Montgomery

Daily headlines remind us that big companies everywhere are laying off employees or shutting down completely.  The Montgomery area is no exception.  Suddenly, people are realizing that jobs with big companies aren’t any more “secure” than small ones. What I wonder is, what if people decide to use this an an opportunity to start a small business in Montgomery?

I was listening to the Dave Ramsey radio show the other day.  He was counseling a couple that was fearful of their future.  The husband had just received notice that his factory job was cutting back to only 3 days a week for the foreseeable future.  The wife conceded that the factory job wasn’t really husband’s dream job, and he had always viewed it as temporary even though he had been working there like 10 years.  Ramsey said, in effect, why not view this as an opportunity? He recommended the book 48 Days to the Work You Love to help them decide what they want to do with the time.

What about here in the Montgomery area? Is this the time to start your small business, to fulfill your dream to work for yourself?  But how to you get it done in a “tough times?”

Click here for a great video from WSJ that addresses just that.

They answer questions like: How do I get started? and How to finance? and How to protect my ideas? and most importantly: How to do it on a bootstrap budget?

What about you? Have you recently started a Montgomery small business? Comment here and let us hear about your experiences.

By the way, a big part of planning for a new business is figuring out how much your rent will cost. Why not let is help you figure out if you need to rent some commercial real estate in Montgomery and if so, how much it will cost. We’re glad to help, even if you never end up renting anything.

Bonus – here’s a video from 48 Days author Dan Miller – about his book No More Mondays: