On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:50:06 -0800, "wch" wrote:

Hi,

I lost my job yesterday working at a company that builds furniture in north
Idaho. I'd been contemplating starting my own woodworking business for
quite some time anyway so this was kinda the final kick in the pants to get
me to do it.

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Will... not wanting to rain on your parade, but I think this is important..

Do you have business skills?
Can you do books, balance budgets & checkbooks, do promotional work, deal with
clients, (ie People Person) and survive on a commission only income?

Self employed folks wear many hats.. and like me, not all of us wear each well..
*g*

IMHO, sales and promotion are 70% of the business, no matter what you make...
your product is YOU...
Why should someone spend 3 or 4 times as much for a piece of furniture from you
as they do at a big discount store? Because you've convinced them that you're a
good value..

Bottom line, before I fall off my soap box, is that the business end is very
important... and it's not fun to be busy all year and find out that instead of
making a profit, you were losing money on each project.. YMMV



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