Week 10

Week 10 was a very busy week for our family but not so much for my $100 project. I missed a couple of days on account of Parent/ Teacher conferences and the schools got out early several days. I think my next short-term business will need to be something that isn’t dependent on the schools.

The week’s readings were about Roxanne Quimby and how Burt’s Bees got started. It’s interesting that something as simple as bee’s wax can be made into a large and successful business. They stayed with the business and kept growing it until it outgrew them. By the end, I don’t think it was really the same business she had started. It used bee’s wax but not to make the same products. I don’t think it was a fun thing for her anymore either. Her story made me think about what I want my business to become. Do I want it grow? How big should I expect/plan for it to get? I don’t want a big corporation. I would prefer to be successful in a small town kind of way;large enough to make money, but small enough that I don’t want or feel the need to move and expand. Success for me isn’t making lots of money or having a large business. I just want to help the people of my town.