10to1...

As I have stated in an another blog, starting a business is a fight to the end.  The further you want to take it, the more fight you will need to have inside.  And, the battles only seem to get tougher. 

You see, I have always felt very confident about my abilities if I needed to defend myself in a fight.
Of course, that is when the fight is one on one.

The struggle of a business is that its tough to get it down to one on one.  Usually, we are outnumbered.  Usually its at least 10 to 1.  If one doesn't hit ya, the other will.  For the first few years, the trick is to get used to it.  To be able to take it.


Payroll
Insurance
Attorney fee #1
Attorney fee #2
Attorney fee #3
Mortgage
Utility #1
Utility #2
Utility #3
Utility #4
Technical interruption
Sales
Change in how we run the system
additions
supplies
increased support
missing a piece of the puzzle and finding a way to afford it
accounting fees
miscellaneous expenses
Palzy's mood
Service fee #1
Service fee #2
Service fee #3
Rent
Day to day decisions


If one doesn't hit ya, the others will.  It's inevitable. We have the black eyes, scars, and cuts to prove it. 

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But... I feel that the feeling of being outnumbered is only temporary.  Making it to year 5 has shown us that we were able to last the 10 to 1 beating.   That want to see if we can take it is gone.

We know we can.

We have earned the right to start making it a little easier on us.

 It took us a long time to A)learn what we need to learn.  B)  build it ....and C) have the confidence to look a person in the eye and say "Pay me money for this product that took years to make".

The way we see it... If we were able to survive the ten to 1 fight, how well could we do in a one on one fight.

If the dream I had recently comes true, that's what our year 5 will be.