Is going into business worth it?

When I decided to retire, the employee I thought intended to take over, decided "Nope". He went for a steady job at the local college with small side work as he wants to.

It left me without a backup plan, so I just closed the doors. I couldn't fault him for that decision because it is a tough job being an owner/operator. I just wish he had communicated sooner than he did.
 
ptonsparky said:
When I decided to retire, the employee I thought intended to take over, decided "Nope". He went for a steady job at the local college with small side work as he wants to.

It left me without a backup plan, so I just closed the doors. I couldn't fault him for that decision because it is a tough job being an owner/operator. I just wish he had communicated sooner than he did.
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Oof!
 
Pinnie said:
Very cheeky old man. How did he think that would go over well lol.
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Poor communication. Kind of like, lets get it done we can work out the details later. Evidently the old guy's future plans did actually not align with my friend's.
 
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I personally love and hate QuickBooks online. I wish I wasn’t so lazy that my wife and I would learn QuickBooks desktop the old school one hell a lot more control, but being able to have your Bank account linked automatically is nice till you get hacked
 
Pinnie said:
Who struggles/struggled with automating their business?
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We had a bunch of stuff 20 years ago but it was a patchwork and not everything played well together, so lots of stuff still required human entry of data, and many times files had to be moved manually. That lead to lots of errors. But then again when everything was done manually I saw a couple of Oopsies that had me scrambling to correct the billing at the last minute. Or the AIA Document, or whatever kind of invoice and/or documentation the customer required according to the contract terms.
 
Joethemechanic said:
We had a bunch of stuff 20 years ago but it was a patchwork and not everything played well together, so lots of stuff still required human entry of data, and many times files had to be moved manually. That lead to lots of errors. But then again when everything was done manually I saw a couple of Oopsies that had me scrambling to correct the billing at the last minute. Or the AIA Document, or whatever kind of invoice and/or documentation the customer required according to the contract terms.
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Yeah that checks out. The only automation you could have was people. Still is the case you need to train people to do things so you don’t have to but what it is they need to do has changed due to technology.
 
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