Just one more before I get down to it.
So for the past three years (has it really been that long?) I've been talking about and sort of half heartedly trying to start my own business or businesses. I will get a great idea get started on it and then stop and repeat the process with a new idea. I have three or four ideas that have been started but then dropped. Not necessarily because the idea is not good, it is because I get the technical stuff started and start thinking about what comes next and I draw a blank. How do I sell a product (whether it is software or a service)? How do I market it? The technical stuff is not a big deal to me. Even the hard stuff I eventually get. Being 'hard' to me just means I need a little more time to figure it out.
So anyway I have a couple of ideas sitting on the shelf. One is ready to go - I just need a little help to get it in to production.
The difference today is that I got a new idea - ask for help. One of the people in my NLP class is a professional coach. While doing one of the exercises she talked about telling her clients to follow 'the process' with their ideas. What this 'process' is is something very interesting to me. Is it really a process like a program - do step 1 then 2 then 3. Or is it something more vague? Have you guys been keeping secrets from me? I'm going to talk to her and see if I can resolve this. I know I'm missing some little clue. A little piece of information that if I had I would be able to take my ideas to market.
To be clear about my ideas - I don't think any one of them is necessarily going to set the world ablaze. I'm not looking to do that. I'm looking to build a few small businesses that provide income for my family and friends so I can focus on the things that excite me.