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From: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alan Coopersmith)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs,ucb.general,ucb.wanted,ba.general,alt.slack
Subject: Re: THINK AND GROW RICH
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:20:08 GMT
Reply-To: Someone ELSE
Distribution: usa
Organization: U.C. Bezerkeley Overloaded Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: tempest.berkeley.edu

In article <SFD.92Apr13184339@bezier.bezier.berkeley.edu> sfd@bezier.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak) writes:
)
)For your information, my qualifications are:
)
)	1. Degree in computer science at UC Berkeley.
)	2. I had a date in December, 1992.
			   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
		And he's a master of time travel as well...

)	3. I repeatly score high on the Rhine ESP test.
)	4. I am the walrus (koo-koo-ka-choo).
)
)If you are seriously interested in world domination, please contact me
)at the address above.  Thanks for your time and attention.
)
)Scott Drellishak
)The Stark Fist of Proctology


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From: acm@Sun.COM (Andrew MacRae)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Software distribution
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:21:12 GMT
Reply-To: acm@Sun.COM (Andrew MacRae)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: grendal.corp.sun.com

In article <1992Apr15.184738.22277@bnr.ca>, cslaby@bnr.ca writes:
 >I am curious how does the software distribution business work? I am thinking of
 >supplying locally some specialized software packages from several vendors.
 >How do you set yourself up for this? Do you contact each vendor and negotiate a
 >"blanket" deal or do you haggle each time you order something? As a re-seller
 >what sort of discount you typically get from vendors? What about sales tax - is
 >it paid twice? 

The retail software / software distribution industry is similar to
the book business.  A forty percent discount is not unusual.  Some
percentage (say, 10%) of inventory purchased may be returned after a
certain length of time.  Each distributor and retail outfit is different.

I would suggest getting a copy of Computer Reseller's News, a weekly
tabloid that covers the industry.  You can learn a great deal from
browsing back issues.  (Sorry, but I pitched all mine last week in
a frenzy of cleaning.)

						Andrew MacRae
						
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs,ucb.general,ucb.wanted,ba.general,alt.slack
From: lyodav@iastate.edu (David A Lyon)
Subject: Re: THINK AND GROW RICH
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 10:27:11 GMT

In <SFD.92Apr13184339@bezier.bezier.berkeley.edu> sfd@bezier.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak) writes:

>In article <1992Apr14.003605.18417@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c162-av@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Neeraj Chaudhary) writes:
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>If you are seriously interested in world domination, please contact me
>at the address above.  Thanks for your time and attention.

   I'll let you take over the world for me for $20.
Or kill yourself (but write me into your will first)
--Dave
From: Idette Vaughan <bvaughani@igc.org>
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Date: 11 Apr 92 04:24 PDT
Subject: Re: How to be a credit card merchant?
Nf-ID: #R:1992Mar29.190530.2924@sj.nec.com:-282927478:cdp:1425900001:000:262
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!bvaughani    Apr 11 04:24:00 1992


Recently came across the following telephone number published in Boardwatch MagzMagazine (303) 654-9399 (March 1992 Issue).  Somewhere down the road we plan
to utilize a merchant account -- like everything else all expenses must be 
cost justified. 

Good luck!

Xref: sparky misc.entrepreneurs:1540 ucb.general:255 ucb.wanted:287 ba.general:1740 alt.slack:1436
From: bbehlen@petrus.Berkeley.EDU (Vitamin B)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs,ucb.general,ucb.wanted,ba.general,alt.slack
Subject: Re: THINK AND GROW RICH
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:04:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: We don't need no stinking Organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: petrus.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Apr14.134147.810@linus.mitre.org> sokay@cyclone.mitre.org (Stephen J. Okay) writes:
>In article <SFD.92Apr13215656@bezier.bezier.berkeley.edu> sfd@bezier.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak) writes:

>>I am skillful in the art of Time Control, yes.  What of it?
>I am willful through the parts of slime you roll, miss. Clot--Love it!
I'm in Nashville, throwing darts at kind of bowl-kiss. NOT! Got it?


