Hi Danny and all Audio Circle members.
I am up top my third businesses; with the first one, I had a partner but only one week later, I had to buy his shares back to kick him out, cost my lots of $ $ $.
I ran the business all by myself for a year, then hired employees and secretary and the business started to grow to a point that I was putting 80 hours a weeks and neglecting my wife and children, then I close the business and went working for my ex-boss. The a few years later, I started another business, again all by myself, but after a years or so a ex co-worker came to see me and I offer him a 50/50 partnership and it work well for 12 years, (He took care of accounting and sales of parts, I was doing the technical part designing, repair, installation.) then I wanted to take a new challenge, do something completely different, so I came to Vietnam and started with my wife (She’s my boss, no kidding) a business importing and selling professional photographic equipment. (Bowens, Manfrotto, Phase One, LEE, B+W and more)
I choose with my wife to stay small and after 18 years, I am still in business, minds you, I think at 65 years old it’s time to think seriously about my retirement.
I’ve always enjoy working in something I like.
I always wanted to be small.
Danny, I understand the move you want to do and I agree 100% with you.
Still working in the same field of work is a good idea, because we all know that you are good at what you do.
I wish you luck and I think getting someone (Employee or partner) for GR Research might be a good idea.
Guy 13