Goal Setting

It's the 30th of June 2008. I've given myself 5 years to have helped to create the number one personal development site on the web. That's June 30, 2013 - please hold me to this date. With your help I will be able to get there faster.

My intentions are that someone wanting to know what it is like to be an entrepreneur will be able to read this blog and see whether they still want to leave that cushy office job. Anyone that reads a lot of Tim Ferriss will know that while being relatively easy to make the jump ("I quit"), it is far more difficult to get a passive income stream going ("Become an established author on a specialised subject")

First of all - I still work full-time in an accounting firm - which means I get up early to write (Anyone with any interesting studies on Sleep vs Self-Employment please post a link.

Secondly, my attempts to write a book are still very preliminary at this stage so it looks like I'm going to have to bootstrap as much as possible. Read as much Seth Godin as possible, I'm a big fan, especially "The Bootstrapper's Bible".

I'm currently trying to get savvy on the revenue streams that are going to make this business work. But having no experience on revenue streams for websites I'm a little lost. I've been reading an article by Professor Michael Rappa on Web Business models which is really good. But like most interesting things it poses just as many questions (for me) as it answers.

Once I get the revenue streams kosher, the business model scaleable and some numbers that look good in 6 months I'll be cooking with gas.

Business Start-up

Hi, my name's Tim Fairweather, and welcome to my journey to be an internet entrepreneur.



My purpose for this blog is two-fold:



Firstly, I want to create the most effective website for the personal development and self-help community worldwide. I want to help people like myself, find out about everything that is going on in the PD space. I want to know what people have read, what works, their favorite tips - I want to create a community of peer and reader review which enables someone who wants to get more out of life to do so with the help of everyone else.



Secondly, as part of the process - I need help. I can't do it on my own. I need to create interest in the project and meet people who can help me get there. I want everyone to suggest ways to get this project up and running.



I've always wanted to work for myself. I've had a brief foray into starting and running my own business. It was really successful - but ended up being too much to handle in between my full-time job. I loved the excitement of our first cheque - even more when it didn't bounce!



I was bitten by the entreprenerial bug before I finished school and since then have read everything I can, spoken to everyone I can and sought out and enjoyed the challenge of creating something from nothing.



I want to hear about similar challenges and problems from other entrepreneurs so we can bounce ideas off eachother.



Please join me on this journey.