So the company has survived thus far.
There were genuinely moments when I thought that I was staring ruin in the face again.
It's funny how it is the element of fear that causes one the most stress and discomfort. Yet once you have faced the monster a few times and survived, you begin to realise that what you have to do is to not allow fear to control you, that wasting your time worrying is just going to keep you paralysed and unable to think your way through the problems that may beset you. I'm certainly far from sorted but at least I'm moving forward again. At least, if I go down, I'll go down fighting, and will not have any regrets on that score.
In my attempts to move from being a "one-trick pony", I have initiated a new joint venture which I signed contracts for recently and am looking at beginning the process of launching another tomorrow.
I am going to try and sell off one part of my business as I have finally gotten it to a point where I should realise a good price for it. Furthermore I have now run out of money to keep it funded and have had to work really hard to keep it going and pay the salaries. Amazingly I encountered some decent guys in my local bank who have really done a lot recently to help me secure funding from the bank. They have certainly helped to restore my faith in people (especially bankers!).
Anyway If I can sell this asset at the right price then I will hopefully achieve my twin objectives of paying off all of the debts I have incurred and preserving the livelihoods of the staff under my stewardship. If I can achieve those targets then I can begin to move forward again and know that I have done the right thing by the Team. Fingers crossed.
