joebabyny Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 So for those that don't know, my 9-5 gig up until a few weeks ago was a fashion accessories wholesaler/distributor. It was a 9 year old company that I started out consulting for about 6 years ago while still on wall street, and worked my way through marketing/sales/product development and eventually took control of a year and a half ago when the company fell on hard times. Long story short, I walked into a bad situation, had it pretty much straightened out financially in under a year, then the economy threw me a major curveball, major. Three weeks ago I had to do something I have never done in my life, give up on something and walk away. It truly sucks as it was something I came into, worked from the bottom, and was figuring it all out then just had the carpet pulled out from under me. Anyway, The first monday after the friday i closed shop I woke up like i normally do and realized that it was the first day since 1996 at 19 years old coming out of a year and a half battle with cancer that I would wake up and NOT have a job to go to. Pretty humbling experience. And NOT something I wanted to wake up to the following morning. So for the last 3 weeks I have been busy creating a job, until the right job pops up (if anyone wants my resume let me know!) I realized there was a small part of my business that was very profitable and could be run on autopilot with almost no expenses and overhead, so I taught myself how to build an ecommerce site for it and ended up with a better site than I had paid someone 5,000 to build me 2 and a half years ago. I took all of my web design/marketing/business/computer skills I have aquired over the last few years while trying to run my businesses on the cheap by DIY and built a site for a web design and marketing consulting company that I am going to try and get flying and have gotten a few small projects from friends of friends and might have a very big project get the green light this week. There are one or two other entraprenuerial discussions going on for a few other projects that may or may not come to anything. But like my headline for the thread said, I am working a lot more now than I did when I was employed, and believe me I was already working a lot then! Anyway, i just finished up a site for a friend of mine with an event DJ company and was just thinking about the craziness of my last few weeks and the anguish and high blood pressure of the last few months holding a sinking ship up for the sake of the people that worked there(some of which i thankfully placed in other jobs as best i could) and just wanted to vent a little bit. Times are tough out there right now, you can't let the b@stards hold you down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 you can't keep a good man down Joe...best of luck on the new project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgoguy Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Good luck, Joe. Your talent will be recognized. Keep pushing on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Best of luck Joe. With your resolve you can't help to be sucessful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 So for those that don't know, my 9-5 gig up until a few weeks ago was a fashion accessories wholesaler/distributor. It was a 9 year old company that I started out consulting for about 6 years ago while still on wall street, and worked my way through marketing/sales/product development and eventually took control of a year and a half ago when the company fell on hard times. Long story short, I walked into a bad situation, had it pretty much straightened out financially in under a year, then the economy threw me a major curveball, major. Three weeks ago I had to do something I have never done in my life, give up on something and walk away. It truly sucks as it was something I came into, worked from the bottom, and was figuring it all out then just had the carpet pulled out from under me. Anyway, The first monday after the friday i closed shop I woke up like i normally do and realized that it was the first day since 1996 at 19 years old coming out of a year and a half battle with cancer that I would wake up and NOT have a job to go to. Pretty humbling experience. And NOT something I wanted to wake up to the following morning. So for the last 3 weeks I have been busy creating a job, until the right job pops up (if anyone wants my resume let me know!) I realized there was a small part of my business that was very profitable and could be run on autopilot with almost no expenses and overhead, so I taught myself how to build an ecommerce site for it and ended up with a better site than I had paid someone 5,000 to build me 2 and a half years ago. I took all of my web design/marketing/business/computer skills I have aquired over the last few years while trying to run my businesses on the cheap by DIY and built a site for a web design and marketing consulting company that I am going to try and get flying and have gotten a few small projects from friends of friends and might have a very big project get the green light this week. There are one or two other entraprenuerial discussions going on for a few other projects that may or may not come to anything. But like my headline for the thread said, I am working a lot more now than I did when I was employed, and believe me I was already working a lot then! Anyway, i just finished up a site for a friend of mine with an event DJ company and was just thinking about the craziness of my last few weeks and the anguish and high blood pressure of the last few months holding a sinking ship up for the sake of the people that worked there(some of which i thankfully placed in other jobs as best i could) and just wanted to vent a little bit. Times are tough out there right now, you can't let the b@stards hold you down! and this is why you're a model human that everyone can learn from. You dont let adversity hold you down. Sure things didnt work out, but you didnt wallow in self pity, you went and began doing something new. Some people collapse and some thrive when faced with adversity. You should become the next Dr. Phil so you can kick people in the ass to jump start their life. Congrats and much success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagsFanJif Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Looking for a job is full-time job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEJet Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Hang in there bro....times are a tough one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Good luck, keep plugging away! BTW, does this mean that there will be a clearance sale on the Tunacan chicks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 You have the right spirit and hustle Joe. Things will get better for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatriotReign37 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Hang in there Joe. Better times are ahead. Turning this economy around is like turning around an ocean liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 The sad thing is there is probably someone on unemployement, disability, welfare and food stamps sitting on his fat lazy ass right now making more than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jet Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Good luck with your new endeavor. Hope it all works out well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 The sad thing is there is probably someone on unemployement, disability, welfare and food stamps sitting on his fat lazy ass right now making more than you. