An old friend returns

Ah, finally my angel is back from his vacation.
And it seems everything is exactly as it was spoken of. The deal is done, and now the hard work begins. :)

Now, as the urgent matters are done - like searching for people to hire and researching the possible code libraries to purchase in order not to write everything from scratch - the main most urgent goal is to finish the new project background, business model and functional specification. From that point on, we'll be able to decide whether to take it or return to the first one.

No matter what decision will be made, the next step will be the technical specification, financial plan and.. developing itself.

I still have to take care about the web designer, in order to have somebody skilled enough to develop a small shareware site, yet not ambitios enough to demand much money for it. Fortunately, I have a person to talk to, nad I really hope he will be as pleased to work with us as we do. :)

On a side note, it seems to me that I tend to search for people amongst StarCrafters mostly. Well, I think that is the largest group of smart young people I know. To be most precise, that is the largest group of smart people who I know very well, and who know me very well, so that we can come to a mutual agreement much faster.
I hope this group will make it possible to find all specialists I need. Otherwise, that will be another story, searching for people being smart, willing to learn, and trustworthy at the same time. Searching for such people without actually knowing them, that is.
Pretty hard task in my opinion..

ill effects

I've been ill for more than a week now, sitting at home doing nothing.
Well, mostly nothing.
Actually, that 'nothing', as I think of it now, was more like "trying to get my health back, thinking of my new startup, doing those simple things I can do from my home, like fixing my father's laptop, fixing my mother's laptop, getting that damn programmer to do some actual work, trying to hire a rookie webmaster, and anxiously trying to contact my business partner".
So there was something more than simply whining and yawning after all.

In fact, the most important thing was to find out where my angel-friend has gone. You see, he wasn't answering my e-mails, haven't shown in the ICQ, and I even started to think that he had changed his mind about our mutual business.
Well, it turned out that he'd gone for a break, intending to get some rest after all, cutting out all contacts with the business world. I can understand that, even though his decision made me worry a lot.

Anyway, the period of woriness made me think over my future once again.
Not surprisingly, I came out even more reinforced in my decisions to stop working at my day job and start my own business.
Even if I won't be able to raise some funds from an angel, even if I won't be able to find the angel in the first place - I will not return to the "stable" work. Not while I will raise enough funds to pay rent and feed my family. And it is unlikely for me not to be able to do that.

In fact, as far as I can see, once I made my conscious decision to leave, a whole bunch of possibilities have fallen upon me. Even if my startup will fail, I will start another business, perhaps even not software-related at all. Even if all my plans will fail - I can work for the local companies on a "do this work - get that sum" basis, more like a freelancer than an office worker. Work for them, and think for myself.

I am sure that if a person intends to start a business, and is persistent in his (or her, for those sexists out there) actions to fulfill these intentions - this person will eventually succeed. It certainly won't be easy, and there will sertainly be a number of failures along the way, but the outcoming success is inevitable. :)

So, I think my illness was kind of useful, at least for making my view more concentrated and.. uh, solid. :)

Setting the takeof

We have finally came to an agreement with my investor friend. We'll have to make it officially later, though that will be but a formality.
As for now, I'm going to have a talk with my current - and the last one, I hope - boss. According to my contract, I have to tell about my intentions to leave for three months ahead. I'm still having a project to complete, and someone has to be prepared to take my place.

Anyway, there will be no way back once the conversation is done. And that is just what I need. :)