Mad month

Wow, what a mad month. With the full support of my better half, I quit real job ... it was just time. Scary, but so liberating. I'm feeling really happy and energised, I didn't realise how demoralising real job was. So now I'm trying my hand at freelance IT consulting (www.sjgoldie-consulting.com) and will also try and get some Web 2.0 sites off the ground.

On the Angel investor front I still haven't had much luck but neither have I been really looking. A friend of mine kows a company that is looking to invest though, so I will try and get a few proposals in front of them to see if they bite.

On the mentor front, I met an Aussie entrepreneur (at a job interview) and he's agreed to mentor me. Thanks David Bolliger from TileFile:) I have to set up a lunch next week sometime (hopefully). I just basically want to listen to his story and hope for some inspiration and insight. After that, hopefully David can help me with contacts and advice.

It hasn't all been up though. I've had to sell some shares in a company I helped setup, mainly because I got screwed by old real job. I had agreed with them verbally to do some contract work (about $10k worth), but after messing around for a few weeks, they backed out. What's really disappointing is, unintentionally or otherwise, they have basically got me to design it for free in the proposal. Live and learn I guess. Time will tell how they go, but unless I'm really strapped for cash I doubt I'll be working with them again. I have 2% of the company too, but no one to sell it to. Oh well.