The Beginning
Welcome! So this is the first post. Let me introduce myself. I'm in my late twenties, live in Houston and work for a large international consulting firm. I've worked for this firm for a little over four years now. I joined immediately after college and have stayed put since then. I graduated in 1999 just before the bubble burst and instead of joining a dot-com I decided to join one of the Big 5 accounting/consulting firms. The main reason for joining this firm was not because I anticipated the dot-com crash and knew to go to a more stable company, but because my girlfriend (now wife) lived in Houston and I had an opportunity that paid fairly well there. Going to consulting didn't feel like a glamorous move, but it did provide good experience and paid a decent salary. Looking back over the past 4 years it seems I made a pretty good choice. A job at pets.com would not have faired well.

In college I worked with a roommate on creating a site to help students find apartments. But once I started working, there was never time to get the site working just right. I did pour in the hours over weekends, but to do it right I think you need to put yourself into it 100%. Over the past four years I've continued to put time and money into the site with no revenue to show for it. Also over the past four years I've been developing the concepts for an additional seven business ideas.

So here's what this site is about... I've decided to chronicle the path I take and hope the experience I convey here will not only solicit feedback and suggestions from others, but also help those in a similar situation decide what course of action is best for them. Within the next couple months I will decide to either continue trying to make my own business run on my spare time, or I will quit my job (with a regular paycheck) and go for broke. Stay tuned for more...
- posted by Drew @ 6:19 PM