About the other OOL
It was an incredible job offer back in the U.S., with a salary I couldn't have commanded even when the economy was strong (being away for so long), and in an environment that would have put me right smack in the middle of AA affairs, and at the political level no less. What a way to re-enter the U.S. job market, eh? Especially given the timing. That's all the details I can give about the job itself.
It definitely threw me for a loop, but after much soul searching (sounds so dramatic but it's true) I pretty much decided that I wasn't going to take it, and since then, the position has been filled.
The overriding factors were that a) I would have little ownership in my work (exactly opposite to the kind of work environment I enjoy most... I need to build things and see the fruits of my labor... and I want more control of my time), b) it was quite far removed from the dynamics of this region, and c) it just wasn't as exciting to me as ORIENTED.
If I left the project now, I think I'd always wonder.
Not to say that ORIENTED is a definite go -- only my financial model can tell me that and as we ALL know I ain't done yet. But if I had to make that decision today, the answer would simply be: my heart's not in that OOL. It's in this one.
So that's that.
B-plan status
I have definitely hit a wall. It's a love hate relationship. On the one hand... I really enjoy the challenge. On the other hand, it's frustrating when I can't come up with a model that even I can understand though my current road block is more of a reflection of my OWN incompetencies than it is a bad model.
That's the other thing about this business plan that people keep asking me about. I'm not doing it for investors per se, as I'm not convinced that I need to seek funding to bring this concept -- a small business endeavor -- to fruition. Raising the necessary funds isn't so much my concern.
I'm doing it for me, as in, I need to convince myself after thinking through every single detail of the business that it's worth pursuing and I need to see how it can all come together on EXCEL. Did I mention how much I hate Excel?! It's kicking my big Chinese-American *** BIG TIME!
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