So I'm aware a few people on ATOT have their own companies, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
I just graduated with an EE degree, I have a couple of friends of various talents also recent graduates, and we're interested in starting a small business. We're all either working, looking for jobs, or going to grad school, but we'd like to start something in our free time. Possibly something we can go balls-out with if the opportunity would arise and we get lucky.
So business guru's of ATOT, skepticism and pessimism aside, what're some of the steps in getting something going? What's a good market to get into? How much money would be necessary for a small start-up? Etc, etc. Do any of you have any stories to share with your own business experiences? I'd be interested in hearing them.
None of us have any real money to invest in the company (at least not as much as we imagine it would take), but we do have the skills and drive to get something serious going. Don't really care if it's opening a pizzeria, comic book store, or web development company, we can handle it and we're open for suggestion - just not sure what the starting point is for this stuff.
Basically, we figure now is probably the best time in our careers to attempt this, as we don't really have any other serious commitments or responsibilites - not much to lose.
And, to get them out of the way, we aren't going to: sell drugs, sell ourselves, sell organs, or do any other garbage some of you smartasses will reply with.
Also, I'm not interested in hearing how we will fail and how impossible it is. We're aware. It's just an idea, and if nothing else, it's an interesting conversation if it amounts to nothing else.
Cliffs:
Recent grads
No cash
Want to start a company
Ideas/suggestions/experiences?
I just graduated with an EE degree, I have a couple of friends of various talents also recent graduates, and we're interested in starting a small business. We're all either working, looking for jobs, or going to grad school, but we'd like to start something in our free time. Possibly something we can go balls-out with if the opportunity would arise and we get lucky.
So business guru's of ATOT, skepticism and pessimism aside, what're some of the steps in getting something going? What's a good market to get into? How much money would be necessary for a small start-up? Etc, etc. Do any of you have any stories to share with your own business experiences? I'd be interested in hearing them.
None of us have any real money to invest in the company (at least not as much as we imagine it would take), but we do have the skills and drive to get something serious going. Don't really care if it's opening a pizzeria, comic book store, or web development company, we can handle it and we're open for suggestion - just not sure what the starting point is for this stuff.
Basically, we figure now is probably the best time in our careers to attempt this, as we don't really have any other serious commitments or responsibilites - not much to lose.
And, to get them out of the way, we aren't going to: sell drugs, sell ourselves, sell organs, or do any other garbage some of you smartasses will reply with.
Also, I'm not interested in hearing how we will fail and how impossible it is. We're aware. It's just an idea, and if nothing else, it's an interesting conversation if it amounts to nothing else.
Cliffs:
Recent grads
No cash
Want to start a company
Ideas/suggestions/experiences?