Posts Tagged ‘strengths’

3 heads are better than 1

April 5th, 2007

I’ve heard the many arguments that when it comes to starting a business, it’s usually better to go at it alone. When you open a business by yourself, you are the sole person in charge. There is no need to discuss your strategy or to split up the profits. It’s all you. Of course there are some downsides to being a sole proprietor, you intake all the costs and work. Those downsides are the upsides of starting a business with partners. In the case of BeerBin.com LLC, the factors of splitting the work load and splitting the profits (and losses) became our main reasons to go into business together. I’ve stated before that each of us at BeerBin.com LLC bring a different perspective to the business. Additionally, we bring different talents that help form the core of our start up. By utilizing our individual strengths we become a powerful group of entrepreneurs with one goal: To become the website of beer drinkers across the world. Together we embark on this adventure and together we will succeed. Which is the most important reason, I think, why it’s better to start a business with partners: you’re all along for the ride. The journey is a lot better when you have friends to share your glories and your failures.

Sam

January 17th, 2007

Before Ben and I approached Sam about helping us out with our vision, we tried to create the website using our knowledge (which wasn’t too much). Don’t get me wrong, Ben and I were on the path to create the website, but after a while we realized we didn’t have the same passion Sam has when it comes to creating websites.

Everyone has his or her own strengths. The best way to make a project successful is by utilizing everyone’s strengths. Ben and I realized that creating a website wasn’t our strength. Why waste our time and resources when we know Sam can do a better job in half the time?

So it was settled: Sam is the IT guy, Ben is the creative guy, and Gonzalo is the marketing guy. By pooling our strengths, BeerBin.com was taking form.