Whenever I try something new in life it can be filled with a crazy amount of anxiety, but right now I’m feeling great. Recently I have been researching job opportunities in film development and production. There isn’t a bunch out there, but I did find a lot of marketing and advertising projects. The more I read about marketing the more I saw “small business” and it got me thinking what I could do to get my life going in the direction I choose. I’m the kind of person who works well alone and I get excited planning things out. So while I have a ton of e-resumes floating around in space waiting for a response- I’m going to take the first steps to starting my own business.
This of course will be a slow process that will take months or even a year to get off the ground, but I’m determined to have personal success on my own terms doing something I believe I could have fun with. I’m still actively looking for a job in my field and I have some more school to finish, but it could all work out. I spent the last three days just researching ideas for a possible small business that would play to my strengths and really focus a niche in my town.
After hours of lame ideas and things I was just not that great at- I came across a simple line from a site that does nothing but give business ideas- “Organize Offices”. It hit me that it would be perfect for me and I already posses many of the skills needed to walk through a problem and begin organizing. I want to create simple streamlined modern office spaces for home business owners and local businesses around my area. I love office supplies- I have no idea why, but just ask my parents- I ask for office supplies for Christmas! I enjoy organizing on the business level with concentration in filing and storage. There are only a few professional organizers in my area and all of them are women. It would be nice to get a young mans perspective in office design as my ideas will probably be different. I’ve decided that the name of my business will be EC Design Concepts taken from this site. I feel like the name has some ambiguity that will allow my company to grow into something different if I find a new direction the more I get into this. I had EC Office concepts for a while, but I feel like it just holds me down. The next series of steps are to find out the legal forms I will need, a strong business plan, a strategic marketing plan, financial planning, website hosting possibilities, and a career projection. I have some great mentors who own or have owned their own small business that I can get some feedback from. I also sent out some e-mails and resumes to local organizing companies that I can maybe start to intern at or just work on a couple of projects. Next semester I plan to take a financial advising course and a computer management lecture.
I have a part time job, school, intern ships and getting this company off the ground. I can do this- I have the talent to create something and make it work (even though I have never done this!). I’m excited- I’m also starting a website with some friends that will deal with being twenty and just trying to survive and turn jobs into careers. I will blog about all these ventures as I work through them. I’m sure there will be a lot of bad luck, negative feedback, and just plain stress- but bring it on! If the dream job comes along and I get hired or a new possibility starts- I will make the decision that is right for me. Its funny that I got the idea from driving past an empty store front with a little red sign saying “Live your dream, own a business” two weeks ago and look here I am ready to live a dream.
To Be Continued…
