Can’t find a Job? Find a Problem, Solve it and Charge People for the Solution
March 26, 2009 by admin
Filed under Income, What's New?
That was the advise of Ryan Kuder who, after a layoff from Yahoo followed by a fruitless job hunt, started Koombea,a web design company. And he’s right. It is easier to find a problem than a job. That’s not news to those of us who coach entrepreneurs. You ask many successful entrepreneurs why they started their own business and yes, many will tell you it started with a dream, but just as many will say they found it easier than finding a job. And a lot more fun.
IN an article today in CNNonline, Peter Bregman commented that “the best strategy in the downturn may be to create your own work.”
IN his commentary, Bregman tells a story of his friend who was recently laid off form his tech job and is trying to pull together a group from his synagogue to leverage their skills, talents and experience to create a solid business driven by passion. They’re not trying to make a quick fortune but rather create sustainable, ongoing employment. They’ve even considered forming a synagogue based micro-finance bank to fund the businesses.
Bregman calls his friend’s idea brilliant and figures if each of the 400,000 churches in the US used this model to generate 10 jobs, that would create the 4 million jobs Obama is hoping for from the stimulus plan. I like the way this man thinks.
What about you? Are you looking for a job.? Who in your community could you form a brainstorming group with to pool intellectual resources and create a small business that would create sustainable income? What problems do you see that you can find a solution to? Rather than spend more time looking for jobs, start looking for problems or obstacles. This is where good ideas for products and services come from. So, if you must listen to the negative media, listen for problems-they’re everywhere, and turn them into opportunities. It’s much more fun than job hunting, and more likely to be successful.
Excellent article. What a practical solution? Money is -what we get in exchange providing value. Business need not necessarily mean having a commercial building, an Office, employees. Start small and build gradually. In fact I would say that -whatever you did for one employer, as an employee, just consider doing the same thing for several business owners in the form of small projects.
Thank you, Lalitha for your comment. And I agree with you that “whatever you did for one employer, as an employee, just consider doing the same thing for several business owners in the form of small projects.” Appreciate your adding to the idea.