Hey kittens!
I joined the forum a while ago and lurked, but I only started posting yesterday.
Basic bio:
I graduated with an EE degree in 2008, and worked as a software dev contractor while I got my Master's Degree in Business Management. The idea was always that I'd own a compnay, but little did I know, that degree only teaches you how to be a really great middle manager... oops.
I worked a few EE jobs after that, including my most recent position as a Rocket Scientist (my mom was thrilled). It was definitely fascinating, but it wasn't as cool as it sounds, haha.
I'm not exactly sure how much we are encouraged to share about our businesses (although I read the article in the FAQ about why not to share certain things). I will say that I've always repaired guitars/effects/amplifiers since I live here in Music City, USA, and I've recently started manufacturing my own gear and wholesaling it to stores.
I got a couple well-respected mentors in my industry. It's crazy how much people are willing to help someone who could one day be their competition, but I think they realize that I'm kind of doing something unique. One of my mentors emailled me "kick the competition's a$$! well, not ALL of the competition
" and I replied to him that 1) I would, and 2) I'm not trying to take a bigger slice of the pie from any one, I'm trying to make the pie itself bigger.
I guess this is where I should stop talking about my company because it might get into my future strategy, but some things I plan to do that my competition doesn't are: physical products that serve a gap I've identified, aligning with a segment that isn't marketed to directly (even though they use these products just as much), workshops for learning soldering/electronics focusing on music gear, and an online product that teaches basic to advanced electronics relating to music.
Here's an image of one of my products, a guitar effects processing unit that I have hand-painted by local artists and wholesale to music stores:
I skyped with one of the forum's users (@csalvato ) as a part of his product research (he's in the fitness industry and I bought an ebook from him), and he urged me to get involved with the forum when he heard what I did.
I joined the forum a while ago and lurked, but I only started posting yesterday.
Basic bio:
I graduated with an EE degree in 2008, and worked as a software dev contractor while I got my Master's Degree in Business Management. The idea was always that I'd own a compnay, but little did I know, that degree only teaches you how to be a really great middle manager... oops.
I worked a few EE jobs after that, including my most recent position as a Rocket Scientist (my mom was thrilled). It was definitely fascinating, but it wasn't as cool as it sounds, haha.
I'm not exactly sure how much we are encouraged to share about our businesses (although I read the article in the FAQ about why not to share certain things). I will say that I've always repaired guitars/effects/amplifiers since I live here in Music City, USA, and I've recently started manufacturing my own gear and wholesaling it to stores.
I got a couple well-respected mentors in my industry. It's crazy how much people are willing to help someone who could one day be their competition, but I think they realize that I'm kind of doing something unique. One of my mentors emailled me "kick the competition's a$$! well, not ALL of the competition
" and I replied to him that 1) I would, and 2) I'm not trying to take a bigger slice of the pie from any one, I'm trying to make the pie itself bigger.I guess this is where I should stop talking about my company because it might get into my future strategy, but some things I plan to do that my competition doesn't are: physical products that serve a gap I've identified, aligning with a segment that isn't marketed to directly (even though they use these products just as much), workshops for learning soldering/electronics focusing on music gear, and an online product that teaches basic to advanced electronics relating to music.
Here's an image of one of my products, a guitar effects processing unit that I have hand-painted by local artists and wholesale to music stores:
I skyped with one of the forum's users (@csalvato ) as a part of his product research (he's in the fitness industry and I bought an ebook from him), and he urged me to get involved with the forum when he heard what I did.
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