The Path of an Entrepreneur
In the beginning…
Sitting at a coffee shop on Monday morning, imagining to myself what it would be like at an “entrepreneurs anonymous” meeting:
(me) “Hello, my name is Jon Colier, and I’m an entrepreneur.”
(crowd) “Hi Jon”.
I’m a mechanical engineer by schooling, and entrepreneur at heart. I’ve been designing custom machinery for 17 years – oh, how time flies. I’ve had a dream of running my own company since I was 8 years old. I actually did start my own custom machine design company, ran it for two years until I took on too much work and went bankrupt.
Best two years of my working life.
After that, I ran into a streak of depression, for losing my dream and failing. Since then, I’ve realized that it was not failure, but a lesson learned.
After that – after having my entrepreneurial spirit crushed, and in need to support my family, I took an engineering job – a “normal” job.
I was laid off from my place of employment last Friday. I, like many people, saw it coming months ago, even knew about when it would happen. It was not really a surprise, but a relief. It was not really where I wanted to be, nor was it what my heart wanted. Don’t get me wrong – I put in 100%, and did a great job. I just knew it was not for me.
So now I sit here, wondering what is next.
I pretty much know what is next, I just have to figure it out, if that makes any sense. Over the next few days, weeks, months – I will share my path of where I am headed, and where my dreams take me. I will post my thoughts and actions for you all to follow and hopefully learn from.
Maybe you can catch some hope or inspiration from my path toward entrepreneurship.
Are you or have you been in a similar situation? Leave a comment and let me know.
Hi, good post. I have been thinking about this topic,so thanks for blogging. I will certainly be subscribing to your blog. Keep up the good work
A job that doesn’t fulfill you can be soul crushing…I’m a little envious of your situation. The possibilities are wide open. I wish you the best of luck and can’t wait to follow your journey. :)
I hope that path will have a detour to Portland. :)