Consulting

The other day, I was thinking about what an ideal job might be, and I came to the conclusion that simply developing ideas (and saving some of the trouble of actually executing them), would be a sweet mix of entrepreneurship and laziness. Granted, the sort of job I'm dreaming up wouldn't be nearly as profitable when a good idea hits, but it would certainly have more job security. Simply working as an entreprenuerial consultant, helping entrepreneurs improve their ideas, figuring out logistics, and simply being creative seems like it is a job that already has a built-in market and function to play in the wider market.

Of course, such a job's success would rely entirely on one's reputation as such a consultant, and would probably be mostly artificial and phony, but it seems as though such a job is economically viable. It is a form of the market slowly eliminating the economic profit accrued from entrepreneurial ability, while adding more value to the overall product in the end.

Am I totally off base here? Anyone agree that such a job seems too viable to be impracticable?

Creativity Drain

Here we are at the beginning of a new year. Time flew this semester and spring will be no different. I have been constantly thinking about execution of ideas because quite frankly, that is the hardest part about any type of business idea no matter how good it is. Zafar and I have had problems executing in the past and we have had numerous excuses and reasons for these failures, mostly school taking up so much time. However, cmclab is another one of these dwindling efforts, or so it would seem. We have the minds here to do something pretty drastic and unique, but no leadership or initiative to take us to that next level. So far we have accumulated a great team of minds from Rick to Graham, and this entrepreneur named Kenny from Pomona. This isn't any type of motivational speech to get everyone pumped about this blog by any means, it is just a confession of our poor leadership thus far. I will not promise that things will change, but will tell you when they do. Until then, I will keep my mind open for new ideas, while at the same time, filling it with information from books, music, movies, lectures, newspapers, websites, other blogs, etc.

PS HAPPY NEW YEAR! I don't know when it will be that someone else posts here, but I would like to start a list of resolutions that people may have created for themselves. If you haven't, do so now, goals are important, esp personal goals.

For me, I have resolved to live in the present as much as possible. School requires us to live so much in the future (career, exams, hw, etc) and past loves are forcing me to live in the past when i am not involved in the future. I am going to try my hardest to live life for what is in front of me, assignment to assignment, person to person. I hope that you guys will help me to get this done and call me out when you see me focused on something that isn't relevant. (By relevant, i mean something directly in front of me).

Everyone involved in this blog to date is a close for friend of mine and zafar's. We care about you all, and respect you very much (i am positive that i can speak for z on this one).

Until school starts,
Sincerely,
Steven K.