[TriLUG] Starting / Running a business???

[Jon Carnes]

I've done a couple of startups and I'm in the middle of bringing one
live right now. There is a lot to learn if this is your first time, but
it's also a lot of fun.

Let's do Lunch or Dinner somewhere.

Jon Carnes

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 22:35, Phillip Rhodes wrote:
> Hi, fellow Tri-LUG'ers, I'm looking for some info...  specifically from 
> any Tri-LUG'ers who have founded / run their own business
> based on / around open-source software.
> 
> Right now, I have reason to believe that the company I'm currently 
> working for, might not be around much longer.  In the process of 
> deciding what
> to do next, I find myself thinking more and more about trying to start 
> my own business.  So, if any of you guys or gals have been through that 
> before,
> and are willing to spend some time discussing things, I'd REALLY like to 
> sit down and talk with you (maybe over lunch? Crazy Fire anybody?)
> 
> I don't really have a lot of specifics in mind yet, as far as what I'd 
> like to talk about. Just a general discussion, really, of all the stuff 
> involved. 
> I DO have a general idea of what the business I'd be founding would be 
> doing, but this is all still very speculative of course.  Basically, I'm 
> just
> interested in chatting, asking questions, bouncing ideas around, etc.
> 
> Anybody who'd be willing to sit and talk for a while, please let me 
> know.  If there's several of you, maybe we can all meet as a group even, if
> everybody's agreeable, and the timing works out.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phillip R.