Chasing tail

First I would like to thank you all for your individual insight and assistance in trying to help me solve my problem.

Out of all the replies though, the one that hit home the most was the level of frustration in building a client base or getting customers. I have a lot of experience in doing this and know what it takes to accomplish a successful level of this. I just do not have the level of concentration or patience to do this with the ventures I have taken on to be successful in my eyes (today). I am making money in them all but not to the level that is possible. I have been on this rollercoaster of starting and stopping new ventures for quite some time and each time it gets harder and harder to get pumped up. So as a result of my past expereriences I been able to hone on opportunities that will peak my interest and are more in line with my personalality.

I prefer to work alone, however I need one other person around who has the same ambitions and drive as I do, to work, with for me to truley be successful.

I am competitive in nature and when it is only me I always win. This may sound kinda weird, but when I work with someone else it brings the best out in me and gives me a sense of team. I find this very necessary in the early stages of the customer building phase...when things are at the toughest and most frustrating.

When you are working by yourself you can easily go off on a tangent and question your decisions and go looking for shortcuts or forums like these and spend all day in these efforts.

I have always been a person who wears many different types of hats and have them all going at the same time. I like the challenge and diversity of the problems or situations it brings. I feel I can do anything and I also know my limitations.

It is funny that since my first post, I have spoken to a president of a software development company who I originally contacted about selling wireless access points, and we are discussing a application I have been trying to bootstrap develop for the past 4 years. We are in the early stages, but it sounds very promising and has given me burst of enthusiasm or hope.

All the things I am concerned about regarding my personality are the same things that have helped me get where I am today. I am not where I want to be yet, however I am not doing bad.

I wish there was a way to harness all the people simiular in circumstance to me and build a company around them. I would be very curious how it would do. I believe it would do very well. And once the person has reached a level of gratification (financially or emotionally) they can set off on there own and let another energetic person come on board. A incubator of energy that needs to be channeled and focused to make a laser.

Keep your feedback coming, because I have a lot more to learn and a lot more to say.

Sincerely,

Jake