As things continue to pick up, I’ve taken a week to get away from all of the usual distractions that I have and spend a week completely focused on my business. My Mother-In-Law has a cabin that she bought several years back that is the perfect spot. It’s fairly isolated, on Willipa Bay in Washington … Read more
Still plugging away slowly but surely. The day job has consumed quite a bit of time as of late, and I thought it would settle down when I got back, but another hiccup came up in the form of one of the people that reports to me put in her two week notice. There’s a … Read more
That’s the only word to describe the last two weeks. I’ve been in survival mode just trying to get through the day. I started the new day job, but don’t get me wrong: The new job is great and I am enjoying it a lot. It’s been a ton of work though, coming up to … Read more
When I started this journey, I spent time reflecting on previous attempts at starting my own company and identified some of the things that derailed me from these previous attempts. One of the items I identified was that I switched day jobs which pushed me into new learning and a general drift from side projects … Read more
I’ve never done any kind of training specific to marketing or branding, but I know from being close to it in practice that it’s very important to get right. I’ve been working over the last few days to design the logo that we will use for the company going forward. First, the importance of the … Read more
I would be lying if I said the last few weeks were anything but difficult. Expanded expectations at my day job, significant work at home as I close on a new house and get my old house ready for sale, moving into the new house, kids returning to school, all on top of the daily … Read more
So we’re nearing the end of summer and I have zero more cards drawn for the card game than when the summer started. Motivating the daughter has been quite the struggle. At one point, I offered her $20 for each finished card. She was excited by that idea, but ultimately didn’t draw anymore because of … Read more
Over a week since my last post! Time unfortunately has been a very precious commodity since getting back from Honduras. On the day we got back, we put an offer in on a new house. It was somewhat spontaneous, but that’s usually the way we do things. We started discussing moving about 9 months ago. … Read more
At the beginning of this process, I did a lot of organizing and planning to make sure I had a solid list of tasks I needed to perform. It was great to have a big, prioritized list where I could check things off and see my progress. As I web through the list, there were … Read more
I went through an organization effort with the card game, and need to do that again for the fitness idea. From a high level, the fitness idea is building technology tools to help people exercise more efficiently through education and workout apps. This will have a different project plan and product roadmap than a physical … Read more