Entrepreneurship vs Established, Red Pill vs Blue Pill, Safe vs Sorry or just Different Strokes for Different Folks…

Alright, I’m going to go for it! i don’t want to take too much time on pros and cons on long marketing analyses. I have an idea and I’m going to bring it to fruition. I’m in contact with a developer as well as a potential customer for a bit of feedback.

On the job hunting front, I have a couple offers, of which I’ve accepted none thus far, so I’ve just been freelancing and thinking, and I can’t get my idea off my mind! I feel like even if it doesn’t work, it still will work…to get me on the path I should be on.  But honestly I think my idea has a place and will work, and because of this – I’m excited. My next step is to nail down how much the development will actually cost and figure out a subscription cost model that will bring in just a little revolving income. 

I’d like a cofounder but I’m equally excited to go it alone. I am truly inspired by all all the great blogs and stories I’ve read on WordPress about entrepreneurship, startups and positive thinking. It really does help to put you into a successful mind frame. I’ve also been skimming The $100 Startup.  I find it mostly inspirational, and more for the people who are following their passion and are using it as a way to make income.  

 

I think that’a awesome when you love something so much that you don’t mind putting 100% into it, knowing that you might end up just making enough. I think I’d rather find the need first, let the money/time/freedom come, and then chase the passion. Money is just a tool. 

 

I feel blessed  to still have marketable skills in such a tough economy, and I’m grateful for being able to freelance a bit to keep my head above water. I know being employed full time might slow my process, but I’ll definitely work to keep the momentum going, so I can accomplish my goals. 

 

I used to think of startups as workplaces to avoid, but now I see them in a whole new light. I’d be willing to give serious thought to turning down reputable and stable employment to work with the right one. Startups are like gateway drugs (but without the drugs part) leading to much bigger things and so addictive!  I’d pick up and move, or travel with my son for the right startup and experience. What a total 180 in the thought process department. In college, you’d like to graduate and land a job with the best tech company, largest firm or most popular designer – I wish I’d known sooner that I was supposed to be building the next best, largest and most popular…anything!

Besides all of that, my son is eighteen months now, and doing great! He’s as awesome as ever, and we are loving all of our time together! He naps alongside me, this Tuesday afternoon, as I write this entry and this small slice of life is positively one of the greatest occurrences ever. 

 

I’ve got an idea I’d like to pursue but…

I need a bit of help and or guidance. I know there are a million people creating software and mobile apps, and so I suppose there is room for everyone with an audience. I’m not a programmer, so I’d like to partner with one to create a scheduling app, that falls under the time-saving criteria and niche. I know there are tons of scheduling applications, however I think adding an element to it would help those in the audiovisual world. When I was a manager for upwards of twenty five fulltime employees it would definitely helped me, and now as a freelancer itd definitely help.

I know about Elance and Odesk, etc, but I’m not sure about going that route. I wish the connection could be more organic, but programming is not my world, so I wouldn’t know where to start. I’ve even thought about trying to learn just what I need to learn for what I want to create, but that. is somewhat unrealistic because of the time it would take. So how do people do it? Through meet ups? Through agencies for thousands of dollars? Who’s done it and what’s the best way? I’d definitely like to know. Please feel free to spread some knowledge in the comments or via email.

What to do with my One Egg and One Basket

I’ve lost what I’d previously was writing, but long story short – it’s been a long week. I haven’t freelanced in a few weeks, so that’s not great. I was expecting money from an eBay sale, that is now taking forever, also not great. I have some bills coming up that I have to figure out how to pay, and that just is what it is. I’ll figure it out. I’ll do it. Somehow…

I know the goal is to diversify, have multiple revenue streams, etc, but right now it feels like I have one cracked egg and one worn basket with the bottom threatening to give way at any second.

I have a telephone interview this morning, and one next week. The interview process is a lengthy process these days, and while eventually my plans are to nix having a boss altogether, I recognize that I need to have seed money of some sort for any entrepreneurial endeavor.

I’ve come to the realization that I’d like to have a business partner – someone who has the same or similar goals!

My skill sets are more on the sales and technical side. From sales to execution, I’ve planned live corporate events for hundreds, even thousands of people –
‘audiovisual-ly’ speaking, that is. I’m pretty adept at learning new software and applications, and I basically have a ‘get it done’ disposition.

I wish I were more of a numbers peron, an IT person, a programmer and a coder. I think these skills are awesome, and kudos to you for having them. So come now, who can I share my egg with?