Dave's Business Ideas That Stunk

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  • ZahZoo
    ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

    • Jan 2004
    • 9079

    Dave's Business Ideas That Stunk

    Some interesting trademarks registered to Dave... Appears all have been abandoned. But it covers cologne, aftershave and clothing lines for the 2015-2019 time period.

    "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”
  • Von Halen
    ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

    • Dec 2003
    • 7557

    #2
    How are his line of tattoo products doing?

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    • twonabomber
      formerly F A T
      ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

      • Jan 2004
      • 11283

      #3
      maybe the rona got 'em



      Last edited by twonabomber; 01-19-2022, 10:19 AM.
      Writing In All Proper Case Takes Extra Time, Is Confusing To Read, And Is Completely Pointless.

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      • Kristy
        DIAMOND STATUS
        • Aug 2004
        • 16568

        #4
        Wasn't there a time when Dave got himself involved in MLM campaigns? That's an act of desperation right there.

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        • ZahZoo
          ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

          • Jan 2004
          • 9079

          #5
          Originally posted by Von Halen
          How are his line of tattoo products doing?
          Appears to be closing the business... most of the products are unavailable on Amazon.
          "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”

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          • Nitro Express
            DIAMOND STATUS
            • Aug 2004
            • 32905

            #6
            I’ve started a few businesses. The odds are against you so you really have to be in the game full time. I thought Dave had some good ideas and an interesting niche market to target but he never seemed to promote it after he started it. Your business will die if you don’t water it and business is simply working with people. You have to have good partnerships or you are done. Dave seems to have problems there. He’s the class clown. He’s Jeff Spicoli. That’s great for entertainment, not so great in management.
            No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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            • Nitro Express
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Aug 2004
              • 32905

              #7
              Maybe the ideas didn’t stink. The promotion sure did. The marketing sucked. Several entertainers have created successful brands but you have to be in the game. Dave started something and walked away.
              No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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              • Nitro Express
                DIAMOND STATUS
                • Aug 2004
                • 32905

                #8
                Dave bought the Amway starter kit and then went off and got high. Ha! Ha!
                No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                • Nitro Express
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 32905

                  #9
                  Dave could have portrayed himself as an avid outdoorsman and when he’s kayaking or climbing mountains he uses his products. Outdoors sports are huge today. I live in an area where all that stuff is a huge part of our economy. Where was Dave? He could have sold a shit load of product in Jackson Hole alone. David who?
                  No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                  • ZahZoo
                    ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                    • Jan 2004
                    • 9079

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Nitro Express
                    Maybe the ideas didn’t stink. The promotion sure did. The marketing sucked. Several entertainers have created successful brands but you have to be in the game. Dave started something and walked away.
                    No idea if his cologne line stunk or not... But you are correct promotion is at the heart of the failures. Again... poor management raises it's ugly mug.

                    All these years of claims that it was Dave's business hustle that was part of the genius that drove Van Halen to the top... One has to question those assumptions in the last 20 years as Dave's results don't add up to success. Maybe Dave was great at hustling keg-parties and bar gigs. Appears he doesn't have the legs to keep up in larger ventures.

                    Hell... even the Bass Player™ has a successful hot sauce business and EVH is still sellin striped flip-flops and under britches...
                    "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”

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                    • Nitro Express
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 32905

                      #11
                      Outdoor sports are huge now. Tattoos are big. I see a bunch of tatted up people here doing all the outdoors stuff. Dave could have sold them some product but they didn’t know about it.
                      No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                      • Nitro Express
                        DIAMOND STATUS
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 32905

                        #12
                        Bass Sobowleski sells a mean hot mustard sauce. That’s worth buying.
                        No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                        • Terry
                          DIAMOND STATUS
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 12070

                          #13
                          Every celeb has a hot sauce.
                          Or a barbeque sauce.
                          Or a clothing line.
                          Or an alcohol line.
                          Or a perfume.
                          Or a podcast.

                          Celeb endorsements have become so ubiquitous as to be meaningless.
                          Scramby eggs and bacon.

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                          • FORD
                            ROTH ARMY MODERATOR

                            • Jan 2004
                            • 59238

                            #14
                            Maybe Dave should sell Van Halen mailboxes??

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                            • ZahZoo
                              ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                              • Jan 2004
                              • 9079

                              #15
                              I believe frog motif mailboxes would be a very limited market...

                              WVH wouldn't allow the striped pattern even though Dave invented it...
                              "If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”

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