A few weeks ago, I'd stumbled upon the perfect blend of technology and traditional skilled craftsmanship / small-business opportunity with the eventual possbility of exponential, and even megacorporate growthg - perhaps even a cyberpunk zaibatsu, dyson-sphere-building, solarpunk, civil-engineering oriented establishment.
Given that I'm rather broke, every part of the business had to be done "in-house", all while pulling myself up by the bootstraps. While the phrase may have had a mocking, cynical meaning in its heyday, I genuinely consider it to be an uplifting (no pun intended) and inspiring one. It's to defy expectations, and to demonstrate that if there is a will, there can always be a way.
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When starting your own business, from scratch, you must be entirely self-sufficient. For me, this meant every step, down to making marketing flyers in Google Drawings, and then printing them out on my homerig printer; even buying a $13 paper cutter to cut them to size.
I believe that businesses should have a good balance of analog, traditional recordskeeping, and cutting-edge infrastructure to be able to make the most of both. Having a solid, simple, traditional foundation doesn't just mean a more reliable and dependable back-end, should a computer system crash - it means a good, reliable company culture. Oftentimes, using traditional means of business can teach employees a thing or two about the nuances of how the actual nitty-gritty parts of the business operate.
For example, teaching an employee to keep a pilot's log, for a drone business, complete with observations, and future tips-and-tricks, means that the employee will self-train to be more observational and perceptive. Similarly - well-written out procedures guarantee success in integrating employees. A small, concise organizational structure means efficiency and a lack of wasted resources. This level of competency was standard in the companies of yesteryear - before enormous HR departments, wasteful middle-managers, and CEOs that were disconnected from the voices and advice of their most valuable resource besides experience - their employees.
While starting out, I'm running a simple satchel with all of the essentials contained within - my business registration, all passwords and accesses to all parts of the business, printed on a single sheet of paper. "But, it might be lost!" some might say - I say, don't lose it. Licenses, registrations, and certificates are downsized, printed as miniature copies, and then laminated. Certifications are recorded in a paper captain's log.
My pilot's license sits proudly, in printed form, on the inside-most pocket of the satchel. Proof of insurance, the registration for the drone itself, and other details of the business sit next to it.
Your business must be completely bulletproof to avoid trouble - we live in an age where nearly anything can be nit-picked by lawyers. I'm not saying this is a good thing, but rather, just the way things are. You must learn to make the most of it. [ EXPUNGED, BUSINESS1.TXT ]
When working in a company,
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