I started my company (EMJ) from the trunk of my car (and it was a small trunk so thats a small business). I grew EMJ to $375,000,000 in sales prior to selling it to SYNNEX. I am now CEO of a $1 billion business. My successful blog at (jimestill.com) generates a lot of comments and questions. I want to share one of these thoughtful questions with you, and share my answer.
The question:
“First off I just want you to know all I’m asking for is advice, which is the most valuable thing I can get right now.
I have been working in a field of interest for many years now as a hobby. I’ve always had many very good ideas but I never had the resources to make them happen. I always figured it was because I was too young. Now I’m older, I have a job and I’m plagued with the same problem. I’ll have a great idea but it will usually be out of my range because I either do not have the technical ability, the funding or resources to make the idea I vision happen.
My most recent plan evolved from my experience running similar websites, I found there was an un-fulfilled need. I decided to start judging the need for what I was...