Cheryl, thank you so much for that article that was inspirational to read and I really
enjoyed reading it..
Karmen
mimilynnbow <michelle@1stsourceva.com> 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
>
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