Employee to Solopreneur: Turning Passions Into Profit

You have an idea to create your own economy. In fact, you may have a few. 

  • Have you started tinkering around with it, working on the side late into the night and at weekends while trying to hold down a job?
  • Do you want to create your own economy because you believe the ‘working for yourself’ route is a better option than a regular salary?
  • Have you officially started, and already feeling incredibly challenged?

Exciting times.

Thinking, considering, actually going from employee to solopreneur.

Being your own boss is an amazing experience. It’s one like no other.

Back in 2004, I gave up my salary and became self employed. It’s been a rollercoaster, one helluva ride! Up and down, up and down! Days of ‘fantastic’ and days ‘what can go wrong now?’!

Unlike others, I didn’t hate my job. I loved it. But when you get the bug, you have to go for it. Yes?

Employee to Solopreneur

Have you so many ideas you have no idea which one to choose?

There is name for you: it’s called multi-passionate or scanner. When you have so many passions, it’s sometimes difficult to see which would be most profitable.

Because if you’re making the solopreneur journey – profit has to be the number one consideration. In other words, are there people willing to pay you for what you are offering? (Unless of course you’re a multi millionaire and don’t need the pennies!)

There are many people who want to create profit from their passions: they begin the journey and realise quickly that they aren’t keen on ‘selling themselves’.

Where some sites say ‘you must follow your passions’, I say ‘you must follow your passions, and be well informed and educated on how you are going to make money’. That means doing your groundwork and research, finding out all you can about your ideal customers and serving them.

Working with solo professionals, there is a common theme, set of problems, feelings, discussions that keep coming up, time and time, and time again.

  1. How to stay motivated, deal with your emotions.
  2. Lack of any sort of planning, goal setting, organising time.
  3. So many unknowns, so much to learn, apply, so much noise.
  4. Feeling overwhelmed, frazzled, lack of support and networks.
  5. The realisation that everything is down to you, everything.
  6. Nobody really talks about the mindset or confidence needed to work alone.
  7. Scared that the passion was just a hobby, missing key business/marketing skills.

Here’s How I Can Help You

1. Check out the blog for posts for solo business owners, click here.

2. From Employee to Entrepreneur (1:1 coaching/guidance). Are you at the exploration stage? Wondering if it is an option for you? You may have one foot in employee land and the other in entrepreneur. Do you need to talk it out? Need to work out what you are passionate about and how to make it pay?

3. You’ve started. And your struggling. You’re following the dream. Whether full time or part time, you are overwhelmed, stuck, and frazzled.You aren’t bringing in the pennies and have no idea how to piece all the pieces together (marketing, mindset and techie part) all together.

Please visit Gonesolo, a new site for ‘frazzled, bewildered and what on earth have I done solopreneurs’.

And lastly, please check out the events page for live training.