Progress Thread: EastWind (My First E-commerce Business)
I can't believe how fast time goes! It's Jan 17th, and I feel like I haven't done anything. I have decided to start my first progress thread on this forum as a form of motivation. I figure if I can't deliver, then others can see that I'm all talk and I will be too ashamed to participate in the forums. I have learned a lot from you guys and found motivation and wisdom in many posts. So, I'm from the Midwest, but on a whim, got into my 20yrs old car and drove 2000+ miles straight to Vegas, I'm currently sitting in a hotel room in Vegas right off the strip. Just came back in from cruising the strip, and all I can do is marvel at the men who own all these casinos. I would really love that kind of money, the kind of money to play real life monopoly. But whilst I dream, I must start somewhere, so I have decided to start my first e-commerce.
Jan 17th
1) I don't have much money to be paying programmers/designers, so I'm going to have to learn PHP and design the site myself.
2) I have written down a bunch of features that I will like the site to have and have laid out the design/architect roughly on paper.
3) I bought a PHP and Mysql web development book, and will devour it and get to prototyping.
Feb 2nd
Development of website started, roughly 20% of the website features.
Feb 10th
Not feeling motivated. My project has a VOIP side to it, that I'm totally clueless about, and figuring out is a big undertaking in itself. This will easily set me back a few months as the learning curve seems quite high. I got a hosted dedicated unix server yesterday and installed the VoIP software and will slowly figure it out.
Feb 19th
Prototyping of the website coming along fine. 65% done. VOIP curve really high for a first timer, but I'm slowly making progress. I now have to learn a new programming language (LUA) for the telephony side of things.
I am beginning to understand that there are things much more important than having a great idea and being very intelligent. To succeed, you must be determined, you must have drive, you must be ambitious, you must be disciplined, you must be focused.
Making progess, slow and steady. Found motivation. I feel like I'm still in first gear, at least I'm going and not stuck at the same place. Time to switch it to second gear! My Initial goal and belief was that this will take around 6 months to do, since I had to learn all the technology from the ground up. I hear a little voice in my head, telling me that I could do it in less and do it faster. We shall see!
March 16th:
There are going to be times in our lives, when life or other events throw us a curve ball. There are going to be times in our lives when we really get distracted from our business due to personal things, it could be your relationships, family, friends, lovers, divorce, sick kid, your own health, law suit, etc. There are many things that can distract us outside of the basic daily little things. Recovering from such distractions is very important because you can easily be distracted from a few days to a long time.
Better yet, instead of recovering is finding how to keep on chugging along, even if at a slower pace. Better to keep moving a bit, than to completely grind to a halt. I have been just going through some real personal shit, but it's gotten to the point where I have put in my best and said F it, and just keep it pushing. But that's all in the past, it's been 6 weeks and I'm back at it again.
Simplicity is probably better than complexity. There is a side of my project that will provide 20% of the service that the customers need, but that will take 80% of my development time and worse, while it definitely will attract some customers, it will probably make no money, I do probably break even on it, and hope to make some extra from the other services. So instead of killing myself with this part, I decided to suspend it and focus on the other 80% that is easier and will make money. I need to get to the market fast. (No major VOIP, LUA hacking for now, in a few months perhaps)
I can't believe how fast time goes! It's Jan 17th, and I feel like I haven't done anything. I have decided to start my first progress thread on this forum as a form of motivation. I figure if I can't deliver, then others can see that I'm all talk and I will be too ashamed to participate in the forums. I have learned a lot from you guys and found motivation and wisdom in many posts. So, I'm from the Midwest, but on a whim, got into my 20yrs old car and drove 2000+ miles straight to Vegas, I'm currently sitting in a hotel room in Vegas right off the strip. Just came back in from cruising the strip, and all I can do is marvel at the men who own all these casinos. I would really love that kind of money, the kind of money to play real life monopoly. But whilst I dream, I must start somewhere, so I have decided to start my first e-commerce.
Jan 17th
1) I don't have much money to be paying programmers/designers, so I'm going to have to learn PHP and design the site myself.
2) I have written down a bunch of features that I will like the site to have and have laid out the design/architect roughly on paper.
3) I bought a PHP and Mysql web development book, and will devour it and get to prototyping.
Feb 2nd
Development of website started, roughly 20% of the website features.
Feb 10th
Not feeling motivated. My project has a VOIP side to it, that I'm totally clueless about, and figuring out is a big undertaking in itself. This will easily set me back a few months as the learning curve seems quite high. I got a hosted dedicated unix server yesterday and installed the VoIP software and will slowly figure it out.
Feb 19th
Prototyping of the website coming along fine. 65% done. VOIP curve really high for a first timer, but I'm slowly making progress. I now have to learn a new programming language (LUA) for the telephony side of things.
I am beginning to understand that there are things much more important than having a great idea and being very intelligent. To succeed, you must be determined, you must have drive, you must be ambitious, you must be disciplined, you must be focused.
Making progess, slow and steady. Found motivation. I feel like I'm still in first gear, at least I'm going and not stuck at the same place. Time to switch it to second gear! My Initial goal and belief was that this will take around 6 months to do, since I had to learn all the technology from the ground up. I hear a little voice in my head, telling me that I could do it in less and do it faster. We shall see!
March 16th:
There are going to be times in our lives, when life or other events throw us a curve ball. There are going to be times in our lives when we really get distracted from our business due to personal things, it could be your relationships, family, friends, lovers, divorce, sick kid, your own health, law suit, etc. There are many things that can distract us outside of the basic daily little things. Recovering from such distractions is very important because you can easily be distracted from a few days to a long time.
Better yet, instead of recovering is finding how to keep on chugging along, even if at a slower pace. Better to keep moving a bit, than to completely grind to a halt. I have been just going through some real personal shit, but it's gotten to the point where I have put in my best and said F it, and just keep it pushing. But that's all in the past, it's been 6 weeks and I'm back at it again.
Simplicity is probably better than complexity. There is a side of my project that will provide 20% of the service that the customers need, but that will take 80% of my development time and worse, while it definitely will attract some customers, it will probably make no money, I do probably break even on it, and hope to make some extra from the other services. So instead of killing myself with this part, I decided to suspend it and focus on the other 80% that is easier and will make money. I need to get to the market fast. (No major VOIP, LUA hacking for now, in a few months perhaps)
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