Entrepreneurship and Hunting

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The guys I know that hunt the most generally work for someone else. Many of those sacrifice income for time.

The guys that I know that run their own deal that hunt a lot are generally one man shows, and they are able to schedule around hunting season. They also sacrifice income for time. Keep the business small mentality.

I am not the type that really wants to run my own business but I would be lying if I said that if I could figure out a one man show, that makes enough money in 8 months to live for 12, I wouldn’t consider it.

^^^This

There are exceptions, few and far between, but running a small business tends to dominate life, family, and the calendar.

There are many people that own their job, and call it owning a business, when the two things are vastly different.

 

[Beendare]

I'm retiring from 45 years in my own very successful construction business. It gave me the flexibility to do what I wanted...but it's a misnomer to say you don't have a boss- you do, customers.

There's a lot...but in a paragraph;
The basics are important; Be extremely organized, anticipate problems and over communicate with Clients/customers. Call people back immediately- especially when you don't feel like it on problems/complaints. Details and quality matters- clients know when you care or if you are going through the motions. One bad client can kill you.

When I first started, we were getting some projects simply because we were following up when others didn't.

If you have specific questions, I would be happy to try and help- just ping me.

 

[180ls1]

Entrepreneurship is overrated. Find one business and focus on it first. There are plenty of business owners worth $5,000,000+ (and WAY more than that) without the "need" for multiple businesses.

 

[Gonefishin6]

I'm retiring from 45 years in my own very successful construction business. It gave me the flexibility to do what I wanted...but it's a misnomer to say you don't have a boss- you do, customers.

There's a lot...but in a paragraph;
The basics are important; Be extremely organized, anticipate problems and over communicate with Clients/customers. Call people back immediately- especially when you don't feel like it on problems/complaints. Details and quality matters- clients know when you care or if you are going through the motions. One bad client can kill you.

When I first started, we were getting some projects simply because we were following up when others didn't.

If you have specific questions, I would be happy to try and help- just ping me.

That's awesome advice, thank you so much!

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

The guys I know that hunt the most generally work for someone else. Many of those sacrifice income for time.

The guys that I know that run their own deal that hunt a lot are generally one man shows, and they are able to schedule around hunting season. They also sacrifice income for time. Keep the business small mentality.

I am not the type that really wants to run my own business but I would be lying if I said that if I could figure out a one man show, that makes enough money in 8 months to live for 12, I wouldn’t consider it.

This is exactly what my wife and I have done. Work 6 months in a small home service business with no employees & net around 120k after business expenses and all taxes. So, it is possible to build a life around adventure & hunting while being self employed, you just have to make every effort to reduce complexity and give up some financial security.