mattlangel.com

Under One Roof

I had this idea several years ago and I’m starting to think about it again.  A one stop shop dedicated to entertainment.  Audio, lighting, video, live recording, merch.  Everything from lighting a stage show down to the buttons on the emo kid’s Vans and the CD is his hand.  There would be the on-line aspect which could be a full time job during the day and the rock shows at nights and on the weekends.  If you were a corporate event planner and needed someone to run sound for a band, t-shirts made for the event, perhaps fliers and maybe a website for the event - why not do it all in one place?  I was also thinking about brokering entertainment.  DJs, musicians, and speakers for a small booking fee.  I wouldn’t need that many people to do it either. I would be able to handle most of it myself.  I obviously wouldn’t open shop at full steam but I would be able to handle small runs of buttons and stickers on my own, maybe pull over some of my designer buddies to help if custom art work was needed.  I really need to be my own boss.

I’ve been doing some free lance training lately and that’s been really rewarding.  I’m able to charge a fair price and I’ve had repeat business.  They must like my teaching style.  I also prepare training aides and cheat sheets which they really like. It’s true, work for free or full price but never cheap. The Techsperts had some momentum for a couple of months but that went by the way side.  I wouldn’t mind rehashing that project and targeting some local areas and taking in some infected computers to clean up. 

If I started now, I think I could have something sustainable in 3 years.  The business would have to be able to pay for itself and put Maddie through college before I could consider quitting my day job.  Knowing that there may be an end to the 9-5 working for someone else is really all the motivation I need.  Maybe I should talk to Jean about this…..

16 July 2010 ·