NuBeginnings

I just read a post on the forums in that HollowOak quoted a 2002 business article referring to statups.

Well 2002 is the year I started my company. A garden center. I worked all winter building the arbor and display tables and by early spring I purchased a register and 300.00 worth of marigolds.

My first customer came in and bought them all, so I used the money and doubled the quantity and my nursery thrived from there. I enjoyed it remember getting tested by "Master Gardners" they will try to trick you with Latin names for plants and I'd fire back the common name.

As my nursery grew I hired help and then started landscaping. My company went down hill and though I kept saying I could fix the problem , I hadn't come to terms with what the problenm was,  In a nut shell, no one cares about your company the way that you do. So jobs started taking longer and longer the employee WAGES killed me. Keeping honest with the IRS was a priority. Believe me when I say, the little guy won't survive.

So back to HollowOaks post where he posted by year 5 only 2 of the 7 startups would survive. And today I don't want to say I've failed, but that I have put my dream to rest. It has taken a toll on my family and it would be extremely selfish on my part to keep going in this direction.

I really don't have a clue where life will take me and my family next, I just know I need to get on a path leading to a solution. I'm not sorry i ended up as a statistic, I am sorry however, that I let my children down.

Bev