Remon Talks

The Great Idea is basically an idea that will or has become a great success. All of you, the readers of this blog, probably know someone who is waiting for The Great Idea so he or she can become wealthy and/or successful. Maybe you are that someone, maybe a friend or a familymember.
Waiting for The […]

If you run a business, no matter the size of it, you will at some point face bad customers.
There are several reasons why having bad customers is not good, here’s a few;

They waste your time in several ways
No matter what you try or do, it’s never good enough
They love leaving negative reviews of your product […]

As you may have read in the About page, I’m a snake keeper and breeder. I’ve been keeping and breeding snakes as a hobby for the last 14 years and I find myself specialising more and more in the high end morphs (the expensive color or pattern mutations).
Keeping snakes and everything related to it taught […]

When people start to get greedy they often start to fail as well. Let’s take investing for example. Say you have a portfolio of 5 different mutual funds and one is rising like a maniac. As you probably know you should never take investing decisions based on emotions. Greed is such an emotion and more […]

Many people think that in order to be successful, one needs luck and/or great expertise on some subject. If you fail you can’t have success, it doesn’t fit in the picture of success. Well, the truth is different…
To become successfull you have to know what does not work, and what does work. If 9 out […]

Many people who become self-employed fail to reach their goals because they chose an oversaturated market to operate in. I’m guilty to this myself when I first started a business, I chose webhosting! While I still own the webhosting company to this day, I don’t ever see it grow out to be a big player […]

As you may have found out the hard way, getting a mortgage when you’re self-employed is not always easy. Some mortgage brokers don’t even want to spend their time helping you because it takes less time for them to do a refinance mortgage. There are however some mortgage brokers willing to work with you. So […]

Passive income is income generated without requiring your direct involvement. One well known passive income stream is income from rental properties. If you own a rental property, it doesn’t require your involvement to make you money. That’s passive income, and that’s what you need to reach true financial freedom.
The beautiful thing of passive income is […]

Drop shipping, in a nutshell, is a type of retailing where you don’t keep anything in stock. After you receive an order you pass the order and shipment details to a wholesaler, who dispatches the goods to your client. You pocket the difference between the wholesale and retail price.
Before you rush to set up a […]

Every now and then someone asks me what’s needed to become or be self-employed. I guess there are more people with those questions so I compiled a list of must-haves for the self-employed in random order.

A good chair
If you’re self-employed you will most likely spend countless hours in a chair, especially in the startup fase […]