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Brian Behlendorf, net.addict................

"The only thing we have to fear, is a strawberry sundae laced with cyanide."
   -- my roommate

"TWO RAPES TAKE PLACE ON UC PROPETRY: Suspects fingered in both cases."
   -- Daily Cal, pg. 3, April 14th, 1992
From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Midnight Engineering magazine
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:55:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: newshost.1992Apr13.215555.4843
Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Could someone give me the address and/or phone number of Midnight Engineering magazine?
I'd like to subscribe to it.

Thanx,

Hutch
From: gwen@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Gwen Kuhns)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Southwestern Company
Summary: SW Summer Job program
Keywords: Southwestern Company
Date: 10 Apr 92 01:21:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: mcl.gwen.702868916

I would like to know if anyone has heard anything or had experience with      
Southwestern's summer job program.  What has been your experience?  Let me know what to look forward to and what to anticipate.  Also, what area of the country
did you work in?  Was the experience valuable, successful, etc.?  Please reply
if you have any information about this program.  

Please reply directly to me at gwen@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu.
Thank you for informing me.

Gwen 
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs,misc.wanted,ne.wanted
From: floyd@media.mit.edu (Bob Sabiston)
Subject: office space wanted
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: office, space, wanted
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 04:06:45 GMT

I am looking for a small to tiny amount of office space in the
Boston/Cambridge/Brookline area.  All I really need is one room,
slightly larger than a closet would be fine.   I need to have 
24 hour access to the space and a phone.  
  I am doing computer graphics software and animation on an HP
workstation.  The machine runs off normal 110AC, no special
requirements.

My main consideration is price--I would like to find something for
$100-$200/month.  I am really just looking for someplace to work 
other than my apartment.  Please respond via email or call me at
home (617/734-5970) between 2pm and 10pm.  I'd like to find something
by early May if possible.    

                                Thanks,
                                Bob Sabiston
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: oconnell@zeus.unomaha.edu
Subject: Nu Skin, is it good business?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 15:20:13 GMT


One of the distributor of Nu Skin products just talked to me about the line
of business.  I am not sure whether I should get in to it?  Is it safe, how
is the potential for success in this business?  

If anyone knows, please drop me a line will you?

Mike Nguyen
From: jack@myamiga.mixcom.com (Jack Decker)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Patent Searches
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:11:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: f8.1992Apr15.f9c83
Organization: Northern Bytes BBS - Sault Ste. Marie, MI U.S.A.

[This message comes to you from the Fidonet ENTREPRENEUR echo.  Please send any
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   From: Jim Coleman
     To: Bob Berger                            11 Apr 92  22:20:32
Subject: Re: Patent Searches

Here in the Boston area, the Boston Public Library has facilities available to
do patent searches, as well as local colleges too. I'd suggest you call nearest
big city library near you as a start and go on from there. BTW, without
disclosing any proprietary info, what area of interest are you talking about?


--- Opus-CBCS 1.73a
 * Origin: Dave's OPUS! (1:324/278.0)

Jack Decker                               | No, I don't own an Amiga; I just
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Fidonet address:  1:154/8                 | system that runs on an Amiga.
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: c162-av@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Neeraj Chaudhary)
Subject: TAGR
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 00:34:23 GMT






Natalie -

  I certainly did not intend to exclude women from this alliance.  Perhaps it 
  was not clear in my earlier post.  May I offer you and every one else who 
  may have concluded that I was a sexist my sincerest apologies.  And may I
  also make it clear that this post applies to everyone regardless of race,
  creed ,color, sex or anything else.  

