Well I guess one more post and then I'm done with this thread or 4 or whatever it has turned in too. It's become ridiculous in any event but I certainly wouldn't go as far as calling it embarrassing, at least not for the Arboristsite community. I have always been a firm believer in say what you mean and mean what you say.
A guy comes here with an idea and asks for the communities help. Anyone who offered any advice with the slightest tempering of caution or warning was chastised as being negative and unhelpful. He then decides to share some more info about his plan and what he felt to be qualifications, dismissing anyone that wants to be anything but positive.
That further incites riot, and rightly so, because there are a lot of hard working and knowledgable people with loads of practical experience being told that he will succeed regardless of what they say because he is a good businessman etc.
Another thread and now the plan has changed to lawn mowing, which is a better entry level business, but still frought with the same pitfalls. One by one, the "helpful" people have begun to change the tone of their original posts and add caution and doubt. I think it probably has to do with the fact that many of the guys here have good heads on their shoulders and can read and process what the posts say. He wants to invest in a part time business to make some extra cash in a field he has little or no experience in. There seems to be intent for slow long term growth as by his own admission this an exercise in starting a business, not a career track. And that is where the wheels come off the cart, because it makes no sense, as the capital start up, even for something very small will never earn a return on a part time venture.
Help, often comes in the form of constructive critcism. There was no help seeking here, but a request for validation. With that not forthcoming, the self-proclaimed nice guy calls some of us names. I think many truly wish Forrest the best, he just needs to have a realistic plan, that involves cash flow projections, rates of return, etc. or he might be better off leaving his money in the bank.
