Jimbo
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Hey guys! Need some advice on a particular situation with family/friends that I'm sure many of you have been through before. I just need another opinion (from other Fastlaners and like minded people) to add some clarity to my train of thought.
Okay so...
So my partner's Mum calls us up, and has a long discussion with the missus about starting this new business. She has her mind set on "I need a website built to do this/that/whatever. Basically saying "Oh you know all about websites, can you build this, run it, host it, maintain it, sell products on their for me etc etc".
I tell the missus once she get's off the phone that next time we're over at her parent's house, I'll sit down with her Mum and discuss what her best options are to get started.
Anyway, I go over there, have a chat with her and on numerous times throughout the conversation she butts in and pretty much insists on how this will be such a good business for me to get involved in. I politely tell her that I just don't have the time, but I'm happy to offer some advice and/or help when she gets stuck on certain things. I tell her that her best bet is to just start by trying to get one sale, even if it's on eBay. And telling her how eBay as a massive customer base already, with a huge number of buyers for her type of product. Just validate your idea, sell a couple of items and get the ball rolling. Then we can discuss the possibility of building out an eCommerce store (and the most important part, how you're going to get traffic to it).
Few weeks later she contacts again asking when I have time to come over and discuss with her (and the other business partner) how I'll get involved and be building the website etc. Again I politely tell her that I just don't have the time to get directly involved. But once she has things up and running (using existing market places to sell the items) I'll help her out some more.
I've sat down with the missus and discussed it. Telling her that I don't have the time at the moment, as I already have a full-time job and my own project to work on in the evenings/weekends. I pretty much get the reply of "so your time is worth so much more than hers bla bla bla".
What do I do?
- Encourage the Mum to take action on her own. Therefore showing that she has the drive/work ethic to start this business and ultimately continue growing it.
or
- Build the site for her, even though she has no plan on how to get traffic to the site. I even sat down with her and discussed how it is pointless to build an eCommerce store that get's no traffic.
Even though this is not "direct" family. I'm still trying to choose my words wisely. As I don't want to cause any unnecessary tension.
Also, sorry for the long post! Appreciate anyone that reads it and offers some advice!
Okay so...
So my partner's Mum calls us up, and has a long discussion with the missus about starting this new business. She has her mind set on "I need a website built to do this/that/whatever. Basically saying "Oh you know all about websites, can you build this, run it, host it, maintain it, sell products on their for me etc etc".
I tell the missus once she get's off the phone that next time we're over at her parent's house, I'll sit down with her Mum and discuss what her best options are to get started.
Anyway, I go over there, have a chat with her and on numerous times throughout the conversation she butts in and pretty much insists on how this will be such a good business for me to get involved in. I politely tell her that I just don't have the time, but I'm happy to offer some advice and/or help when she gets stuck on certain things. I tell her that her best bet is to just start by trying to get one sale, even if it's on eBay. And telling her how eBay as a massive customer base already, with a huge number of buyers for her type of product. Just validate your idea, sell a couple of items and get the ball rolling. Then we can discuss the possibility of building out an eCommerce store (and the most important part, how you're going to get traffic to it).
Few weeks later she contacts again asking when I have time to come over and discuss with her (and the other business partner) how I'll get involved and be building the website etc. Again I politely tell her that I just don't have the time to get directly involved. But once she has things up and running (using existing market places to sell the items) I'll help her out some more.
I've sat down with the missus and discussed it. Telling her that I don't have the time at the moment, as I already have a full-time job and my own project to work on in the evenings/weekends. I pretty much get the reply of "so your time is worth so much more than hers bla bla bla".
What do I do?
- Encourage the Mum to take action on her own. Therefore showing that she has the drive/work ethic to start this business and ultimately continue growing it.
or
- Build the site for her, even though she has no plan on how to get traffic to the site. I even sat down with her and discussed how it is pointless to build an eCommerce store that get's no traffic.
Even though this is not "direct" family. I'm still trying to choose my words wisely. As I don't want to cause any unnecessary tension.
Also, sorry for the long post! Appreciate anyone that reads it and offers some advice!
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