[xplorr_entrepreneur]

Hello everyone.

I am a 29 year old small (home) business owner. I run a Computer, Network and Web Design Services Company. I have been running it as an LLC since 2004. During the day though I work FT in the IT sector (I have been in the corporate business world for over 10 years).

In the design portion of my business I have done quite a few websites and logos for clients. And in the computer/network portion I have a few small businesses and home office clients that I do business for.

I have a few business clients but it has been quite difficult to make new clients and to have much business while I work full time during the business day.

I am also in the process of getting a certification in Project Management which helps in project planning. And took a time management course a few years back which helps a lot.

I have decided to take the exciting leap and am planning to run my business full time soon.

I am in the process of writing a business plan so that I can seek out an investor(s). Once I hopefully obtain an investor I will quit my FT job and run my business.

I found this website/forum and decided to sign up. I am looking forward to some great advice and conversations.

Talk to you all later! Have a good one!

-xplorr_entrepreneur

[akula]

Originally Posted by xplorr_entrepreneur

Hello everyone.

I am a 29 year old small (home) business owner. I run a Computer, Network and Web Design Services Company. I have been running it as an LLC since 2004. During the day though I work FT in the IT sector (I have been in the corporate business world for over 10 years).

In the design portion of my business I have done quite a few websites and logos for clients. And in the computer/network portion I have a few small businesses and home office clients that I do business for.

I have a few business clients but it has been quite difficult to make new clients and to have much business while I work full time during the business day.

I am also in the process of getting a certification in Project Management which helps in project planning. And took a time management course a few years back which helps a lot.

I have decided to take the exciting leap and am planning to run my business full time soon.

I am in the process of writing a business plan so that I can seek out an investor(s). Once I hopefully obtain an investor I will quit my FT job and run my business.

I found this website/forum and decided to sign up. I am looking forward to some great advice and conversations.

Talk to you all later! Have a good one!

-xplorr_entrepreneur

one word:

http://www.antiventurecapital.com/

aka - "say no to investors"

[CP Mr Ofevaw]

Depending on how solid your business plan is, and how much funds you are seeking... Try going for a bank loan first. VC's want a BIG chunk of your business (probably owning the majority of it), and that gives them the power to oust you if they don't see you as fit.

[akula]

Originally Posted by CP Mr Ofevaw

Depending on how solid your business plan is, and how much funds you are seeking... Try going for a bank loan first. VC's want a BIG chunk of your business (probably owning the majority of it), and that gives them the power to oust you if they don't see you as fit.

I think the majority of people who want vc, have never had vc and just don't really know what it's like.

Besides- this is not a vc funding factual scenario - in my post I tried to save this man from getting older, wasting his time, and embarassing him self by going aroud for the next 6 months and trying to successfully raise money....which is something very unlikely to happen.

Ventures should be self funded.

Anyone relying on hopefully raising money should remember that hope is not a strategy

[Wowzerz]

Do you really think someone is going to invest money in ANOTHER web development firm? Do it on your own buddy, no one is going to invest in this - it's SO oversaturated it's unreal. Do a Google search for "web design", it'd take 3 lifetimes to go through all the results.

[jgarifuna]

x, welcome!

akula:

thanks for the link, I just signed up for their newsletter and added it to the new application that I developed that allows me to manage business related resources.

[jgarifuna]

Well I just bought(corrected from "wrote", I may have been sleepy when I posted this) the book "the smart startup" from that page. From what I read so far from the site, a great deal of it seems to coinside with some of the things that I've learned over the years.

I'll get to see more when the book gets delivered. Has anyone else read this book?

[akula]

Originally Posted by jgarifuna

Well I just wrote the book "the smart startup" from that page. From what I read so far from the site a great deal of it seems to coinside with some of things that I've learned over the years.

I'll get to see more when the book gets delivered. Has anyone else read this book?

(my Elvis voice) Thank you, thank you very much.

[jgarifuna]

akula,

have you read this book?

[akula]

Originally Posted by jgarifuna

akula,

have you read this book?

no, but I try to keep in touch Peter.

he's a very smart fellow

[Cubeshark]

Welcome to the Community!