I am trying to think about what to do next and for many years I have had a business and not really launched it. I've got close sometimes but never really did it. I was always worried that I was "blowing it up my own a***". By that I mean that was I really being realistic about the job, making a case that wasn't there? After all it is a lifestyle type business (genealogical research) practised, in the main, by professional researchers and very keen amateurs but only a few have what I would call a professional look and feel to their web sites.
Well, I have been giving it some attention because it is difficult to know whether to just push the boat out and go for it - which I probably should have done 5 years ago when i first formulated the ideas. I am just doing the math (USA) maths (UK) to see if it can give me a living and that to me is actually all I want. Food and warmth and so on. It needs to make a fair amount but in many ways I want it to be something that I love doing, that will give me a flexible and interesting job and one that I can bring my experience to and thereby use that (35 years worth) to build a business that will attract sufficient customers to employ me.
Well - that is the idea and I have 4 or 5 years of notes and ideas to work through this weekend. I then need to discuss some subcontracting with some friends and thus provide extra value through my site. I have other ideas in place as well and just need to get my A*** into gear, get myself working in an office type way and also to put my back into this, my heart and soul and to concentrate on building a business that will be able to provide a living in the long term. Sure it will take time to do that but I am sure that it is viable but I just need to complete those checks to make sure that I really am not being delusional and that I'm not running with my ego or some baseless dream. The more I think about it, the more I'm sure I can make this happen.
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