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 +1 you know what I am wondering dont you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Joe....NYPD man. Secure line of work, get to whoop up on the dirtbags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 you know what I am wondering dont you? If I'm on welfare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 If I'm on welfare? LOL.. whether you will leaving for 30 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 LOL.. whether you will leaving for 30 days Is +1 a political party? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I made no personal, racial or political comments or attacks. I don't see why GOB would be banned for agreeing with what I said. I was merely commenting on how some people are lazy and have no pride and work ethic and are sitting on their lazy asses while people like Joe work their asses off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I made no personal, racial or political comments or attacks. I don't see why GOB would be banned for agreeing with what I said. I was merely commenting on how some people are lazy and have no pride and work ethic and are sitting on their lazy asses while people like Joe work their asses off. I keed , I keed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 and this is why you're a model human that everyone can learn from. You dont let adversity hold you down. Sure things didnt work out, but you didnt wallow in self pity, you went and began doing something new. Some people collapse and some thrive when faced with adversity. You should become the next Dr. Phil so you can kick people in the ass to jump start their life. Congrats and much success. Me a model human!!! hahaha, don't know about that! But seriously, thanks to everyone for all the kind words;) oh, and btw, if anyone needs any website work done lemme know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 The sad thing is there is probably someone on unemployment, disability, welfare and food stamps sitting on his fat lazy ass right now making more than you. Arsis-there's an old man named Al who is buying houses all over this neighborhood. He's a nice old guy and I've talked to him a few times because he has guys working on the house right across the street from us-there had been (no lie) prolly a dozen Haitians living there before foreclosure. Now Al told me he lost a lot of $$$ in the stock market and I suspect Bernie Madow since a lot of people in this county lost a lot from that scumbag. The reason I bring this up is because I told him my daughter would like to rent a place in here and since he's doing such great work (all new appliances A/C etc.) that if one comes up let us know. I told him she could prolly afford $1200. He said he likes to try and get these "Section 8's" in because it's guaranteed money. Apparently the Government pays them $1250 A MONTH through the program and he charges them an additional $200. $1250.00 man!!!! I sometimes sit outside (smoking again) and wonder how the EFF these people in the Hood here are driving around in 30 grand brand new Nissan's-now I know how...you pay 200 bucks a month for rent. Un-frickin-real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Arsis-there's an old man named Al who is buying houses all over this neighborhood. He's a nice old guy and I've talked to him a few times because he has guys working on the house right across the street from us-there had been (no lie) prolly a dozen Haitians living there before foreclosure. Now Al told me he lost a lot of $$$ in the stock market and I suspect Bernie Madow since a lot of people in this county lost a lot from that scumbag. The reason I bring this up is because I told him my daughter would like to rent a place in here and since he's doing such great work (all new appliances A/C etc.) that if one comes up let us know. I told him she could prolly afford $1200. He said he likes to try and get these "Section 8's" in because it's guaranteed money. Apparently the Government pays them $1250 A MONTH through the program and he charges them an additional $200. $1250.00 man!!!! I sometimes sit outside (smoking again) and wonder how the EFF these people in the Hood here are driving around in 30 grand brand new Nissan's-now I know how...you pay 200 bucks a month for rent. Un-frickin-real. The building I live in now does something similar which is one of the reasons I am moving. The Landlord throws on a fresh coat of paint and builds a couple of closets and charges $1300 a month to live in this crappy building. It's sad that the government deals with this price gouging. I pay $900 a month and I have the biggest apartment in the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raffyD Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 So for those that don't know, my 9-5 gig up until a few weeks ago was a fashion accessories wholesaler/distributor. It was a 9 year old company that I started out consulting for about 6 years ago while still on wall street, and worked my way through marketing/sales/product development and eventually took control of a year and a half ago when the company fell on hard times. Long story short, I walked into a bad situation, had it pretty much straightened out financially in under a year, then the economy threw me a major curveball, major. Three weeks ago I had to do something I have never done in my life, give up on something and walk away. It truly sucks as it was something I came into, worked from the bottom, and was figuring it all out then just had the carpet pulled out from under me. Anyway, The first monday after the friday i closed shop I woke up like i normally do and realized that it was the first day since 1996 at 19 years old coming out of a year and a half battle with cancer that I would wake up and NOT have a job to go to. Pretty humbling experience. And NOT something I wanted to wake up to the following morning. So for the last 3 weeks I have been busy creating a job, until the right job pops up (if anyone wants my resume let me know!) I realized there was a small part of my