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| Jaiden |
 Oct 20 2005, 09:59 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 13-January 05 From: Stroudsburg PA Member No.: 3,443  |
So I have been contemplating dropping my current career (more on that later) and starting fresh with my own Auto Based business.
I know the Automotive world is tough but I was looking for some insite. There is no suicide smiley is there!! Ha! I would like it to be a design/ manufacturing/ Testing Business but would start out as a retailer/ installer/ Business. What do you guys think! Let the Crazyness begin! |
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| Jake Raby |
Oct 20 2005, 07:41 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,398 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
I started in a 75 year old Chicken House....
Now I have almost 10,000 square feet of bad ass shop space.... where you work doesn't make the product- the work does! The main thing you HAVE to do is PUT OUT!!!! Don't plan on having a single weekend off for at least 3 years and don't plan on spending any money on anything for yourself for an equal or longer amount of time.... You have to put it all back in, or making it won't be happening. I ate PB&J sandwiches 3 meals a day for weeks at a time and drove a 1962 VW Bus with no back window for 3 solid years just to sink everything back into the biz I created.. If you are afraid of work and are not a seriously dedicated soul just work for someone else.... I can't work for anyone else..... I have never had a "Job"..... I built my first engine for a customer when I was 13 and I don't see anyway in the world that I could work a 40 hour week and do it any other way... |
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Jaiden Starting an Automotive base business Oct 20 2005, 09:59 AM
bondo I'd love to do that, but with my current debt ... Oct 20 2005, 10:08 AM Dave_Darling Yes, you are crazy. Then again, back in the mid-9... Oct 20 2005, 10:16 AM Brett W Start in your garage and develop from there. You ... Oct 20 2005, 12:32 PM Mark Henry It sucks...
Get a haircut and get a real job Oct 20 2005, 04:32 PM Root_Werks Been running a shop out of my garage for 5 years n... Oct 20 2005, 04:34 PM bmunday Find a demand and fill it if you can.
look in eve... Oct 20 2005, 05:33 PM MecGen Hey
Ive' been paid to turn wrenches more then... Oct 20 2005, 06:39 PM andys Well, there certainly are some interesting views e... Oct 20 2005, 08:46 PM
Jaiden Thanks for all the Advice guys!!
Let me g... Oct 21 2005, 08:03 AM |
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