Will Bridges

I said in my last article that I incorporated my business but I was so busy I didn’t say much about this. Really, I’m very happy to create a new responsible corporate citizen. I have had so much business that I have had to slow down and almost stop accepting new projects. Though I haven’t completely cut off the amount of work I accept I have decided to not advertise for a couple weeks while I catch up. I have 5 other people helping me get some projects completed. Each person has a varying amount of time to give me. Most only have about 10-20 hours a week to provide. This may seem like a lot but it’s really not that much. Putting more people on a project doesn’t always make it go faster. So, I have to be very careful how I place my resources.

I subscribed to Quickbooks Online to manage finances. I also signed my business up to accept credit cards. Got a business account… did all the things I needed to do to have payroll. This was all very entertaining but tiresome. I started looking for a partner to lean more twords the programming end of the business so I can lean more to the business end of it. The hunt is still on to find someone to do that. It seems no matter how much business I have coming in it’s hard to get someone capable to make that move with me. But, I have high hopes for a couple options.

I’ve separated all my personal finances and corporate finances. This was strange because I’m used to having both in the same pool. Now, I have to think about my corporation as a separate person I am responsible for. I find myself asking questions like ‘If I were my corporation would I pay myself for what I just did and if so, how much, and when?’. Anyways, this is all going pretty well and it hasn’t been that painfull thus far. Just building away at my legacy.