career change

a few months ago i took the plunge and started up a political/government affairs consulting firm with a few partners (hence my abandonment of my blog). i never imagined that starting a business in and of itself would be such a huge learning opportunity. how naive was that? i thought that since i'd run other enterprises starting my own wouldn't be that different. of course i was wrong. not wrong in a bad way, but it turns out i've learned about so many things i took for granted when you're running someone else's business. 

the biggest thing i learned was that i was making a career change. even though i still do consulting work my job is running a business and going into it i thought i was continuing down the same career path. 

now that the year is coming to a close and i'm buried in financials, business development, marketing, and a whole host of things not previously on my resume i find myself happily surprised by the change in direction. now here's hoping we can actually keep this ship afloat!