SCORE
Today we met with 3 guys from SCORE . We were not sure what to expect. And while they do these meetings all the time they are never sure what the 1st meeting will be like. Over the last couple of weeks I've taken some time out from cleaning up the zazzle and cafe press stores and designing the website to write a partnership agreement and a business plan. Today we brought both with us to the meeting. The guys were pretty impressed with how far along we were for a first meeting (and told us so at the end of the meeting).
They also pointed out a couple of major points where we need to do something: file as an LLC and get liability insurance. They made some good suggestions on the partnership agreement and talked with us about goal setting. The outcome of the meeting was that we've added an additional set of things for me to do over the next couple of months. We'll meet with them again in 2 months. In the meantime we have an email address for questions that come up before the meeting.
I knew where to go to get boilerplate for the documents. I spent maybe 5 hours on the 2 documents combined including reviewing them with a few other people. So it seems that my skills and knowledge are still where they were before the fatigue hit. It was good to have outsiders tell me that I'm doing all the right stuff (easier to believe then when family & friends tell me this). So I'm feeling pretty good about myself today.
They also pointed out a couple of major points where we need to do something: file as an LLC and get liability insurance. They made some good suggestions on the partnership agreement and talked with us about goal setting. The outcome of the meeting was that we've added an additional set of things for me to do over the next couple of months. We'll meet with them again in 2 months. In the meantime we have an email address for questions that come up before the meeting.
I knew where to go to get boilerplate for the documents. I spent maybe 5 hours on the 2 documents combined including reviewing them with a few other people. So it seems that my skills and knowledge are still where they were before the fatigue hit. It was good to have outsiders tell me that I'm doing all the right stuff (easier to believe then when family & friends tell me this). So I'm feeling pretty good about myself today.