Getting your own shop and running a business in 2018 involves a LOT of hard work.
I’ve heard a ton of people say that when they decided to move out from their home workshop, that’s when things took off. I also think there’s a ton of hype behind the idea, and the thought that overhead somehow makes you more productive and profitable. I disagree. I think you learn a lot. I think you get stretched in new ways you haven’t experienced yet.
There has to be an upside, because there will definitely be a downside in obvious ways:
-Higher Cost of running the business
-Extra Time and Money commuting to your location
-More time away from home (this could be a good thing or a bad thing, lol)
-Regulations and Requirements unique to each City/State/Country
I also think your life balance will get thrown out of whack, and you’ll need to readjust. If there’s no way to adjust, and you’re forced to either suffer in business or suffer with your friends and family, you may have to choose what matters more to you.
This was my story. I had a lot of great times in Riverside, and I knew that in many ways, having a shop was an important part of my business, but it was something I definitely couldn't keep up with in terms of time. Since moving to a location 15 minutes from home, I now see that I want even more! I want an even bigger shop, and for it to be even closer to home!
I've learned what I did and didn't want out of a physical location, and how they looks inside my business. And I'm still learning every single day. For me, the answer to the question of Do You Really Need a Shop, is YES! Even with producing content, having my own separate area away from everything else to set things up and spend time doing what I decide, has so much more potential than anything else I could be doing.
What about you?
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I’ve heard a ton of people say that when they decided to move out from their home workshop, that’s when things took off. I also think there’s a ton of hype behind the idea, and the thought that overhead somehow makes you more productive and profitable. I disagree. I think you learn a lot. I think you get stretched in new ways you haven’t experienced yet.
There has to be an upside, because there will definitely be a downside in obvious ways:
-Higher Cost of running the business
-Extra Time and Money commuting to your location
-More time away from home (this could be a good thing or a bad thing, lol)
-Regulations and Requirements unique to each City/State/Country
I also think your life balance will get thrown out of whack, and you’ll need to readjust. If there’s no way to adjust, and you’re forced to either suffer in business or suffer with your friends and family, you may have to choose what matters more to you.
This was my story. I had a lot of great times in Riverside, and I knew that in many ways, having a shop was an important part of my business, but it was something I definitely couldn't keep up with in terms of time. Since moving to a location 15 minutes from home, I now see that I want even more! I want an even bigger shop, and for it to be even closer to home!
I've learned what I did and didn't want out of a physical location, and how they looks inside my business. And I'm still learning every single day. For me, the answer to the question of Do You Really Need a Shop, is YES! Even with producing content, having my own separate area away from everything else to set things up and spend time doing what I decide, has so much more potential than anything else I could be doing.
What about you?
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For me, I will have to say that what I have access to is good enough, once I get a normal person sized door installed.
Question of the Day: DO you feel that having a shop is necessary for YOU?
Man. This hits home. I have been in the lighting business for 8 years part time. Probably the last 3 I have taken on actually working on customer cars nights and weekends. It's profitable to work on a customers car the first go around, but if a problem arises and they come back profit is lost in that regard, so I totally get why you dropped the hassle factor. The inverse I have found is customers breaking things from improperly installing lighting components, no heatshrink, tape, dielectric grease to name a few so I spend a lot of time in messenger trying to problem shoot and ordering replacement parts.
In regards to having a shop I have only had one customer throw me off saying they didn't want me to build there car because there was no shop and just the garage attached to my home, but I carried a better warranty and this is all i do rather than the local body shop, so it was a weird way to lose a potential job. Otherwise I can't justify the overhead costs of owning or renting a physical shop. The only downside I currently have at home is the single kitchen oven still, as my kitchen takes a beating a the work gets on my wifes last nerve her words "black pieces everywhere" however this should be the year where I either add a gas line or 220v to the garage to mitigate this problem.
I’d like to know how you where able to find someone as awesome as jack to work with you.
I have seen people get trained and then a month later they ditch and start their own company down the road.
Let me know when your schedule frees up so I can stunt on my gtr crew with my lights lol.