I need your advice

[Destined]

Hi Fastlaners,

I been a member of this forum for quite a while and think all the topics and advices, given are awesome.

Here is my problem and it is a bit deep and I need your advice.

You see, when I grew up I seen violence and I absolutely hated it.

Now that I am older I want to run my own business but I just do not want to be harassed or bothered.

I have read tons of books(marketing/advertising/sales), i understand what it takes to create a great business. I say this because I always

advise my friends(not many, 2-3 of em) on how to do better marketing. I have created quite a few information products and sold

one of them on clickbank a few years back. So I am experienced but I cannot run my own business due to fear of being harassed or stalked.

My dream would be to create a business with someone and have them be the face of the business (on all aspects) and I would be the "brains" / "marketer" and I would be the behind the scene guy.

I don't have much friends and I did try a few meetup groups but nothing came out of that as well.. If you guys/gals have any advice on how I can solve this issue, I'd highly appreciate it.

 

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[Yasmin]

Why do you think you will be harassed or stalked if you run a business?

 

[Destined]

Due to my experiences (past) I think like this. I really want to create a successful but this fear and negativity does not help me. I have no friends/partners on my ventures and doing it alone is scary to me...

 

[Yasmin]

I feel you @Destined, I'm still confused as to why you think you will be harassed etc. I'll tell you my experience in regards to working with and without partners. I started my business on my own and as the business grew I felt I "needed" a partner, like you I was scared to develop the business and let's just say my people skills were embarrassing (I'm much better at that now). Letting another person into my business was a very big mistake I should have trusted myself. I am back on my own again (when I say on my own I mean I am the "big boss lady" I don't have to run my ideas, or plans past anyone else and that's how I like it!

This is not to say that you won't find someone great to work with, and you might work better being able to bounce your ideas off of someone invested in you and your business.

In relation to friends, I lost a lot of friends when my business took off (isn't that sad!). When I moved into my first home I had a comment that was along the lines of "how did you get this house, you didn't even go to uni" and was referred to a lot as "the high school drop out". When your sole focus is your business and success you will attract successful positive people into your life it will happen automatically so don't worry about that! In the mean time you can make friends here. I see a lot of support on here for people like you, there are people here who have "been there, done that" who can offer help and support.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be "behind the scenes" in your business I totally understand that. Hopefully, with some support and some confidence boosting exercises you will want to be the face of your business. You'll want people to know that it was you that built the company from the ground up!

 

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[odai]

If you structure your business correctly, nobody will ever be able to connect your personal identity to your business. You just need to do a lot of research into the legalities.

For example, assuming you live in the US, you would incorporate as an LLC in a state that doesn't require disclosing your actual name (I think Delaware is one, but don't hold me to that). You could then register for a .com domain as that LLC, have an e-mail under that domain, have a PO Box and phone line owned by that LLC, etc. You could even have a DBA as a different name, for an additional layer of anonymity.

The government would of course know your real name, and if anyone sued the LLC, you might be required to appear in court (I'm not a legal expert, though, and hopefully your lawyer could settle the case out-of-court). If you wanted, you could always hire people to handle any customer-facing interactions, like sales or PR (although that's obviously more expensive than doing it yourself).

The best a stalker could do is harass your business phone, PO Box, and such, in which case you just get new ones.