Angie McKaig - E-Business Consultant and Entrepreneur
Loved this line: "Most people want to hit home runs, the problem is they are afraid to fail in order to get there. As Babe Ruth proved, you can't have one without the other. "
You know, I invariably end up feeling guilty if I explain to folks that sometimes I end up working just 30 to 32 hours a week. Particularly if they're in the US, since many companies I work with in the US don't even take national holidays off. But it is a flexibility in my life I've learned to love, it's helped my productivity and definitely my morale, and I love Jason for making me feel better about my choices.
Sometimes I think some of the high profile webbies - like the folks at 37 Signals - forget that not everyone out there is about chasing the VC + millions route. But regardless, they make some good points here and the most important one of all, really: do something that will make you HAPPY. Seriously.
You know, it took me a looong time to get this as an employ-ee but it paid off big time as an employ-er. As my own priorities shift and I work hard so that I don't have to work 14 hour days or weekends or evenings too often any more, I realize the value of this all the more. Best quote: "sprinting for an ever-shifting target that keeps being 90% done for 90% of the time". Yeees.
From pets (!!) to lunch hours to distractibility (hence, this blog), it's not always easy to get work done at home. A good primer for those cube workers still dreaming of a home workday. But I'll tell you this: I'd hate to give it up, now that I have it.
"If your start-up can only succeed by being a sweatshop, your idea is simply not good enough. Go back to the drawing board and come up with something better that can be implemented by whole people, not cogs.". Perfectly put. Go read the whole thing and then send it to twelve people you know.
Better than the CNN piece itself, this page of comments from folks who haved both sold their businesses and business brokers gives some ideas on how it works, what it costs, how long it might take... and what to watch out for.
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