Monday, January 25, 2010
Monday, monday
Got the bank account opened. Shopped around for a storage unit, found the one I want. Signing up for it tomorrow. Did a thousand other things today, chillaxing the rest of the night.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
quickie
Emailed SBDC to begin research project, and bought some office organizational products today.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Catching up blog
We were looking into somehow, someway, buy this large 'white elephant' home in the area. It would have given me plenty of space for the business, as well as more living space than we have now, plus rooms to rent. I keep getting turned down and don't know if it's because I'm not meant to have it so I'm being deterred, or if I'm supposed to overcome rejections and keep trying to get this house. More on this to come, I'm sure.
So I've contacted two webmasters and one photographer from my area. No responses so far; where are fellow small business owners who are working? I need you to be so I can be too :)
There have been 50,000 problems and 'shiny objects' to deter me from my business, and still I press onward.
Oh, and did I mention, my partner and I have successfully quit smoking?! Three weeks already, and going strong. We are starting a cleansing/nourishing diet next week so I will have all the energy and focus I need to make this launch a success.
So now the withdrawal is pretty much out of my system, the diet will take care of any lingering traces, and I'm rocking and rolling. This week: email FedEx and UPS for quotes/packages for shipping (get on regular pick-up schedule); open new business bank account; place uline order; email SBDC to begin research for finding some equipment I need; open storage shed to clear out space for manufacturing/storing in apartment; order new business cards; file tax ID; empty out office/closets into storage shed; order oil, wax, herbs, tubes; spruce up MySpace account.
So I've contacted two webmasters and one photographer from my area. No responses so far; where are fellow small business owners who are working? I need you to be so I can be too :)
There have been 50,000 problems and 'shiny objects' to deter me from my business, and still I press onward.
Oh, and did I mention, my partner and I have successfully quit smoking?! Three weeks already, and going strong. We are starting a cleansing/nourishing diet next week so I will have all the energy and focus I need to make this launch a success.
So now the withdrawal is pretty much out of my system, the diet will take care of any lingering traces, and I'm rocking and rolling. This week: email FedEx and UPS for quotes/packages for shipping (get on regular pick-up schedule); open new business bank account; place uline order; email SBDC to begin research for finding some equipment I need; open storage shed to clear out space for manufacturing/storing in apartment; order new business cards; file tax ID; empty out office/closets into storage shed; order oil, wax, herbs, tubes; spruce up MySpace account.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Reflections and Changes
I was working on all these things to get ready to apply for the SBA loan, and then I just stopped. Just did nothing for about a week. I started asking myself why, and didn't have the answer right away.
I do now.
This business, Herbal Hippie, is a real passion for me. It is very much an extension of me, and reflects my tastes, my ethics, my personality. There were things I was trying to do that did not fit with that, directions I was considering heading in that did not mesh with who I am. And that did not sit well with me.
While I love my country very much, I am not a fan of the people running it- another words, I don't like our government. Yet I was going to apply for a government loan to finance my business... it was during that time of doing 'nothing' that my brain was working, and showing me how I can't do that. I can't be anti-government, and then turn around and take their money, and then spend that money the way THEY want it to be spent, effectively giving control of my business to the SBA; it goes against my ethics, and it's too damned hypocritical. So no, I'm not doing that.
Thank goodness I didn't spend hours filling out these forms!
So I'm back to the drawing board- back to ways to run this on a shoestring until I get enough sales to take it to the next level. Alternatively, I can take investors who have the same ethics, goals, and dreams that I do, those that are in line with the focus of the business. Either way, at least this way I'll be able to look myself straight in the eyes when I'm looking into the mirror.
I do now.
This business, Herbal Hippie, is a real passion for me. It is very much an extension of me, and reflects my tastes, my ethics, my personality. There were things I was trying to do that did not fit with that, directions I was considering heading in that did not mesh with who I am. And that did not sit well with me.
While I love my country very much, I am not a fan of the people running it- another words, I don't like our government. Yet I was going to apply for a government loan to finance my business... it was during that time of doing 'nothing' that my brain was working, and showing me how I can't do that. I can't be anti-government, and then turn around and take their money, and then spend that money the way THEY want it to be spent, effectively giving control of my business to the SBA; it goes against my ethics, and it's too damned hypocritical. So no, I'm not doing that.
Thank goodness I didn't spend hours filling out these forms!
So I'm back to the drawing board- back to ways to run this on a shoestring until I get enough sales to take it to the next level. Alternatively, I can take investors who have the same ethics, goals, and dreams that I do, those that are in line with the focus of the business. Either way, at least this way I'll be able to look myself straight in the eyes when I'm looking into the mirror.
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