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I'm looking for things I can sell/do to make $25k within 3 months. Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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Who and what are you? I mean, seriously. Can you cook 5 star food? Are yo ua good programmer (consulting gigs pay very nicely - 25000USD is for me about a 3 month contract, in pure profit post taxes). YOu really need to give a lot more info to get any sensible answer. What CAN you do? – NetTecture Jun 15 '10 at 14:27
I can do web design work, help people with SEO, how do you get 25 k contracts? – Mike Harring Jun 15 '10 at 14:45
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By not doing web design and SEO. Agreeable, that is not an area to earn a lot of money. – NetTecture Jun 15 '10 at 15:54

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I'm not sure what kind of startup is going to cost 25K right from the beginning (franchise?), but it doesn't sound like a bootstrap approach.

Check your costs. See what you can do without or put off until later. A contractor should not ask for 3 months of fees up front (Ok, they can ask, but negotiate.).

Lease hardware or go a cheaper route until you get some users.

Can you generate some potential sales before buying product? Maybe get some supplier credit.

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Your investors must love you very much to give you $25K without a business plan but also very optimist to give you the money and expect to get it back in 3 months.

Come up with a plan on what you can do and try to build a product or service around it. Then raise the money to help achieve your goals.

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With raise money I meant how I can actually make it. I don't like taking money - i've always bootstrapped my companies. just looking for new ideas to make money to start my next company – Mike Harring Jun 15 '10 at 14:47
Mike, asking a question on how to make money is so generic that I can give you a million answers. Everybody wants to make money, especially on this site. My point is that before you start thinking of raising money, first think what you can do to start a business. – Stefanos Tses Jun 15 '10 at 15:52

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