business that was very profitable and could be run on autopilot with almost no expenses and overhead, so I taught myself how to build an ecommerce site for it and ended up with a better site than I had paid someone 5,000 to build me 2 and a half years ago. I took all of my web design/marketing/business/computer skills I have aquired over the last few years while trying to run my businesses on the cheap by DIY and built a site for a web design and marketing consulting company that I am going to try and get flying and have gotten a few small projects from friends of friends and might have a very big project get the green light this week. There are one or two other entraprenuerial discussions going on for a few other projects that may or may not come to anything. But like my headline for the thread said, I am working a lot more now than I did when I was employed, and believe me I was already working a lot then! Anyway, i just finished up a site for a friend of mine with an event DJ company and was just thinking about the craziness of my last few weeks and the anguish and high blood pressure of the last few months holding a sinking ship up for the sake of the people that worked there(some of which i thankfully placed in other jobs as best i could) and just wanted to vent a little bit. Times are tough out there right now, you can't let the b@stards hold you down! Been in this boat for a little while now myself, it was very difficult at first but now things are getting a little easier. I started my own practice to just try and survive, just like you're doing and like a lot of people right now are doing. Things will work out in the end, they always do for good people. I will say this, it sure as hell put a lot of things in perspective for me. Btw, I will pm you about building me a site as it is a necessity for my area of practice (patents). We'll talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Arsis-there's an old man named Al who is buying houses all over this neighborhood. He's a nice old guy and I've talked to him a few times because he has guys working on the house right across the street from us-there had been (no lie) prolly a dozen Haitians living there before foreclosure. Now Al told me he lost a lot of $$$ in the stock market and I suspect Bernie Madow since a lot of people in this county lost a lot from that scumbag. The reason I bring this up is because I told him my daughter would like to rent a place in here and since he's doing such great work (all new appliances A/C etc.) that if one comes up let us know. I told him she could prolly afford $1200. He said he likes to try and get these "Section 8's" in because it's guaranteed money. Apparently the Government pays them $1250 A MONTH through the program and he charges them an additional $200. $1250.00 man!!!! I sometimes sit outside (smoking again) and wonder how the EFF these people in the Hood here are driving around in 30 grand brand new Nissan's-now I know how...you pay 200 bucks a month for rent. Un-frickin-real. It is guaranteed money, but the tennants usually end up completely destroying the place, they have no money invested, and no real repercussions so they couldn't care less about burning the place to the ground. Good luck with the new neighbors bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 It is guaranteed money, but the tennants usually end up completely destroying the place, they have no money invested, and no real repercussions so they couldn't care less about burning the place to the ground. Good luck with the new neighbors bro. I don't think this old guy will stand for that Joe-it seems like he's a very hands-on type of guy who is being very careful watching his investments now after what happened to his last foray in the stock market. I like what he's doing with the neighborhood. Hey the last tenants there had like 7 cars and a truck in the driveway, on the lawn, in the street and even between my bushes sometimes. I don't think that crap is gonna float this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatriotReign37 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Things will work out in the end, they always do for good people. I will say this, it sure as hell put a lot of things in perspective for me. Its affected virtually everyone right down the line. My youngest sister is a corporate recruiter and she was laid off and is doing temp work here or there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 As a freelance Illustrator, I always tell people, "getting the work is 90% of the work". Oh and btw, Joe, I REALLY hope you succeed so you can throw some work my way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 As a freelance Illustrator, I always tell people, "getting the work is 90% of the work". Oh and btw, Joe, I REALLY hope you succeed so you can throw some work my way! I might be throwing you something very soon, as long as the client's lawyers have no objections to my contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I might be throwing you something very soon, as long as the client's lawyers have no objections to my contract. You get rep for that even if it falls through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 I don't think this old guy will stand for that Joe-it seems like he's a very hands-on type of guy who is being very careful watching his investments now after what happened to his last foray in the stock market. I like what he's doing with the neighborhood. Hey the last tenants there had like 7 cars and a truck in the driveway, on the lawn, in the street and even between my bushes sometimes. I don't think that crap is gonna float this time. I am just going by what i have seen and heard form other people who either live near or are in the real estate biz. And once you rent to them there is not much you can do about it getting them out. A lot of people see the blinding light of government money but not the reality of the scumbags you are letting in. Now of course being section 8 does not mean you are a scumbag and i am not trying to stereotype, but we can all agree that for the most part housing projects are usually an eyesore in the community way more times than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Been in this boat for a little while now myself, it was very difficult at first but now things are getting a little easier. I started my own practice to just try and survive, just like you're doing and like a lot of people right now are doing. Things will work out in the end, they always do for good people. I will say this, it sure as hell put a lot of things in perspective for me. Btw, I will pm you about building me a site as it is a necessity for my area of practice (patents). We'll talk. Cool, no worries dude, i will hook you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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