Building a business one idea at a time.
By The Tim on Nov 7, 2008 in Commentary | 3 Comments
Here’s another article on the subject of starting a business during an economic downturn: Entrepreneurs see upside in downturn
The faltering economy, tanking retail sales and a real estate market rife with foreclosures didn’t keep Ritsuko Miyazaki from launching a ceramic art store.
“I know some people would think now is not a good time. But you [...]
By The Tim on Nov 3, 2008 in Finances | 1 Comment
All right, time for some more good news—October finances. Things really picked up in October, with the establishment of some more reliable income streams on the advertising side, and the introduction of the first direct sales source in the quarterly newsletter.
Here’s the chart of total revenue versus goals:
Thanks to August and September’s dismal performance, [...]
By The Tim on Oct 30, 2008 in projects | 5 Comments
One of the good news items that I have for you this week is the release of Sound Housing Quarterly, as announced on Seattle Bubble last Friday.
With this new quarterly report I am taking the experience and insights that I have learned from Seattle Bubble and packaging them into a more user-friendly, compact format than [...]
By The Tim on Oct 28, 2008 in Finances | 1 Comment
I’m going to keep this short, for two reasons. One, it’s way overdue and outdated. Two, it’s all bad news, and I’ve got lots of good news to share later this week, so let’s not dwell on the negative.
First up, let’s take a look at the total revenue versus goals:
There are no two [...]
By The Tim on Oct 27, 2008 in Commentary | 0 Comments
Okay, I’ve definitely neglected this blog for far too long. Time to get into the swing of more regular updates. I’ll be getting to the financial updates of the last couple months later this week, but for now I’d like to post an article I read recently that is rather directly applicable to my current [...]
