Who said starting your own business was easy?

Well, no one really ever said that. In fact I'm pretty sure I've heard on numerous occasions that starting your own venture is a very difficult thing to do. I requires more than just a good idea, it requires hard work, a lot of networking and perseverance.

The progeny for any good business is a good idea and I had an absolute blinder, it was going to change the world (maybe). However, yesterday I discovered that I wasn't the only one to have this idea, it had apparently been knocking about for a couple of years albeit in a rather inferior guise (if I do say so myself). Inferior or not, it was just too close to my idea to warrant pursuing.

So where does this leave me with regards to my MBA project? Your guess is as good as mine. It's all a bit up in the air at the moment, so I've set myself a target of the end of the week to get a decent project idea by and I'll speak to some of my professors to point me in one direction or another. I've reached the point now where not having this sorted has transcended the realms of frustration into mild depression.

Watch this space for a topic (probably in marketing) that will blow your socks off!!!!