Excited

I am excited. There are things in the future to be excited about...

Every business has some sort of goal, or driving force that is enabling them to move forward. Depending on what you do and who you are, these goals vary.

For instance, some people are in business strictly to make money. The end goal is just to be as rich as possible... and perhaps they have some very talented people in the company who are good at- Mergers and Acquisition, Sales and Marketing, Research and Development... or some other skilled position and that enables them to make money, but still the end goal is to make money. Most of those types of companies often are very wealthy and yet come across somewhat... oh how do I say this... "jerky"?

Some other businesses I know came into existence not out of some innate desire to package and market ANYTHING in order to make money, but rather because a need was discovered that they could provide, a need that had value, and they sort of "fell" into business because they met that need. These are the businesses that (while they often do become large and wealthy) seem to be the more desirable to work with.

GvG Productions sort of started this way. It was not really my intention to start a business, but rather to just find ways to use my formal education and skill-set to make a living. While I am by no means some business mastermind, I found a way to provide a valued skill where there was a need. Perhaps that won't last, but for now, it seems to be desired. It has never been my goal to be rich and wealthy as a business (although it is hard to avoid the desire when you look at all those rich businessmen!) but just find a way to use my gifts and talents to provide the best service I can.

Recently we have been in talks with a few other friends/businesses about merging into one big company. Most of us already work together a decent amount on a contract to contract basis, but taking the next step into being a major company is a VERY enticing and exciting concept. There are a variety of reasons to make this move: combining resources, offering more services in one place, having multiple income-supporting branches to help the other when one is down... but the most exciting reason has to do with joining with others who formed out of the latter type of business mentioned above.

All of us have that same desire: use the gifts, skills, and resources we have attained and honed over the years to fill a need and make a living. None of us are in this for a "get-rich-quick scheme". We are not here to raise prices and get as much out of a client as we can. We are not trying to screw people over with shoddy work or skipped corners. We are a group of people who want to provide the best services we can so a need can be met, livings can be made, and growth can occur. We are always growing and learning in our crafts to be the best we can be at what we do. We are always working towards the benefit of our clients. We are always looking for new and unique ways to provide services. We are working with friends and partners who have the same ideals. This is the dream... and hopefully this is the future.

I am excited by this prospect. I am also fearful, happy, worried, inspired, questionable, driven, exhausted, hopeful... but I am excited.