I Hear Voices in My Head
February 20, 2008
Actually, they’re dozens of tiny business ideas that fit into a single, bigger parent brand. After several years of fighting these ideas and enduring a variety of naysayers who came in the form of professors, colleagues, co-workers and even some close friends and family, I have decided to simply stop.
Listening that is.
To the naysayers.
The turning point came last fall, when during a conversation with a well respected and successful entrepreneur, he told me “God has stitched entrepreneurialism into the fabric of my soul. I don’t need to fight it, nor, do I need to justify it to others.” I have been turning those words over and over in my heart and mind for the past six months, and slowly but surely, they have taken hold. And slowly, but surely, I finally don’t care what other people (read critics, haters, bashers, pessimists, lame-o’s, non-entrepreneurial minded cats, etc) think.
So with all of that said I figure this is just as good a time as any to announce that 1) we are planning a move away from Albuquerque (Lord willing) in the coming months and 2) I am wholeheartedly pursuing the aforementioned “parent” brand that’s been brewing in my dome for six years or so (as well as the growing gaggle of little idea children that fit within the “parent”.)
I’m not doing this with partners. Been there, done that. Not that they were bad partners, per se. More so that I’ve come to realize I’m not a good fit for partners. At least not officially. Must be all that independent tennis-playing, home-schooling stuff I did for 15 years. I’ve got, as we all do, a unique vision and (overly?) intense drive to implement that vision in a fairly strong, black and white fashion. So instead of partners this time around, I’ve lined up a trusted group of advisers who share similar interests, philosophies and business tastes. I’m looking forward to it.
So what will I be doing you ask? I will answer the same way I’ve answered everyone else who has asked that question to date, namely, by saying, it will become apparent once I start doing it. Email me if you want “doing it” updates. Haha, that sounds funny.
Murf
February 21st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I’ve been pondering this very issue for some time now. The issue of character and how it works itself out. I think it is quite clear that you are a born and bred entrepreneur. For myself I’m a born and bred contrarian, been that way from my earliest memories. At any rate since you’re going to be an entrepreneur you’ll have higher highs and lower lows (financial and business wise), so be prepared for that, comes with the territory. You’ll also need a wife who will stick with you during the lows, fortunately God has given you just such a wife, be grateful. Finally, take that “bent” that desire, that drive, and glorify God with it. I say “do it, pal.”
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