OK I know there are quite a few of you folks here that have your own buisness.
A couple of friends of mine and myself are looking to start up a marine electronics company, installs, on site repair and trouble shooting, in house depot level repair and hopefully be distributers for marine electronics i.e. Raytheon Marine, Furuno, Motorola ect.
We're looking to stay with small boats, not going to get involved with large military contracts or work on ships and stuff.
Anyway I'm already retired and my 2 friends will be also in a couple of years so we're trying to get a game plan together now with the goal of opening our shop up in 3 years.
Anyway I'm looking for any advice and knowledge the private buisness owners here can provide. Things to look for, things to avoid, advice on how to contact major corporations that we might want to work with in the future (see the above mentioned list). Is three years a realistic goal? Is it really worth it to be your own boss?
This is all new terrirtory for me. I'm excited about the prospect of doing this but also have some concerns as well.
Thanks guys, and gals.