  Signed(a brief post)


  -Neeraj

  "[paraphrased] Life is a crock." - Billy Joe Shakespeare, formerly of England
  Former quote "Life is the tale told of an idiot, full of sound and fury
		signifying nothing."


				     former quote from England "Life is the tale
From: mcculley@racy.zko.dec.com (Bruce McCulley)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: How do you network?
Keywords: network
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:38:45 GMT
Reply-To: mcculley@racy.zko.dec.com (Bruce McCulley)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <6224@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com>,
 proto@sparc61.hri.com (Rich Proto) writes:
 
|> I am doing some research on the topic of networking and the role of
|> networking in starting/growing/running a new business. I'm interested 
|> in hearing about how you, as an entrepreneur, use or have used networking 
|> in your own business ventures and how it helped you get from point A to 
|> point B. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Ok, off the top of my head, a couple of examples.

A friend of mine has his own business.  He has a customer that is installing
some new equipment that they want interfaced to an old control system he sold 
them.  There is no such facility to interface that particular equipment with
that particular control system.  So, he knows that my experience and skills
might be relevent, and calls me.  I write a proposal for the project, which
is passed to his customer.  The project has not moved from that point, which
was reached many months ago....

Last fall, I attended a trade show and made the acquaintance of someone who
was previously known to me only by reputation.  I also met several of her
associates.  One of them was impressed by my knowledge, and suggested that
he might have a job for me.  I have written to him and talked with him and 
two of his associates since then, but for my own reasons have not pushed 
the follow-up as an urgent priority (yet).

A few weeks ago I had an inquiry that I had given up for dead suddenly come
back to life.  For my followup on that, I needed more details about an area
with which I am marginally familiar, so I called that new acquaintance I met
last fall.  I gave a non-specific explanation of my reason for trying to
reach her and was referred by a secretary at her PR agency to another of her
associates.  I will learn tomorrow whether a deal with potential value of
$2M to $3M comes together as a result...
(alas, that value is total transaction, not value to me!) 

Those are simplistic examples.
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: J024330@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Subject: What happened to Multilevel?
Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 13:52:37 GMT


Can anyone enlighten me as to why the alt.business.multilevel does not show
up on my screen anymore?  Does it still exist?
From: cliff@allen.com (Cliff Allen)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Trademark / Company Name
Keywords: trademark name database
Date: 13 Apr 92 11:40:01 GMT
Organization: Allen Marketing - Raleigh, NC

billy@anasaz (Bill Moore) writes:

> Does anyone know of a database or service where I can run a quick check to
> see if a potential trademark name is in use? I'm not talking about a 
> comprehensive legal search - just a quick and dirty.

For computer product names, the first thing I do is run the computer 
product database on CompuServe.  Even if a product name is not 
trademarked I always want to know if a company in the industry is using 
it.

I can't remember if CompuServe has a gateway to the trademark database or 
not, but I believe Western Union's e-mail service does.  It is available 
through the traditional database services used by information brokers 
such as BRS and maybe PrediCasts.  

Also, since public libraries are getting into on-line searching, you 
might try a local library and see what they can do.

Cliff
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: c162-av@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Neeraj Chaudhary)
Subject: Perot
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 07:46:08 GMT




In my earlier post I said  "Perot for Prez."  I also said I am a libertarian.
Someone pointed out to me that Perot does not appear to espouse the same
political view.

Let me state that Perot's libertarian record is spotty.  He once favored
cordoning off neighborhoods and searching for criminals and drugs, a 
massive violation of civil rights.  However, he was not a candidate for
President at that time, and I am sure the people would demand moderation.
Perot's record may appear shaky, but his economics are not, and 
I think that he is more concerned with overhauling the U.S. economy than he
is with creating a police state.  And if he does show signs of creating such
conditions, I will be the first to call for his impeachment.  Plus, I don't
believe that a Democratically-controlled Congress will stand for such a state.
I also believe that if outrageous laws *were* being passed, the American
people would wake up and really raise hell.

