourself and instead think about the community around you and how to improve it, that instead of the natural behavior of human kind to act greedy and for themselves we try to drop these morals and evolutionize into caring for others.
For an example, as a rich guy I no longer look into members of my society as consumers or unfortunate people that I'm more successful than.
So the idea is to improve their lives by giving them jobs according to their abilities and providing them with payment that is necessary for living (a man with no talent or skills can work something that doesn't require skills but still be able to put food on the table while those who are let's say engineers can get a better job in my business)
> Cont...
>...Cont
Now the point here is that we no longer treat workers as a material that we can buy and get rid of whenever we want
For an example coal miners in coal mines, a worker was hired for lets say $20 per hour, but after a while the mine explodes or a few miners get cancer, no one considered paying for their health or caring about them, the job provider will instantly consider replacing them with other coal miners, sure they agreed for it but surely such risks can be avoided by spending more money into their safety or paying for their health...
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So that if you get $10,000 increase in profit from that guys idea of buying a better machine, then you start paying everyone (let's assume you have 100 workers) 0.5$ extra due to profit and for that specific person you give him $1 raise amd so on, so the guy who contributes the most is the one who gets better raises and so on, eventually you'll have multiple people contributing to your company that you are no longer the only person comanding the company but you have others who help you, and you're just the person who owns the company and the creator of it.
But...
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Sorry for the long thread /biz/ :(
What is the best app for tracking budget and expenses?
Money management apps general
>>1060049
I use Mint. It's alright
Do any of you have any advice on publishing books?
>>1059981
Dont do it
>work in tech startup
>HEY GOY WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THIS FREE SHIT
>DON'T EVERY WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, WE'RE YOUR BUDDIES, NOT LIKE THOSE NORMIE CORPORATIONS
>work absolutely insane hours for shit pay
>targets become increasingly ridiculous because of the obsession with scaling, puts everyone under pressure, completely ruins the formerly fun working environment as more people start fighting
>subtle...
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>accept options in lieu of huge salary
>company succeeds
>cash in shares and retire at 40
>>1059916
Only happens if you get in really really early, like first 20 or so employees.
And depends entirely on the company not tanking, which isn't exactly unusual in startup-land
Worked for me.
Suggest a good food truck name??
Cap'n Cumm's Salty Surprises
>>1059869
Free Candy
Why don't you call it meals on wheels?
who /estimating/ here? I just landed a job as a commercial roofing estimator, so far I've thrown 2 million dollars worth of bid proposals and I' hoping to reel in a contract soon.
How is the construction market looking this year? I'm kinda scared tbqh from the falling stock market.
Any advice for a rookie? Any ideas on how to save me some precious sheckels to add into my profit margin?
>>1059815
So do you only work on commercial projects and no residential properties?
If so, you may want to expand into that market. I work in banking in Florida and there's still a lot of construction in central to south Florida but it seems to be slowing. A lot of foreigners are still throwing money around buying properties.
Also, what exactly do you do? Do you just provide cost estimations or do you actually provide roof work as well?
>>1059820
I mainly do commercial, although I do some residential, residential its too boring, I get excited over bigger numbers and margins.
What I do is I calculate materials and labor, and once we have a contract we are responsible for the installation of the roof. Although I do provide estimations to general contractors.
>>1059836
I work in banking and have met a fair amount of construction company owners. It seems cliche at this point, but networking is important. There should be associations for construction firms in your town where you can meet other owners. It won't help your margins but would help your volume, but building a relationship with some of the firms and offering a bit of discount could help.
Also, architecture firms in town are good to know as well. They'll often recommend a builder. Just write down the...
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/biz/, I'm curious as to how you guys see the job market in your area/industry. If you're please answer the following:
>age
>education/training
>years experience
>are you employed?
>is it easy to get interviews/find a job or not?
Personally:
>28
>Bachelor's in finance and accounting; MBA
>7 years...
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>>1059813
>35
>BS software engineering
>13 years, employed
Not sure. Seems very easy to get and keep a job if you don't know anything. But if you do, it's a serious fight every step of the way.
>28
>bachelor's in finance
>0 years of experience, had 2 times 2 month summer jobs
>havent really even applied to anything
> 37
> High school education
> 13 years professional software/web dev
> Yes
> We will literally fly people in for interviews
Canadafag here, What languages should I learn to get an edge in foreign countries? Should I pick a country i want to do business in or is there something else I should consider.
Considering Mandarin because obvious reasons.
I'm interested in product design and manufacture for the agricultural industry...someday want to operate globally
>Only speak English
Pic somewhat related
>>1059730
Arabic
>>1059733
What's your reasoning?
>>1059730
Do mandarin. It will help you get laid in china. That should be the only reason you need.
Also buy eth
pretty sure theres a bubble right now with all the tax cuts and easy credit for wantrepreneurs and the fact everyone wants to be an app/web developer and "be their own boss"
Ethereum. Don't kill yourself when you realised you missed out on something that will make bitcoin look like a goddamn choirboy compared to me!
>>1059704
Short startup
Bring in fake evidence on CEO that he raped you in college.
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$$$$$$$$
>>1059704
If you think stocks will go down, short them.
>be me
>import refugee
>get $10,000 USD marriage loan from swanluv.com
>marries refugee
>drop her off at a /pol/ meetup
>repeat for infinite money
How do people just keep getting away with it?
>>1059698
>>1059698
>implying /pol/ ever leave their basements
>>1059698
what the fuck is a marriage loan
How do some actively-managed mutual funds outperform the market if the markets are truly efficient?
Is it just luck?
>>1059424
>if the markets are truly efficient
Who the fuck told you this? I'm about as free-market as anyone could reasonably get without being an anarchist, and even I recognize that the markets aren't efficient in the "perfect knowledge" sense.
Financial markets trade on expectations m80, not fundamentals. The fundamentals bleed through every once in a while when the financial markets do a Paul Walker impression and hit the wall.
>>1059424
>actively-managed mutual funds outperform the market
where is the proofs
>>1059432
"some"
Just look up top performing actively-managed mutual funds.
