That's what I get for being a newbie to the group culture thing. LOL
Anyway, I truly enjoy seeing an organization working well together
and yours rocked. Cheryl, I will try harder in the future and Kurt,
keep up the stride. And Michelle, thanks for pointing out (quietly ;-
)) my mistake and giving me and opportunity to correct it.
Best Regards,
Patrick Lalande
www.bucketsoffood.com
--- In entrepreneursathome@yahoogroups.com, Karmen Spencer-Stanovich
<KARMEN@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Kurt congratulations...on such an outstanding job...
> Cheryl, thank you so much for that article that was inspirational
to read and I really
> enjoyed reading it..
> Karmen
>
www.thebigjobidea.com
>
>
> mimilynnbow <michelle@...> wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
>
> I want to congratulate you! It sounds like you are on the right
path.
>
> Michelle Bowers
> 1st Source Virtual Assistants
> http://www.1stsourceva.com/
>
> --- In entrepreneursathome@yahoogroups.com, "Kurt Schweitzer"
> <kurt@> wrote:
> >
> > It's been a while since I last posted anything about my scooter
> shop,
> > so I thought I'd bring you up to date.
> >
> > This second year is shaping up SO much different from last year!
> I've
> > already sold more scooters than last year, and it's not even
> Memorial
> > day! I'm running all the time!
> >
> > As my business grows my attitude towards money is changing. What I
> > consider "small" keeps getting bigger. For example, a couple of
> months
> > ago I signed up with a distributor who offers "free" shipping on
> > purchases over $300. I would delay making a purchase by several
days
> > until I had accumulated enough to meet that threshold.
> >
> > Today I just go ahead and buy stuff, and low and behold I'm
usually
> > over that $300 limit! That's no longer an extraordinary amount,
it's
> > just a normal buy.
> >
> > Likewise "big" is getting bigger. Yesterday I wrote two checks
> > totaling around $8,000. They both went to the same place - the
only
> > reason for two checks instead of just one was because they were
> > covering two separate orders.
> >
> > Last year my "big" threshold was around $2,000. Right now it's
> around
> > $4,000, and I expect that by the end of the year it'll be even
> higher
> > and I'll be writing some $10,000 checks for something.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong - my business has not yet gotten past its
> > break-even point! What's happened is that as the business grows,
so
> do
> > the swings in both income and expense. It's SO tempting to look
at a
> > large checking account balance and think "I'm rich!", only to
have
> it
> > plummet back toward zero the next day as those checks get cashed!
> >
> > As the business grows this summer I have to keep in mind the cold,
> > snowy days in January when NOBODY is buying scooters!
> >
> > Kurt Schweitzer
> > Urban Village Scooters
> > http://urbanvillagescooters.com
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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