Friday, September 5, 2008
Subtext tonight
I'm heading to the Subtext art show/store tonight to go check out their opening of a new show. It's one of those things I love about LocalFuze. What a great way to accomplish work than by going to an art show to socialize and network. There are certainly parts to a business that I never thought about before that are a great benefit. Check out the store sometime, it's one of the coolest store fronts I've found in downtown.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Networth it?
As summer is coming to a close it's time to look back and think about a couple things that are on my mind.
While the summer started with my travels to Jamaica to take a class, they quickly re-focused on my original goal this summer of actually finishing the LocalFuze business plan and preparing the business for launch. What started as a daunting task, something I was terrified to take on because of the seemingly endless amount of work and thought, has become my pride and joy. It is by no means finished or perfect, or even close for that matter, but to take something from nothing to something is amazing. I've involved myself in every aspect of the business, from learning what a fulfillment house does to creating the pro forma sheets. It consumed my waking hours, my sleeping hours, and those hours when I should have been sleeping but I was actually awake thinking about LF. So Landen and I now know that we have a profitable business model on our hands, a completed business plan that constantly being changed, and we can call ourselves real business owners. If any of you out there have stories about your own start-up adventures it would be really cool to hear em.
The other part of my summer was dedicated to training for rowing. This was the first time in my life that I've really dedicated the time and effort I should have to preparing for this year. During June I worked out every day in Jamaica and tried to make the best of what little training equipment I could find there. In July and August I was practicing two times a day with a handful of great guys and it was amazing. I'm ready to go in to this year gung ho and help make this team the best its ever been.
In my eyes, one of the most important things you can do in life is to increase your own net worth, in whatever area you're interested in. Who cares if you didn't go to college, who cares if you don't want to get a regular job, make yourself the most accomplished person in whatever it is that interests you. Read books, learn from everyone, and just remember, it's not everyone else that's wrong. Usually we need to look internally to find the discrepancy and be able to recognize that as human beings we are often wrong and by admitting that, we can instill more change in the world than by telling everyone else their wrong.
So was this summer, full of hard work both in training and business worth it?
Every minute of it
While the summer started with my travels to Jamaica to take a class, they quickly re-focused on my original goal this summer of actually finishing the LocalFuze business plan and preparing the business for launch. What started as a daunting task, something I was terrified to take on because of the seemingly endless amount of work and thought, has become my pride and joy. It is by no means finished or perfect, or even close for that matter, but to take something from nothing to something is amazing. I've involved myself in every aspect of the business, from learning what a fulfillment house does to creating the pro forma sheets. It consumed my waking hours, my sleeping hours, and those hours when I should have been sleeping but I was actually awake thinking about LF. So Landen and I now know that we have a profitable business model on our hands, a completed business plan that constantly being changed, and we can call ourselves real business owners. If any of you out there have stories about your own start-up adventures it would be really cool to hear em.
The other part of my summer was dedicated to training for rowing. This was the first time in my life that I've really dedicated the time and effort I should have to preparing for this year. During June I worked out every day in Jamaica and tried to make the best of what little training equipment I could find there. In July and August I was practicing two times a day with a handful of great guys and it was amazing. I'm ready to go in to this year gung ho and help make this team the best its ever been.
In my eyes, one of the most important things you can do in life is to increase your own net worth, in whatever area you're interested in. Who cares if you didn't go to college, who cares if you don't want to get a regular job, make yourself the most accomplished person in whatever it is that interests you. Read books, learn from everyone, and just remember, it's not everyone else that's wrong. Usually we need to look internally to find the discrepancy and be able to recognize that as human beings we are often wrong and by admitting that, we can instill more change in the world than by telling everyone else their wrong.
So was this summer, full of hard work both in training and business worth it?
Every minute of it
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