That Business Model Thing
This post was contributor by: Kyle Sergeant
Growing up, my mother only made one thing from scratch: oatmeal muffins. But the oatmeal was store bought. We did not live on a farm. There were no oats in my backyard, and I would not have picked them if there were. I was reading, thinking, imagining, and all of that. And all of that takes time.
I have been wrestling with all of that since joining Talentbridge. Allow me to rephrase: “All of That.” Things just happen to look better in quotes. Anyway, I’m dealing with “All of That”, and it is not dealing with me. It is controlling me. But I do not mind. I see the light, but not the end of the tunnel. I am not sure if I ever want to see the end of the tunnel. Probably not.
I never had a template for a business plan, but now I have handfuls of them. Everyone knows how to do them. But there is not one made for us all. So I am dabbling, right now. It has been fun.
I have been asking myself questions. Is this it? Where to? How? Really? And am I ready? I always answer in the affirmative. But that is because I want to keep traversing the tunnel.
Sorry, The Tunnel.
The Tunnel is made of asphalt, grass, astroturf, gravel, sand, tissue paper, and cotton candy. Seriously. The Tunnel is always changing. I am just trying to keep up. We all are, I think. And by all I mean young entrepreneurs.
Sorry, Young Entrepreneurs.
I want to write, try to, and intend to one day succeed. And that is where I am: trying to succeed.
In my trying, I may fail. I think of this. I think the hours I spend on my model will be for not. Maybe. I think the conclusions I contrive will be nothing but elongated jargon with no plausible end. Maybe. I think the hopes I leave daggling without explanation and execution will be holes that sink my ship. Maybe. I think I will want to keep trying. Probably. No, definitely.
I am not sure who said it, and hope someone has: “In resigning yourself to failure, you have already succeeded. So think.”
I am off to go grab an oatmeal muffin and do just that.
