Originally Posted by
Rodne Gold
In this economic climate , you would be real naive or brave or silly or all 3 to buy a $20k laser and try start a business from scratch. Especially since your business model of martketing engraving on ipods and the like to college kids is not sustainable. You will need at least 1/2 the price of your laser as working capital and marketing expenses.
My advice - get a real job , make money and as soon as you have saved enough , get a laser and start a bus on the side , if it makes enough dosh , give up your day job.
Your determination is admirable , but your instence on NOT taking good advice from members here , who have been there and got the t-shirt is not.
Rodne.... Were you born old? Most of the self made successful business men I have known have started out by not listening to other's advice. It takes a lot of courage to go against the "safe route". The parents want you to take the "safe route"... go to school, become an engineer, do what "we" say....Going broke a few times is part of his education. Perhaps this venture with the ipods won't work... in fact most certainly won't work. The lessons learned will be burned into his brain for the rest of his life..... and just perhaps allow him to try again and be successful next time. I myself went broke 5 times before I was 35.
Mark
ULS X-2 660, Corel X3, Haas VF4, Graphtec vinyl cutter, Xenetech rotaries (3), Dahlgren Tables, Gorton P2-3, New Hermes pantographs (2), and recently, 24" x 36" chinese router. Also do sublimation, sand blasting, & metal photo. Engraver since 1975.