Sometimes it's difficult being the owner, operator, bill collector, maintanence man, designer, and errand boy all wrapped up into one person. When I started my first business, I was totally overwhemed by all of the 'little' time consumming tasks that kept me from doing the necessary things. After talking with a friend, who had an MBA and worked for one of the large utility companies, he just laughed and said that most companies have whole departments for each of those 'jobs'. Welcome to the world of the small business person.
The amount of knowledge that we have to have to make these machines work and work profitably, is almost overwhelming. Many who have the answers are just a little timid in sharing those answers with the rest of us. Hopefully, that timidity will pass and we'll all benefit from the vast experience that is out there. |