new business

Jillian and I, as some of you already know, have the grand idea that we are going to start a huge business this summer. We are not, at this time, divulging what type of business it is, as we don't want some big corporation to hear about it through the grapevine and steal our idea.

So far, I've done a fair amount of research for this. I have searched the world wide web to see if this type of business already exists (especially with the catchy name we've chosen, which if already taken, would cause our business to suffer greatly). Although this type of business doesn't exist to my knowledge, many people, including bloggers, have said they would love it if there was a business such as ours.

Our business, if we can find the proper amount of grant money to get started, will be an immediate success. There will soon be chains all over the country and potentially the world if we can just find the funds to start us off. Our first order of business (this Tuesday) is to sit down and write out our priorities. We don't want to be corrupted by money, success, and potentially fame. We are going to write down what our goals are and how our money could help the church and our community of kids and adults at Western Village. Next, we are going to write down what we will and won't allow ourselves to spend money on once we have such an immense amount of cash flow coming in. Thirdly, we will be writing out our formal business plan which is to be presented to a very influential woman entrepreneur here in OKC.

We are already finding that we have contacts to help point us in the right direction for acquiring the necessary funds. I will also be attending a government grant seminar this coming Saturday to learn about how to apply for grants for small businesses and women. I hope that the information proves useful!

I can't wait until we can tell everybody what our plans are!!!!!!!