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Making money from a skate company is bloody hard, especially in Australia. The margins are tight. Skateboarding isn't as popular as it was ten years ago.
Nowadays kids like to buy designer clothes and wank into their Iphones instead.
Yes, a lot of pros have started their own skate companies. But they don't actually own them (usually the company is funded by a bigger firm). For example, Ed Templeton does not own Toy Machine and Rodney Mullen doesn't own Almost.
What do you need? Just money, good ideas, a lot of passion and good skaters on your team. You have to do it because you love skating, not to become rich.
if you need to ask, you dont need to start any sort of company just now.
sorry for the tough love, just do your research.
a forum is not he best place for biz advice ^^ see above
HAHAHAHAHA Brains the industry insider eh? He knows the ups and down and even the sideways of how things work. I swear. Listen to him hahahaha
just start buying and selling sh1t till u either make money or go bust
dont worry about the "company" crap
if something goes wrong just tell people ure bankrupt
watch
the man who souled the world.
great movie about world industries.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0924461/
imgne...
16:31 03/Mar
hahhaha australian skate companies making money...
So there all just charities?
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Starting a company
brains 01:59 03/Mar/09
Making money from a skate company is bloody hard, especially in Australia. The margins are tight. Skateboarding isn't as popular as it was ten years ago.
Nowadays kids like to buy designer clothes and wank into their Iphones instead.
Yes, a lot of pros have started their own skate companies. But they don't actually own them (usually the company is funded by a bigger firm). For example, Ed Templeton does not own Toy Machine and Rodney Mullen doesn't own Almost.
What do you need? Just money, good ideas, a lot of passion and good skaters on your team. You have to do it because you love skating, not to become rich.
swano 08:39 03/Mar/09
if you need to ask, you dont need to start any sort of company just now.
sorry for the tough love, just do your research.
a forum is not he best place for biz advice ^^ see above
Mr Fox 09:57 03/Mar/09
HAHAHAHAHA Brains the industry insider eh? He knows the ups and down and even the sideways of how things work. I swear. Listen to him hahahaha
battles 16:54 03/Mar/09
just start buying and selling sh1t till u either make money or go bust
dont worry about the "company" crap
if something goes wrong just tell people ure bankrupt
watch
the man who souled the world.
great movie about world industries.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0924461/
Choder Boy 17:06 03/Mar/09
imgne...
16:31 03/Mar
hahhaha australian skate companies making money...
So there all just charities?
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