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No matter how hard you work at your business, you should always be able to take a little time off to spend time with her. Let her know that the late nights at

by byoung2 16y ago

No matter how hard you work at your business, you should always be able to take a little time off to spend time with her. Let her know that the late nights at the computer now will mean more trips to the Caribbean an a few years. I was in your situation as recently as 2007...I quit my job to start my business. For all of 2007, I was at my laptop sometimes 20+ hours a day, but by 2008 my business was profitable. I'm not looking for an exit, and I don't have any investors to pay back, but I have a comfortable income now, and I don't need to work full time. My girlfriend (now fiancee) stuck by me then, and now I'm keeping my promise - in the last year we've been to Puerto Rico 3 times, been on 3 7-day Caribbean cruises, been to Cancun, and we just spent 3 weeks in the Philippines. Just let your girlfriend know that there will be a payoff eventually (hopfully soon!).

retube 16y ago
sounds great. what kind of business is it (if that's not too cheeky...)
- byoung2 16y ago
  It is a transparent outsourcing company. Think Mechanical Turk for web design and development. I developed a project management interface for web designers, but when they create projects and tasks, they can assign them to workers in the Philippines they've never met. I charge one rate per hour/task/project and pay another. When I started, I envisioned thousands of workers and thousands of employers. Or even millions! Within a few months I had a dozen workers and a dozen employers. That was enough for a solid "lifestyle business", but I've found it tough to scale and maintain the quality of the work.
jaxn 16y ago
Or maybe that the late nights now mean a chance at vacations in the future. You might be one of the lucky ones.
Concours 16y ago
Yeah, I'm already using this, she wish a 50 m long swimming pool, so I just use to say, if you really need the pool, you know, I have to work hard for that, it's working for not complaining about me spending too much time behind the computer, but not always.

by byoung2 16y ago

retube 16y ago

sounds great. what kind of business is it (if that's not too cheeky...)

byoung2 16y ago
It is a transparent outsourcing company. Think Mechanical Turk for web design and development. I developed a project management interface for web designers, but when they create projects and tasks, they can assign them to workers in the Philippines they've never met. I charge one rate per hour/task/project and pay another. When I started, I envisioned thousands of workers and thousands of employers. Or even millions! Within a few months I had a dozen workers and a dozen employers. That was enough for a solid "lifestyle business", but I've found it tough to scale and maintain the quality of the work.

jaxn 16y ago

Or maybe that the late nights now mean a chance at vacations in the future. You might be one of the lucky ones.

Concours 16y ago

Yeah, I'm already using this, she wish a 50 m long swimming pool, so I just use to say, if you really need the pool, you know, I have to work hard for that, it's working for not complaining about me spending too much time behind the computer, but not always.