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[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How many guys can you jerk off in 8 hours?

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Come on, let's not replicate the standard 9-5, 5 day weeks.

How many guys can you jerk off in 10 hours? Give yourself that extra day to rest those arms.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You dont. Unless you can get some loans you're gonna have to either find a way to do it with no money (usually extremely specific circumstances) or not do it. I pumped about 5k into a computer repair business that never got off the ground and I am still down from that 2 years ago.

[–] pishadoot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this post travelling through time from 1995

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 month ago

Shit, they're noticing. Remove the tachyon accelerator.

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

You need more of a plan than “I hate my job, I want to start a business.”

You don’t even say what kind of business. House painting? Landscaping? Financial consultancy? Church?

How would running the whole business be better than working for someone else? How would it be worse?

No money? There are some knowledge worker consultant-type businesses you might be able to start with no capital but you either need a bunch of money to sustain you through the early months/years or have another income.

Without a clear goal and plan you’re better off keeping your job and doing stuff on the side and see how that goes.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Imho the easiest way is to find a skill that you can learn, ideally at a school, that's hard to learn and is stable. Then you can go into business for yourself selling that to others. Skills like accounting, home nursing, tutoring, medical care, financial advisor, IT, database maintenance, plumber, electrician, elder care, handyman. Not all of these pay super well, but they let you start your own business.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Save up first

Then start a business?

[–] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

its called capitalism

capital= money

no money = no capitalism

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If you are in the US, the SBA used to give out loans for people starting a business, but I don’t know what they do now or if they even exist outside of their website.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Only fans. That's literally your only easy option. exploitation.
Because someone else (your pimp, aka the owner of OF) gets a cut of your income.