Posted by:
Primus
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Date: May 13, 2011 04:33PM
Well, back in November, I officially decided to resign from Financial Services and Insurance. It wasn't going anywhere. Just calling on people all day and getting the boot. After about a year and a half I had had enough. Even long established agents are leaving the field I guess. The last thing people want to buy in a recession is insurance, they are too busy trying to get food on the table.
So after about 6 months of trying to get and office job, and only being solicited to come back into the insurance field (I get about 10 inquires a week from Farmers, Allstate, American Family, etc.) my DW and I have decided to start our own business.
The daycare just up the road closed because the bookkeeper was embezzling money from them, and now we are in the process of reopening it.
My wife and I have talked about doing something like this for years, but have never done it because of start up costs, etc., but we are finally biting the proverbial bullet. My wife and her friend will be the 'kids' people along with some employees, and I will be doing all the 'business' stuff like working with DSHS and applications and everything else not kid related.
Been lots of fun. Can't open for at least 90 days though because of state licensing procedures, though we might do a Kindgergarten preparedness course during the licensing period because we can tailor it not to break any regs, and then as soon as licensing is done go full board. My hands smell like bleach from sanitizing this morning and prepping for painting.