Here we go!

So, this is how I kinda feel. Using this blog as my entrepreneurial journal, my goal is to look back at the past and seek out new wisdom. My aim is set on:

·         Capturing the significance of the learning experiences I have survived.

·         Documenting current studies and research.

·         Gluing the pieces of my pondering mind into something coherent and useful.

After successfully completing a one year program to get back into school, I am going to school full time again. My family has put up with my ramblings about starting a small business since I quit working last March.  My objectives--to stay home with the kids and go back to school. In the soup has been mother’s day out pre-school, selling cakes, bookkeeping, selling unused items on Craigslist and many other fleeting ideas. None of those have materialized. Now that I have a choice of which classes I register for, I jumped in, feet first, and signed up for a small business/entrepreneurship class.

This week our class reviewed a list of business blogs with the purpose of finding a favorite.  This was a welcomed task, since I would be doing the same thing.  There is so much information out there and many students in the class, including myself, got a little overwhelmed. What I discovered was that I had to be a little picky about where I spend my time. Ultimately what I found myself looking for was a blog with resources and tools beyond one person’s ramblings.

I chose to read The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell for my book report.  This is a great book to glean an understanding of how epidemics of all kinds get started. Word-of-mouth doesn't work quite the way I used to think it did. Maybe I will post my book review next week, after it’s all put together.

Coming next week…selecting my 5 favorite ideas for the $100 challenge.