Making The Right Decision For New Online Business Venture
A little while ago I was thinking about starting up my own company.
It seems to run in the family as both my brother and sister own their own companies, so in all honesty sometimes I feel like the odd one out.
I wanted a business that I could run myself and preferably I could run from home. I had a few thoughts about what I would like to do and my favourite idea was to get a website up and running where I could sell filled children’s party bags.
Even though my kids are all grown up, I can still remember the nightmare it was trying to organise their party bags. It would seem that children nowadays are so fussy about what they want in a party bag. In my day a piece of cake and a few pens and paper was ample, but things have moved on and children unfortunately expect a great deal more in their party bags.
I started researching suppliers and was lucky to find a local wholesaler. I put in a small order and organised four different party bags, which were aimed at children aged between 3 and 8 years old. Then I was thinking that the party isn’t just about party bags, but I could get a website built that covered the whole party event. I could also sell balloons, party accessories, birthday cakes and even games for the kids to play.
Now it just so happens that my brother’s business is web design and they specialise in search engine optimisation, so that saved me a whole heap of problems searching around for a reliable company to start me on my way to my first million.
My sister owns a local newsagents, so to maximise my sales, the potential was also there to sell items from her shop.
Things were gradually coming together and I was really excited about my future. However, as with everything in life, money was the key element and to get the business up and running would have set me back at least 15K. As I hadn’t worked for a couple of years finding this sort of money was going to be quite a task.
Then out of the blue my brother’s company offered me a job, which was very welcome. With me now in full time employment, my plan for a website is still simmering in the background, and I am sure that within the next couple of years I will be able to get it back on track, but for now I am happy being at work and enjoying the extra freedom that money brings.
