Wednesday, January 20, 2010

glass art business journey

Another day and a few more to go in the week. I have been having trouble getting to work by 9a.m., but I have been challenged by myself to get better at it.
KT and I went to an SBDC workshop last nite and it was about capital and money. I was intent on keeping up with the topic, it seems that my brain bucks up when it has to go to the left side these days--or maybe that has been happening for a number of years. The workshop was so interesting that it was easy to stay interested. I really have the desire to learn, to succeed, to continue to stay on track and build a workable business plan and create a successful business.
We left, drove home from Eureka and said "manyanna"(?sp.)which brings us to this moment. Kt and I have been discussing what we each learned last nite off and on throughout this day. I am so blessed with Kt's understanding of the money/numbers thing, she said she just needs to wrap her head around the concept and stay focused. NOW, what does that say about me, the "other"partner...I think it says that I am older and had a lot of left brain challenges in my life and i am happy to support Kt in what ever she feels successful at:)
When I started this business about two years ago I had a good deal of cash to spend and so I was sure I could create a good business without a business plan-NOT! I lost all my money in six months and had to be on my knees emotionally when I realized I needed a business investor and partner. Voila! Kt came into my life. We became involved in a flight program and we are almost through the process and we are almost done with a "workable" business plan. Now, if I only had that large sum of money now. It was my mistake to think I could run a business, but all I really wanted to do was my glass art but I was so into the whole business system that I had no "direction" yet I was into all the numbers and advertising and marketing etc. against my left brains will. It was a very tough time. Now, 2 years later we have learned what we need to do to be successful and how to delegate between each other what we can (wrap our heads around). Kt does such a good job with business plan, that I am going to take responsibility for the tax information and how to better organize it. It's a little left brain, but we have a bookeeper and a tax man. Thats a lot of help for me and Kt uses our business counselor. So, our lesson last nite was to chek out our money flow and how to create a better budget for the business and how to create interest in that subject. I'll let you know how I am doing. Thought For The Day----create a good business plan, then spend your money on your dreams. In Spirit, mo

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