It is sort of ridiculous…but I first blogged about this over three years ago.  And since then there have been a lot of mis-steps and mis-starts etc.  And, ironically, the products is STILL not ready.

Back then I didn’t reveal the nature of this enterprise.  Today, I reveal it.  If anyone would be interested in learning about this dream of mine visit http://www.meeting-minutes.org.

The production version of the software probably won’t be ready for 1 - 2 more months.  Although if you want to download a working prototype that has a few limitations one is available.  Just register on the site HERE and click on the Download Meeting Manager page.  (You must register with the sight before this page becomes visible.  If you want to check it out but you just don’t want to register on the site let me know and I will get you a copy.)

I would love to hear from you and get feedback on what you think of the IDEA if you are not interested in trying it out.  To read about it just click http://www.meeting-minutes.org.  And please leave a comment here (fattriplets) or there (meeting-minutes.org) to give me some feedback.  What do you think?

Seth

It has been way long since my last post. And in fact 5 days since ANY of us posted. So I thought I would give it a go.

My mind and heart have been occupied of late. I am starting a business. I have given serious thought to starting ANOTHER blog about all that is going on. And I a may yet do that. But until then, if our audience will indulge me a bit I will appreciate it. Blogging is, after all, a kind of public journal and since my heart has BEEN largely occupied with this there is nothing really left to blog about.

A little background. I have been self-employed for 6 years doing computer consulting. I have enjoyed every minute of it. God has prospered me in ways I could not have imagined for myself.

For most of that time I have had a wonderful business partner who has helped me do the right thing and stay on track. I almost called this post “The End of A Good Thing” for this new endeavor has come at the expense of the severing of the old. All very amicable and reasonable. I now have a little cash to live on while I try to get the business set up.

There were basically two catalysts for this.

The first is the limitations of being a computer consultant. Consultants have only one commodity to sell, generally. TIME. It is a limited resource. I have made the same income for 8 years running and it is not a huge income. The only way to add to this commodity is to hire more warm bodies. And then your on the hook. You hit a slump and things can go south quickly.

But the other thing that compels me is THE STRENGTH OF AN IDEA. There are a LOT of questions to ask and a LOT of things to work out. And given that, and my natural aversion to risk, I can say that I would not be going down this path were it not for my belief that I AM REALLY ONTO SOMETHING. Sorry, I can’t tell you about it, at least not right now. (And for those of you who DO know about it — friends and relatives–don’t forget to keep it under your hat.)

Of course, I know a lot of businesses are started by people who believed in an idea. And I know that most of those business fail. (My brother was quick to point out that good ideas are “a dime a dozen”.) But I REALLY think this one is different. In other words, good ideas are a dime a dozen but not all ideas are equally good. Time will tell on this one.

What do I think? I think that it is all in the execution. If I plan well and follow-through and work really hard and hire good people and think–then I will succeed. I have written a 54 page business plan. My thinking has changed and now I need to re-write it. But its a start.

Pray that God would be honored in all I do. Truly, that is what I want. More on this later.

Seth