I don't think any of these options fit me. I don't think I'd call myself aspiring, since I currently own and operate my own business and have for several years, but I'm not serial... I just have the one, and I'm really more interested in making it the best it can possibly be, not starting another new business. I also wouldn't call it a 9-5, since it's 10:16 pm and I just stopped working about an hour ago, lol. Can I just be a regular entrepreneur?
I'm both 9-5er and serial entrepreneur. I've owned a few businesses, and also have a full time job as a researcher. I have a special interest in alt business models for the arts sector.
Publishing; tours - we used to arrange visas and tours for visiting artists here in Australia; I had a music and multimedia consultancy for a decade; and even a delivery business.
The paperwork can be a headache if you don't get very organised from the start, but we have an excellent accountant (he's been doing my tax return since I was a teenager!) who gives great fatherly advice about best practice, and files away everything.
I'm just in the middle of helping my eldest (16) get ready to start her first business as a sole trader. I talked to her about different outcomes of getting a lift to a casual low paying job at a place like McDonalds, or doing a short course from home that would accredit her to offer a documentation service from home, and give her practice running her own business.
ah um, it feels sort of embarrassing to ask, but what do you mean by documentation service? How would someone, like your daughter, start doing short courses? You mean courses like the ones you see in Udemy and all, right?
Sure, don't feel embarrassed. She's 16, which is the youngest age at which here in Australia she can enrol in courses at our technical and vocational colleges. She is just finishing year 10, and will begin year 11-12 in the new year.
Until then, over her summer break she's doing a course that is designed to be done in a year, mostly by distance. Students are allowed to finish quicker if they want to. It's a small diploma in documenting and medical transcription that feeds into a pool of work she can build a small home business around.
We talked about how doing this course and developing a home business is a great way to learn lots of interesting skills, and earn money on flexible hours around her study. She'll have to build faith and learn to market her services.
I've got her back if she's unsure! I grew up doing really awful jobs from a too-young age on night shifts, the circumstances were such. I wish I had known there were other paths back then. I would have loved someone to pull me aside and say pssst! Did you know this?
Sure! If you are an excellent organiser/project manager, type accurately, have a great filing convention, and communicate well, you might be interested in providing the services of a 'remote personal assistant'.
The rates vary according to experience and customer, but you can start small and build your offerings. Be competitive. Be more affordable than an in-person PA. You could be working for more than one client, and perhaps your unique focus is offering your services in a different time zone, while your client is sleeping? Or a knowledge of a particular industry?
Well. I currently manage 3 YouTube channels that are about a year old and have thought about starting a charity and starting the actual business that might end up being in a physical location seems to be the hardest thing for someone like me who's done everything digitally from the get-go. So I would have to label myself as aspiring since I have not really made it yet.
I don't think any of these options fit me. I don't think I'd call myself aspiring, since I currently own and operate my own business and have for several years, but I'm not serial... I just have the one, and I'm really more interested in making it the best it can possibly be, not starting another new business. I also wouldn't call it a 9-5, since it's 10:16 pm and I just stopped working about an hour ago, lol. Can I just be a regular entrepreneur?
We'll accept you just as you are! lol.
Tell us about your business!
I'm both 9-5er and serial entrepreneur. I've owned a few businesses, and also have a full time job as a researcher. I have a special interest in alt business models for the arts sector.
That's awesome! What types of businesses have you owned in the past?
Publishing; tours - we used to arrange visas and tours for visiting artists here in Australia; I had a music and multimedia consultancy for a decade; and even a delivery business.
The paperwork can be a headache if you don't get very organised from the start, but we have an excellent accountant (he's been doing my tax return since I was a teenager!) who gives great fatherly advice about best practice, and files away everything.
I'm just in the middle of helping my eldest (16) get ready to start her first business as a sole trader. I talked to her about different outcomes of getting a lift to a casual low paying job at a place like McDonalds, or doing a short course from home that would accredit her to offer a documentation service from home, and give her practice running her own business.
Guess which option she liked better?
ah um, it feels sort of embarrassing to ask, but what do you mean by documentation service? How would someone, like your daughter, start doing short courses? You mean courses like the ones you see in Udemy and all, right?
Sure, don't feel embarrassed. She's 16, which is the youngest age at which here in Australia she can enrol in courses at our technical and vocational colleges. She is just finishing year 10, and will begin year 11-12 in the new year.
Until then, over her summer break she's doing a course that is designed to be done in a year, mostly by distance. Students are allowed to finish quicker if they want to. It's a small diploma in documenting and medical transcription that feeds into a pool of work she can build a small home business around.
We talked about how doing this course and developing a home business is a great way to learn lots of interesting skills, and earn money on flexible hours around her study. She'll have to build faith and learn to market her services.
I've got her back if she's unsure! I grew up doing really awful jobs from a too-young age on night shifts, the circumstances were such. I wish I had known there were other paths back then. I would have loved someone to pull me aside and say pssst! Did you know this?
No I did not know this! I'm not sure if those sort of courses exist in my country... so I will look into it! Thank you so much for sharing.
Would you have any other ideas for small home businesses?
Sure! If you are an excellent organiser/project manager, type accurately, have a great filing convention, and communicate well, you might be interested in providing the services of a 'remote personal assistant'.
The rates vary according to experience and customer, but you can start small and build your offerings. Be competitive. Be more affordable than an in-person PA. You could be working for more than one client, and perhaps your unique focus is offering your services in a different time zone, while your client is sleeping? Or a knowledge of a particular industry?
Well. I currently manage 3 YouTube channels that are about a year old and have thought about starting a charity and starting the actual business that might end up being in a physical location seems to be the hardest thing for someone like me who's done everything digitally from the get-go. So I would have to label myself as aspiring since I have not really made it yet.
Awesome! What're the YouTube channels?
My two newest additions are : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxyRXEIUwFR283A_pofAYCQ and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe5ZulAV_zCi2KrtjLPqaw The main one is being renovated so far. But these two are going to take some work which is what keeps me busy. The Main channel kind of fuels the other 2