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web-toedchloe Mar 27, 2007

I'm still hesitant about this. As far as I can tell (and thank you to everyone for your experience), the most difficult thing will be marketing in the beginning. So if I decide to go the route of...

juicymango Mar 27, 2007

one thing i forgot to mention the first year of business, i still worked at my fulltime job after i had secured business for about a year, then I quit and then i didn't manage my money wel...

juicymango Mar 27, 2007

hmm more accurately I started my business January 2004, started advertising, etc. Did my first wedding with another photographer in April 2004. Did my first wedding on my own in August 200...

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Huh... well this is less encouraging than the other stuff that's been said.

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003

yeah i probably should have said that sooner.. it takes a while to build up a clientelle - at least in my business

it might be different for diffrent businesses

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003

hmm one more thing i should have said

when i was starting out our financial situation was NOT GOOD

if you already have money saved etc. and you're in a good spot financially and you can afford to take a little bit of a paycut maybe for a little while, then it won't be as bad

i basically had to keep my fulltime job until I knew i was secure

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