Recent content by landguy

I closed the door completely on the idea of buying shares from my corrent employer, I am definetly going on my own soon, I purchased some of the equipment that I need, and did set it up in a home office temporarly, I still did not chose a name for the business though, I am trying to choose a...

RDK: how do u handle the field work? do u have a field crew? or do u do it alone?

I am seperating an area in my basement right now to make as a temporary office and started to shop for the basic office equipment as well as the basic land surveying equipment, I am planning to buy most of them used (I've seen good deels on line) so over the next couple of months I will have a...

I totally agree with jdarco and Newfella, I am very much over the Idea of becoming a partner, I am not planning on negotiating that at all any more. on the other hand, I think that I can summarize the difficulties that I expect to face by going on my own in the following: 1. Leaving every thing...

Newfella: I appreciate your input on this, I hope that you do not find your self in my position after completing ten years with your firm, because in the beginning I did not worry too much because I needed the experience, but then after the fourth and fifth year, I started to think that it is...

Newfella: I have to believe that the rate of return should be more than 10%, because with that, it will take 10 years to get my investment back and start mking profit. the more I think about this, the more I realize that buying in is not a good option, unless I get say like 30% return, that way...

I work for a very small company, and usually, I handle a variety of things from client contacts to writing proposals to doing the work and sending invoices. I have been thinking of going on my own, but I think that the current michigan economy situation, and the winter season is not the best...

Thanks guys for all the feed back, your thoughts supports what I have been thinking of recently, which is, even if he finally offers me some shares at his non practical price, there would be no way for me to buy more that 10 or 20 percent only (cost: 250k to 500k, I do not know if I even can pay...

the only hardship I would be facing is to find new clients, unless I want to count on some of my existing clients to follow me to my new buisness

I recently got my Land surveying license here in michigan, I have been a PE for few years, and have about 10 years of combined experience in civil engineering and land surveying. What kind of money i should bemaking? thanks

I have been working for the same small company for about ten years now, I joined in within the first year of that company's life, its a very small company, myself and the owner (both of us PE and PLS)and one field crew, and thats it, not even a receptionist. and since day one I was promised a...