Quoting a2jfreak

I'm going to agree with prime.

* the earth shatters and now we are living in an alternate universe j/k

One of the things I've noticed about people who are always talking about starting businesses is this:

(and before I start, I count myself in this group - I talked about my first business for months and then failed it two years later and then I talked about this one for months before I jumped in)

People fall into the trap of "Hmmm. What will I need to start a business?" And then they worry about this or that, what they will buy, what tools they'll need, etc. This is all based on a perceived need - it is backed up by no actual client data or no actual business at all. They are guessing, plain and simple. This is a subtle but powerful form of fear and doubt (thus leading to failure). You want to "be prepared" for every eventuality and so you plan and plot and prepare and buy stuff and it gathers up and then when you're ready to finally start.................


you still have no clients.


Now that I have hindsight, which of course is 20/20, I can say this:

That is SO BACKWARDS! First, go out and get some BUSINESS - forget the fancy shlock! Just go out, talk to your neighbor, and find out if you can remove the spyware from their computer for $50 .. They will say yes! Do that a few more times. Buy some business cards for $25. Cheap, simple ones. Nobody will care that you are a home-based business. Go out more, tell your neighbors to recommend you. Give friends and family piles of business cards. Then, suddenly when a day comes when you have four computers to do in one day, you realize that, gee, this would be faster if you had a CD with this-and-that on it. Then you make the tool. You make the tool based on the ACTUAL need - not the perceived need.

Am I making sense? Just go out and get some clients, and THEN you'll KNOW what you need.