The first box of new sample Sand Shack products. I feel like a 5 year old on Christmas morning when opening a box of new samples.
As an entrepreneur, I go through cycles of being not-so-busy and extremely busy. Right now I am at the tail end of a not-so-busy cycle and am about to enter an extremely busy schedule for the rest of the year until Christmas.
But in all honesty, I would rather be busy. The last couple of weeks have been extremely boring, it has been a period of waiting and minimal work because Sand Shack products for 2009 had already been designed and sourced but weren’t physically here yet so I haven’t been able to prepare marketing materials or start selling them yet. I’ve just been waiting and writing emails to my manufacturers begging them to hurry up, as well as trying to boost online retail sales on sandshack.com. Last night the first big box of samples for Sand Shack’s new products arrived and 3 more boxes are scheduled to come next week. Within two days of the time the last package is scheduled to arrive I am off to Ocean City, Maryland for the first tradeshow of the selling season.
This week is going to be extremely busy, but I have no reason to complain. I am an entrepreneur and I live for moments like these when I am under pressure, have to make three catalogs in 2 days, am attending 7 upcoming tradeshows, and only 24 hours in a day to build a company I am proud of. This year is critical to my company’s success, I have invested everything my company and I have back into Sand Shack in preparation for 2009.
But even under such immense pressure to succeed, the way I see it is that I am young and have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
