The Reincarnation of M’s Blog
So I thought, “What the hell? Let me begin and see if I can figure out what the point of is.” And I made a beginning.
Three years later, but only under the auspices of my mentor and coach on all things Social Media, have I finally figured it out. I now have different blogs with different themes depending on what business I am marketing - or what marketing initiative I am testing. But that has left this blog to sit here like an orphan. And I miss writing just for the fun of it.
I miss having a place to record and share those wild and bizarre things that happen in the course of a start-up that must be true - because if you made it up no one would believe you. And lately I have been thinking that it’s a shame not to record the journey of being a serial entrepreneur.
It’s the great American myth - quit your job and start your own business. You’ll have to trust me here. I’ve started something like 4 or 5 real businesses (not those MLM type businesses - I’ve probably started about a dozen of those - but they don’t really count because those are more like buying a franchise than a start-up.) As my friend Barry Moltz [author of You Need To Be A Little Crazy] says, you really have to be more than just a little bit crazy to start a business. If you think your job is a bummer, wait until you are routinely working 16 hour days 7 days a week and your health and nerves are shot.
I’ve been blessed and just down right lucky: my husband has stuck with me through it all and I have a great relationship with my adult son. But most serial entrepreneurs are not so lucky. Family and relationships don’t usually stand the strain.
So - this is my travel log of the entrepreneur’s journey. Laugh with me. Cry with me. Pull your hair out with me. But by no means should you remain silent and not share your thoughts with me. That’s the whole purpose of the comment box!
“All Things With Exuberance!”
mary!
