I’m stealing the theme of our March 15th meeting from a speech I heard recently by one of our members. It’s a topic that we as small business owners and entrepreneurs need to revisit often. “Where are you going?”. After our last meeting, I met with the facilitator of a local business coaching and development group. During our conversation I made the comment, “I wish I had a group like yours or JumpSTARt Generator a few years back when my business was heading off in a different direction than where I intended”. I didn’t take notice of the course change at the time, I was following the quick money not my business plan. I was steering away from the focus of my business and I ultimately paid the price. So… Where are you going?
#1 by Lara on March 5, 2010 - 6:53 am
I am really looking forward to this meeting. I have just come to realize that my business partner and I are going in different directions. While I agree with and admire what he is doing; his focus doesn’t require the funds that mine does. I am interested in finding start-up funds for our non-profit, while he is content with the way things are.
I have decided to start a different business with a primary focus on my program development (see bio). That’s my plan if my head doesn’t explode first
. I’ll see you on the 15th!
#2 by Sundog on March 12, 2010 - 8:48 am
Exploding Heads….OMG! LOL. It does feel like it might some days doesn’t it. Sometimes there is just so much exciting information out there and things to think about and then of course the risk…do I jump or not? And as Tanda mentions I think many of us are intrigued by new things, new challenges and frequently veer off on tangents to explore them with the result being we loose sight of ‘Where we are going’ with our business. Tanda and I have some “tools” we will be presenting on Monday that we have found useful to help us re-focus and make sure we are going where we want to go! See you then.
#3 by Lara on March 15, 2010 - 11:45 am
I couldn’t make the meeting. Car trouble.
I have been thinking about this and there are two questions that go along with “Where are you going?” Those are “What do you want?” and “How are you going to get it?”