Diversification for the win!
I'll be the first to admit, I was scared shitless opening a new computer business. I should have done it when I had solid contract work earlier this year, and by now I'm sure it would have been rolling along fine. But who can forsee a layoff?
Anyhow I seem to be getting more customers all the time, nowhere near enough to make ends meet, but I must have seen at least 6+ different people come in this week, sometimes two a day.
I do plan on doing more real estate as fast as humanly possible. Hopefully I can do a flip this winter and borrow enough cash to fund my work on the home. Talk about simply creating your own job! As long as it sells for a profit that is.
I applied at a good 10 places yesterday in the game industry. If I can land some contract work I'd be set.
I guess my main point to this post is I've been sitting in my basement for about 3 years now, doing games and I am thinking about all the money I left on the table, had I simply had an office with a computer repair sign on the window. Sure it would have detracted from my goals to have a rockin game studio, but I think I could have built a steady solid business in that time as well. But hind sight always bugs me. I am learning to ACT NOW. Its one thing to have a great idea, but its another to act on it.
I'm just hoping I can pull this all off without having to take some dumb job as an employee somehwere. Not that I'm against jobs completely... but around here the wages and jobs are junk, so it would be a complete waste of my time and I'd hate it, so I pray every night for some success to come my way.
If I had the bank credit I'd just be doing flips and buying rentals, etc. So I ask people to invest with me but most are too scared, etc.
I just look forward to the day where I can consistently flip houses for good profits, have rebuilt my credit, my computer store is making good money, and I can make some games of my own I'm proud of, and then be able to hire some good people.
Anyhow I seem to be getting more customers all the time, nowhere near enough to make ends meet, but I must have seen at least 6+ different people come in this week, sometimes two a day.
I do plan on doing more real estate as fast as humanly possible. Hopefully I can do a flip this winter and borrow enough cash to fund my work on the home. Talk about simply creating your own job! As long as it sells for a profit that is.
I applied at a good 10 places yesterday in the game industry. If I can land some contract work I'd be set.
I guess my main point to this post is I've been sitting in my basement for about 3 years now, doing games and I am thinking about all the money I left on the table, had I simply had an office with a computer repair sign on the window. Sure it would have detracted from my goals to have a rockin game studio, but I think I could have built a steady solid business in that time as well. But hind sight always bugs me. I am learning to ACT NOW. Its one thing to have a great idea, but its another to act on it.
I'm just hoping I can pull this all off without having to take some dumb job as an employee somehwere. Not that I'm against jobs completely... but around here the wages and jobs are junk, so it would be a complete waste of my time and I'd hate it, so I pray every night for some success to come my way.
If I had the bank credit I'd just be doing flips and buying rentals, etc. So I ask people to invest with me but most are too scared, etc.
I just look forward to the day where I can consistently flip houses for good profits, have rebuilt my credit, my computer store is making good money, and I can make some games of my own I'm proud of, and then be able to hire some good people.
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