Working alone or with company?

 

Do you ever feel like you will never get to your goal, you will never arrive, not matter how hard and diligent you work to accomplish such endeavor? Why is this? Could it be self sabotage, low self esteem, undeserving rights to excel in your dreams?

I am at my low point lately, feeling over saturated and tired, physical in pain and with not creative juices to flow. Still hunted on an intense to-do list which seems to never reveal the success to finish it. 

I am happy, of course I am, I am so joyful for my son’s accomplishment, he is graduating to high school in a few dates. His school will have the promotional ceremony which I am so blessed my husband and I can attend. Grandma Mary is visiting and happen to be here in this special time, my son is happy to bring her to his special day. I am so grateful for this great  gift granted from Heavenly Father, I am happy for  my home, and my pets, my clients that blessed me and their business. 

This week we are  concentrating in  learning about the difference aspects of business as legal structures, from sole proprietor, to LLC and partnership, plus the different aspects of taxes which can be daunting and overwhelming  once you know the scoop of the tariff being charge based on the business you will ambition to launch, local, national or international; the information of permits and restrictions plus fees many times based in both countries may apply to your business as well. 

The challenge is to find a viable business that in despite to pay all those taxes, tariff and so fort; the product or service can be still be market for a profit.  Can a small entrepreneur reach such arena or is it being monopolized by the giant corporations? I believe there’s plenty of space to whom with the proper business plan, information and personal business strategy can accomplish such endeavor. 

Proper documentations and financial records is a must, know where is your money and keep eye on that cashflow, be involved and care for your most important assets, your employees and your customers as they are the ones that will help you to get where you ambition to arrive. 

Where do I drive my business at now?

 

This week has been full of information and research,  our instructor has provided us with several resources to analyzed and make the best description to our business needs. It has been intimidating, as I keep thinking sabotage thoughts of “What about if it doesn’t work?” What about if the online platform I used is the inadequate for my product. At some point when uncertainty overwhelms you and paralyzes you on making any decision; It's good practice to take a moment to ponder and rest. Let the ideas settle give a day or two without absorbing more information and let your analytical thinking trigger the best option with the information already gathered.

I can think of a thousand ways I can contract and reconstruct this website, and which server and hosting to use however that excessive thinking will not produce any results until I move to the following stage, the commitment to my final decision on this project.

 The commitment has finally being reached, now I have to work on the mapping on my new site. I am excited and nervous for the new lessons to come in the following weeks.

Dipping into a vast pool of thoughts and creative thinking.

 

I love this class, it has been the most interactive, informative and skilld developed curse  this semester, my most favorite part is the brainstorming process, the group discussions and the openness and enthusiasm of my classmates by asking questions, sharing their ideas and appreciating their suggestions. It is wonderful to be able to spend such time with business minded like individuals voicing their expertise, their fears, their challenges and the strategic approach to the unknown.

 The task to start building what it will be the hardcore of this class has begun, the selection of a domain with strategic business plan intention and purpose, the research of multiple hosting site and platform search continues and the layout to what it will be our final project must be put into place. I love the practice of quantify and compare analysis data, it really helps me visually to brainstorm first and “logistically” move forward with a business plan by analytical selection instead of by objection or personal preference.  This is a practice I am definitely adopting in all my future business plans as it can be incorporated also on a personal living level. The data gathered from this report  simplifies the process if selecting the best business practice in plan however does not make it easy as my personal love for some projects is still strong.

Based on my  quantify and compare analysis the number one on the list is not actually my first choice as my heart is pulling me into the second best. I will need to do more pondering and planning this  weekend to see where I am want to head toward  and accomplish in the upcoming  months.

Opening my eyes to new opportunities, would I be ready to distinguish the new?

 We had seen  in great detail about the inside of two business models: affiliate programs and drop-ship business to be integrated as an e-commerce.

Even tho the both systems had been in place for over a decade with hundreds of successful stories, they are practically new to me.  They both  have the potential to create a fair residual income for start up business entrepreneurs with a  modest capital  investment to nearly none as the affiliate program can be run with an active free blog  and fair amount of traffic. 

 As we move along in our week curse, I have been brainstorming about the type f website I would like to create for this semester. I am leaning to the e-commerce with my art inventory as I have the product already available. I had been also contemplating the possibility to start an affiliate program again, I remember I opened one long time ago with Amazon, and it got shut down because of inactivity; which this is the area I need more research In how to carry on traffic to my affiliate links?  Despite so much information available on the internet nowadays, the reliability source is crucial in every research; this curse had provided with a vast array of links to such subjects with I am avidly immersing in.