I heard that you were planning to start a new business….that is cool! I will come see you – I bet it will be awesome.

On another note – several of us from the “Class of 88″ are trying to get a website going with contact info, etc…hopefully we can get in touch with you soon. We are trying to figure out what to do for our 20th…. You can bring us some real cheese to the reunion!!

Take care,
Amy C.

Also I like any article that explores marketing techniques, like this one does with the clam sauce placement.

The kinds of fears explored herein are the biggest obstacle to entrepeneurship on my own part. I’d also be interested in follow-up as his store opens and matures.

Overdog – I haven’t been to Kuby’s in a year or so, and I didn’t notice that they had much artisan cheese. I’ll have to stop by soon and check it out. (I do love their venison sausage!)

My apologies to Dustin, my comments on the tastes of Texans in general were probably the wine and cigars talking. What I was really trying to say is that Dallas is generally a step or two behind the east and west coast when it comes to lots of things, including food. There are tons of Texans (myself included) who have no lack of adventure when it comes to eating. That said, in a recent DMN article even Dallas cheese maker Paula Lambert called Texas the “third coast” and mentioned that we were coming “a little late to the party.” I think what would have been more accurate to say is that cheese is really starting to take off in Dallas, and not just among the foodie crowd. Thanks for the feedback!

Speak for yourself, Rich. This Texan ate crepes this morning, had dim sum for lunch, and stopped by at Whole Foods for some pretty foreign cheese and wine this afternoon.

If you’re reading this, then I want you to know that you do have a great location. In our little neighborhood (Called Del Ray, in Alexandria), we have a bakery, butcher, cheese shop, and farmer’s market within 2 blocks (and this is suburbia!)

The cheese shop was so successful it moved a block to a bigger shop. One way they strum up business with younger clientele is to have a wine bar in their shop on thursday-saturday night. Its a fabulous idea.

However, the more I learn about personal finance, the more convinced I am that I am worth more than my salary. I’m in a position, working for the state, in which my salary remains stagnant regardless of the dedication, hard work, or long hours I put in. No incentive. Owning a business is a way to increase earnings in proportion to the time and energy you invest in it.

Entrepreneurship is something that I’m still trying to wrap my brain around in terms of my own life and personality. I’m definitely going to check out ‘The Four Agreements’, though.

… here, here.

Whilst there are benefits to going down the ‘business route’, people get hung up on this- they don’t see themselves as ‘entrepreneurs.

The reality is that there are MANY ways to increase your income that DON’T require you to start a business.

The frugality part stops you from spending all of this increased income, leaving you more to invest … invest ‘well’ & compounding takes care of the rest.