Long Day

Today was our first company off-site.
It was good.  Really good.

It was actually the first time the whole team was together- ever.
We reviewed pretty much all major items.  Including going over the constitution.  I do think it is a good start to things.  I also had an opportunity to voice my opinion re:  Ethics and seemed to get basic buy-in from the team.... we'll see how things progress.... 

I also read a little more in the 4-hour work week. 

I think Entrepreneur in Training is actually going to be a good title for this blog.  I have used so many different approaches to trying to start a biz.

What I tried so far:

• "Intra-preneurship"....i.e. trying to do a "start-up" inside of a major US Corp....couldn't make it through all the layers of management.
• "meet with a buddy and come up with an idea"......this one was only marginally more successful than the first.  The idea we came up with:  kids engineering summer camps.  We ran the numbers it just wasn't scalable.... too much work for not enough $$....then my buddy decided to have a baby......and I went back to the drawing board.
• Next- I tried out my local university....there is a commercialization class....specifically targeted at getting businesses started with technology from the University.........3 months of class and 1 year of meetings later....still little progress...more or less a "living dead" start-up.
• I also tried to come up with some i-phone applications to get my partner to make....but pretty much everything you can think of is already available for free.....so that one wasn't going anywhere too quickly...
• Next is my current venture......a couple of friends that were bootstrapping a green business and needed help....and the best way to get help for free....is to give the a slice of the pie....hence.....my new "Entrepreneur in Training" status in life..........