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<p>[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 2751730, member: 20480"]Your resourcefulness, your low overhead approach, your understanding of the needs of your intended customers, and your willingness to put in the necessary time are impressive lordmarcovan.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe starting on a shoestring budget, and gradually finding one's way is the secret to building a successful business - any business - as opposed to blowing a large amount of seed capital on early mistakes. We all make mistakes in business, especially in the beginning. Having little in the beginning inherently limits the amount of the loss, and those losses are therefore more constructive as life lessons, and less discouraging, allowing one to persist.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot count the number of disillusioned collectors I've known over the years who, once having pumped their life's collection into starting a coin business, discovered that their knowledge, ambition and energy would not outlast the drain on their initial outlay, all because they started too big. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some have since healed and returned to collecting - some even dealing again - but many of those seem to have given up coins for good. This is not because they did not have the ability, but because they wanted to start with that big splash.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicely done. I only wish you'd seen it through. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's never too late you know . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 2751730, member: 20480"]Your resourcefulness, your low overhead approach, your understanding of the needs of your intended customers, and your willingness to put in the necessary time are impressive lordmarcovan. I believe starting on a shoestring budget, and gradually finding one's way is the secret to building a successful business - any business - as opposed to blowing a large amount of seed capital on early mistakes. We all make mistakes in business, especially in the beginning. Having little in the beginning inherently limits the amount of the loss, and those losses are therefore more constructive as life lessons, and less discouraging, allowing one to persist. I cannot count the number of disillusioned collectors I've known over the years who, once having pumped their life's collection into starting a coin business, discovered that their knowledge, ambition and energy would not outlast the drain on their initial outlay, all because they started too big. Some have since healed and returned to collecting - some even dealing again - but many of those seem to have given up coins for good. This is not because they did not have the ability, but because they wanted to start with that big splash. Nicely done. I only wish you'd seen it through. It's never too late you know . . .[/QUOTE]
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