Newbie
Posts: 19 
Location: Oshawa
Location: Oshawa
November 29th, 2004, 02:51 PM
Hey my names Chris, let me introduce myself.
I'm 38, a proud canadian, family man and strating over. I left my great paying, high demand job 3 months ago to start my own business and so now life is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time.
If anyone wants to talk shop about business or anything about the military (my hobby) I'm listening.
Hey my names Chris, let me introduce myself.
I'm 38, a proud canadian, family man and strating over. I left my great paying, high demand job 3 months ago to start my own business and so now life is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time.
If anyone wants to talk shop about business or anything about the military (my hobby) I'm listening.
Don't bother arguing, I KNOW!
Posts: 10,754
Location: pumpkin pie bungalow
Location: pumpkin pie bungalow
November 29th, 2004, 02:54 PM
Welcome chris, I cannot talk business as I am secretary to 007 at the board here, my name is moneypenny, but I am in diquise as peapod. James would not like it if I talked business, bond business that is. But there are lots of people here to talk to. Welcome :P
Welcome chris, I cannot talk business as I am secretary to 007 at the board here, my name is moneypenny, but I am in diquise as peapod. James would not like it if I talked business, bond business that is. But there are lots of people here to talk to. Welcome :P
yea are so cheap. Ponderous Intellect
Posts: 3,859 
Location: Victoria, BC
Location: Victoria, BC
November 29th, 2004, 03:26 PM
My congrats to you on opting out of the 9-to-5 herd and jumping into the 24/7 frenzy. I did the same thing a few years back. Was most enlightening! Had my own biz which I sold out to my partners last Feb. Running your own show has its advantages, doesn't it? But with that comes the three in the morning lying awake thinking about business habit.
I discovered I will never again run a biz where I have to have employees. Aaarrrghghghg ... I'm still in therapy, although I have stopped sitting in a corner drooling and ranting.
Owning my own biz has made me a much, much better employee myself. All of a sudden I realize that just maybe the owners have more on their plate than meets the eye and that there are actually reasons for their decisions. Fell right off that high horse after running a small company!
Right now I am not working so I spend my time here at the forum doing mental aerobics with the wits that frequent this little gin palace. It's fun. You'll meet some characters here.
So welcome! And, if you feel like it, tell us more about your new biz. I may be able to empathize here and there.
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Hi New Guy
Hey my names Chris, let me introduce myself.
I'm 38, a proud canadian, family man and strating over. I left my great paying, high demand job 3 months ago to start my own business and so now life is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time.
If anyone wants to talk shop about business or anything about the military (my hobby) I'm listening.
I'm 38, a proud canadian, family man and strating over. I left my great paying, high demand job 3 months ago to start my own business and so now life is exciting and nerve wracking at the same time.
If anyone wants to talk shop about business or anything about the military (my hobby) I'm listening.
My congrats to you on opting out of the 9-to-5 herd and jumping into the 24/7 frenzy.
I did the same thing a few years back. Was most enlightening! Had my own biz which I sold out to my partners last Feb. Running your own show has its advantages, doesn't it? But with that comes the three in the morning lying awake thinking about business habit.I discovered I will never again run a biz where I have to have employees. Aaarrrghghghg ... I'm still in therapy, although I have stopped sitting in a corner drooling and ranting.
Owning my own biz has made me a much, much better employee myself. All of a sudden I realize that just maybe the owners have more on their plate than meets the eye and that there are actually reasons for their decisions.
Fell right off that high horse after running a small company!Right now I am not working so I spend my time here at the forum doing mental aerobics with the wits that frequent this little gin palace. It's fun. You'll meet some characters here.
So welcome! And, if you feel like it, tell us more about your new biz. I may be able to empathize here and there.
Bright Spark
Posts: 453
Location: Province perdue du Canada, Louisian
Location: Province perdue du Canada, Louisian
December 1st, 2004, 12:37 PM
Enjoy meeting you, I work in the Offshore Oil Patch and work in my spare time at a side job I do myself. Got lots of time to Play on Computer and Imagineer! Done the military thing, glad to be out of that.
Located in Louisiana in the US but we are closer to Canada here than Texas (Culturaly Speaking) so we
keep up and visit up North every chance we get! I have friends and family in Ajax and Port Perry, wife's well known in the Maritimes and our heritage is Acadien!
Enjoy meeting you, I work in the Offshore Oil Patch and work in my spare time at a side job I do myself. Got lots of time to Play on Computer and Imagineer! Done the military thing, glad to be out of that.
Located in Louisiana in the US but we are closer to Canada here than Texas (Culturaly Speaking) so we
keep up and visit up North every chance we get! I have friends and family in Ajax and Port Perry, wife's well known in the Maritimes and our heritage is Acadien!