A final note:  the Perot candidacy is more of a "threat" candidacy than a 
"true" one, meaning that if, come September, Bush is neck and neck with 
Slick Willie, he may give in to some of Perot's ideas in exchange for his
(Perot's) support.  Clinton may do same.

(Sorry I lied about the previous note but,) A final note:  I am sure you will
agree with me that Perot's integrity is virtually unquestionable.  After the
"Peace on Earth" airlift to Vietnam, the commando rescue of his employees in
Iran, his insistence that the U.S. acknowledge the POWs in Vietnam, his 
flaming of GM in the 80s for not building cars of quality, his ability to
not be afraid of having an opinion, and going on record with it (I believe
that if all of the politicians in this country were put into a room and the
truth of their opinions forced out of them, those opinions would create
panic in the streets, so a few fringe opinions from Perot are actually OK), and
his staunch opposition to the Persian Gulf War, his commitment to fairness  
appears genuine.

Thanks for listening!

**Perot-Rudman '92**




-Neeraj Roy Chaudhary


P.S. :

     1.  There was a mistake in my earlier post.  I graduate in dec92, I am a 
	 senior.
     2.  To those of you who cringe at the length of my posts, I agree, and
	 I'll try to keep 'em shorter.


"[paraphrased] I don't know if it was voodoo economics or not, but whatever it
 was, we are in deep voodoo!"-H.Ross Perot (aren't you surprised!)

Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: tjio@venice.sedd.trw.com (Lee Tjio)
Subject: Re: pennies
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Carson, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:13:10 GMT

In article <3329@equinox.unr.edu> lsmith@unssun.UUCP (Larry Smith) writes:
>
>o
> 	For all you people wondering what to do with pennies, I have
>a solution. My daughter's school is having a penny drive to buy new
>library books. Their goal is one million pennies. The student who
>collects the most pennies will be taken out for ice cream by the
>principal. If you would like to help, please send your pennies
>(NOTE: pennies only please, nothing larger) to my daughter. Her 
>address is:
>
>	Keeley Smith
>        bx 20278
>        Reno, Nv. 89515
>
>Thank you on behalf of my daughter and Jerry Whitehead Elememtary.
>
>                                     Rush Limbaugh

What a great idea.  I wish they would do it right where I live because
it will cost me 2 pennies to mail 1 penny to your daughter ....:)
Do you think the Salvation Army want pennies?

Lee
From: kumagic@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Stephen R. Figgins)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: setting up as a consultant.
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:24:20 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

I have been doing some independent consulting here and there for
pretty minimal money.  But now I am starting to get some real jobs,
and some money is starting to flowing, and I am trying to figure out
what I need to do to set myself up as a business, or if I need to
even.  Before I just claimed it as unreported income and left it at
that, but it looks like it will be my main source of income now.  

So, are there books out there to help guide me through this?  Just
some basic small business stuff?  Any other avenues of help?  I hardly
even know what to ask. -- 
___________________________________________________________________________

Stephen R. Figgins           |  "Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee
kumagic@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu   |  As wel over hir housbond as hir love,
                             |  And for to been in maistrie hym above."
___________________________________________________________________________
From: tai@hawk.eng.ready.com (Josephine Tai)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: TAX question
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:03:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: ready.1992Apr8.170358.5511
Organization: Ready Systems



  Do I need to pay tax for my short term disability benefit?
If yes, is the benefit treated as our salary income?
Thanks!


Josephine
From: medina@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Enrique Medina  ECE-GRAD)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: I LIVE HERE. WHY SHOULD I PAY MORE? A NON-RESIDENT ALIEN COMPLAINS
Date: 2 Apr 92 15:48:45 GMT
Organization: Ohio University, College of Engineering & Tech.

I would really appreciate if somebody tells me how to reduce what I consider a very high amount of taxes that the I.R.S. wants me to pay each year.

