[QUOTE=JCX5]For those of you who own & operate your own company - what do you do?
HISTORY OF C1C
I own a fortune 25,000 communications company
. I originally was in the Army. But after GWI (Desert Storm), Somalia, and Bosnia, I got tired of the deployments and McDonalds pay. After 11 years, I got out and joined the communications revolution. I started out as a USG contractor for a small company owned by (believe it or not) Whitney Houston's brother. Then I jumped ship to the prime contractor. After 3 years out of the Army I decided top start my own company and bid on a contract in Bosnia. Since then, I have expanded to operations in 40 states and 5 countries. I make it seem bigger than it is and it is bigger than it seems. I have to give all the credit to the military. They took a relatively bright punk and turned him into a fighting machine
(calm down wood
). The main thing they taught me was confidence and the art of organized warfare.
I have worked in the IT business for the past 15 years so that seemed like a logical extension of what type of company to start. You have to know what you are doing in order to be good at doing it. I look back now and wonder how I have been successful at it. I seems to be easy for me and I refuse to believe that I am some kinda rocket scientist or Bill Gates. I definitely learned some good things in the Military
Starting a business always seems like a good idea. Why not work for yourself. But there are alot of pitfalls in running a business. But my suggestion is to go for it. I have increased my personal income by 40% every year since I left the military in 97 (then making 28k). If ya want more "advice" I am full of ideas and suggestions. Small businesses account for as much as 60% of GDP and lets face it, for every car on the road in the US, there is a contractor truck behind it doing XYZ