Not feeling any better, but not feeling any worse. I think the medicine may be working, but it makes me feel cotton-headed and not terribly articulate, which is extremely frustrating.
A sort of amazingly neat thing happened in the business end of things over the last couple of days. We have a niche type of construction business -- we specialize in a type of construction item that not many companies do, which has kept us busy even when other companies were scrambling for work. It's not a high-margin profit type of thing, but it is fairly steady. As a result, Carl has gotten to know this particular business extremely well, and he learned over the last few days that there is an angle (certifiying the item once it's built) which used to be done by a huge agency and that agency is getting out of the business. They don't want to do it anymore, for some kinda strange reasons (even though it was profitable for them). Another company in Florida figured this out and jumped on it, and they're making extremely good money right now (fast)... but the neat thing is, Carl has much better contacts than they do. And, he's got a friend who's just an amazing whiz at business (read: everything he touches turns to gold) who heard the idea from Carl and wants to finance it. There isn't another guy out there I'd trust like this one -- he's tried to do good things for Carl repeatedly when there was no payoff for him because a long time ago, before Carl had a clue he had any money / business acumen, Carl helped him out with some things and just treated him as one of the family. That's just Carl's way, and the guy realized it and has, ever since, tried to take Carl under his wing and help us grow.
Well, this thing? Could easily be national. We'll start with our own state, but three of our contacts are national, and if we get even one of their contracts, it would be a big deal. It's not something that would go fast -- it may take a year to set up, but the guy who's helping us has already scouted and found what we need to buy (and saved thousands of dollars because of his contacts) and he's already buying them.
So, while I'm not getting my hopes up for anything fast, I feel very good about this potential here, especially with this other guy's help.
Posted by toni at April 22, 2004 11:04 PMThat sounds so good! I'll be keeping my fingers & toes crossed.
Posted by: Daisy at April 23, 2004 06:05 PMThanks, Daisy! I could use all the good finger-crossing Karma I can get. This might mean actually phasing out the construction company because the other one would be better, and way less admin work for me -- like a fourth... which means I could write! Full time! I'm starting to get my hopes up. (yikes)
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Posted by: Harry at December 21, 2004 04:19 PM