I'm a foreign student, on a J-1 visa (I'm from Panama, and amazingly enough, Panama does not have a tax trety with the U.S.A.).  My wife and two children are here with me, but the 1040NR (non-resident alien form, whatever nonresident alien means) does not allow me to take any deductions for my dependents.  This means that eventhough my family is here with me and I'm working here (as a Research Assistant), I have to pay taxes as a single!!

Please, if you know of any solution to my problem (legal solution, I mean), let me know.  My family and I will be very grateful.

Mail your response to: medina@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu

		Thank you.
				Sincerely,
					the ripped off poor panamanian
					Enrique A. Medina
From: mccrate@wdi.COM (mail account for Joe McCrate x2681)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: When do "change your residence?" (state taxes)
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:07:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Western Digital - Imaging, Mtn. View, CA

In article <PINKAS.92Apr14194001@caraway.intel.com>, pinkas@caraway.intel.com (Israel Pinkas) writes:
> jlaplant@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John R Laplante) writes:
> 
> > Question: how do you know when you have stopped being the resident of one
> >     state and started being the resident of another?

> What difference does it make?  Since you posted to misc.taxes, I assume
> that you are interested in the tax implications.  There are none.

This is wrong.  There certainly are tax implications.

For example, assume you have an interest in a subchapter-S corp. in Missouri
and that you live in California.  Missouri's tax rate is 6%.  Wherever you
live, Missouri wants 6% of your earnings from that corp.  Since you live
in Calif., they want 10% of these earnings, but they allow you to deduct
taxes you pay to Mo.  Therefore, Calif. gets a net of 4%.

Now if you move from Calif. to Mo., you will save this 4%.  So it matters
very much when you are counted as having moved.

Joe.

Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Boaz Ben-Zvi)
Subject: Re: does anyone know about treaties??
Reply-To: boaz@lcs.mit.edu
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 15:48:22 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.004153.39427@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, nanda@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
|> How can I find out if Sri Lanka has a tax treaty with the U.S.?  If it does,
|> what does the treaty specify?

Having publication 901 (U.S. tax treaties - Revised Nov. 1991) on my desk now
I looked it up for you: No ! Sri Lanka does NOT have any tax treaty with the
U.S. (I even checked under Ceylon :-)

-- Boaz

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Newsgroups: misc.taxes
From: jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards)
Subject: Re: Question about IRS rule
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 21:40:12 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Bytes: 

cnp@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (chaitanya.patel) writes:


>Is it a rule that if you owe more than $1000.00 to IRS or if IRS has to 
>refund you more than a $1000.00, the you may be panelized???

If you owe the IRS more than $500 and have not had the lesser of 90% of
your current tax liability or 100% of last year's tax liability withheld,
you are subject to penalty.

There are no penalties for getting a huge refund.  Why should the government
want to punish you for giving them an interest-free loan?

(By the way, if anybody knows how the "they can charge you a penalty if
your refund is too high" myth got started, I'd love to hear about it.)
From: mccrate@wdi.COM (mail account for Joe McCrate x2681)
Newsgroups: misc.taxes
Subject: Re: business startup ques
Date: 14 Apr 92 00:34:57 GMT
Distribution: misc
Organization: Western Digital - Imaging, Mtn. View, CA

In article <1992Apr5.1302.2123@execnet>, hilary.miller@execnet.com (hilary miller) writes:
> 
> Pradeep K Tapadiya, in a message to All on 04-05-92 at 6:22am, said:
> 
> PK/32. Over the coarse of time I have collected a fine set of books
>    3   which could be a handy source of information to any professional
>    3   computer programmer.
>    3   Can I write off the value of these books as part of my initial
>    3   expenses?
>    TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>
> 
>                If you are a cash-basis taxpayer and you acquired
>                them in years during which you were not engaged in
>                a trade or business, you have lost the opportunity
>                to deduct their cost.




But in this case, couldn't he sell this equipment (books) to his newly-
formed business and let the business write it off?



Joe.




Newsgroups: misc.taxes