Brian Adoff
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Great thread. Congrats Corey and the rest of the folks on here new to taking the leap. I’m in the same boat; in the process of building out my basement shop and soon getting ready to officially take on paying customers. I’m fortunate to have enough friends who don’t mind me using their guitars to train on.
While the guitar repair business is new to me, running small businesses is not. For one of my “day jobs” I advise owners of creative businesses on how to get their shit together and get profitable. I found it doesn’t matter what business you’re in or at what level you are—everyone faces the same feeling of impostor syndrome and self-doubt. Getting over the mental blocks we place on ourselves will be one of your biggest business challenges.
I was drawn to start a new career in loothing because I don’t think I’ve seen another industry that is as supportive of each other and seemingly devoid of competition (maybe because the lack of $$$ in it 😜). But I’m so impressed at how welcoming this community is and I’m really proud to join it. Thanks @ianhatesguitars for what you built here.
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You may want to check out Wave (https://www.waveapps.com/) as well. I’ve been using it for years for two of my smaller businesses completely for free. They did recently change the pricing of their plans but I think the free plan still does everything you would need.
