This week I also have to make a decision regarding a business proposition I was approached with recently. An entrepreneur I have a great deal of respect for has given me the opportunity to work with him on a venture. My position would be one of publicity and PR (ironic considering my blog below). The company is new, but the platform and technology have been well hailed by the business community.
The position would be paid of course, but what I’m really interested in is equity in the company, profit sharing, and the experience. I’ll get to my point: I haven’t worked as an employee since I was 16. I love the freedom of being an entrepreneur and while I’d operate my business, I wonder how the paradigm shift would affect me.
Can I switch between boss and employee mentality? Can I answer to someone other than myself and my clients? I read From Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Other’s Don’t a few months ago. One thing I took away from the book was that the CEOs of the tried and true companies were always serving; the business, their employees, and their stockholders. I think my associate is this kind of CEO. How awesome would it be to learn from him?
The good thing about working with the company is that I’ll be fairly independent and work remotely. No Office Space memos.
I’m not sure what I’m going to do. I love the company and how the’ve created a communication platform that is unifying people around the world…but can I have a boss? The one I have right now is annoying sometimes, but I love her (ha, get it?)
We’ll see…
News
All of you know I like to keep new content flowing with this blog. I have some posts lined up that just need to be edited and then they’ll go live!
What’s coming? I drove out to L.A. this week to do an interview with television producer Kim Tannenbaum. Kim is the executive producer of Two and a Half Men, the highest rated comedy series on the air. She was surprisingly candid about her work and life.
Minutes after that interview, I found a quiet Starbucks and recorded a podcast with Women Entrepreneur’s Senior Projects Editor, Francine Kizner. Our show was Women Entrepreneur’s version of Best Week Ever in the word of business. We talked about the upcoming release of the iPhone, new malware/virus alerts, the new president of Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and more. The podcast will be published as soon as possible…stay tuned!
