Let me introduce myself... my name is Carl Taylor

[Carl Taylor]

Hey everyone.

My name is Carl Taylor.

I'm from Sydney.
Its great to find an aussie forum for entrepreneurs.

Look forward to having fantastic discussions with you all.

[Brendan]

Hey Carl, welcome to the forum!

Can you tell us a bit about your background, what brought you here and what your plans are for the future?!

Hopefully this place will prove to be a useful resource to all of us.

[rosshill]

Hey Carl what sort of ventures are you planning to start?

[Carl Taylor]

Thanks for the welcome Brendan and Ross.

My background...
According to my parents i've always been entrepreneurial even from a very young age, wanting to create new things.

But i got my real start when i was 16 starting my first business ZainyFX (http://www.zainyfx.com.au) an Australian Hosting (http://www.zainyfx.com.au) and Domain Name (http://www.zainyfx.com.au) Business. I learnt alot about starting businesses, bookkeeping etc...

I have since had another business, IT Support for Small Medium Businesses, this business is the business that i have had my most education from.
Taking it from a home based business to having an office/shopfront and employing others.

I began working with an Action Coach in 2006, and my entrepreneurial education continued even further. Learning about the 5 ways business chasis, marketing, sales etc... I then have continued my learning outside of business by books, dvds, courses and seminars.

I recently got back from Las Vegas, i went to Brad Sugars Entrepreneurs MasterClass. It was 3 solid days on Wealth, Business and Property, was a fantastic experience and i can highly reccommend it. If you dont know who Brad Sugars is, i reccomend you visit his website Brad Sugars - Entreprenuer :: Best Selling Author :: Business Coach :: Educational Speaker (http://www.bradsugars.com) and a great introductory book of his is The Business Coach (http://www.carltaylor.com.au/index.php/Library/View/The-Business-Coach-Instant-Success.html?catid=18)


My future plans..

I have many goals, but my short term goals is after the sale of my current business to begin taking ACTION on the strategy i learnt most about from Brad on buying businesses, fixing them up and then selling them again.
This will bring in cashflow, which i will then invest into property.

[rosshill]

Hey Carl, I saw Brad Sugars in Melbourne when he was promoting the Masterclass and he was great. I wish I could have gone to Las Vegas - how was it?

[Brendan]

Hey Carl,

Sounds good..

I would be interested to hear more about your IT support business.. are you still running it? How have you found business to be? Have you got a website for it?

I myself haven't heard much about Brad Sugar... but will look him up!

[Carl Taylor]

Ross, Masterclass was simply put... AWSOME. Well worth the $8K. Brad has summarised some great information (some his, some others) into an easy to understand and follow format.
It was a great networking event, we had over 200 people from around the world there, and everyday you would talk with someone new. About business, wealth, goals etc..

I would recommend to you all if you have the opportunity to attend MasterClass to do it. My girlfriend came with me and she has no knowledge of business or goals on wealth, and she still was able to get some great information on mindset changes and the use of goals from the class. So is applicable to all, but mostly for Business Owners.

[Carl Taylor]

Brendan,

Yes my current business is the IT support company, business has been a challenge - as with alot of businesses, the IT sector can be demanding (customers feel they are important and that their issue must be dealt with this instant)

There is plenty of money to be made in IT, IT has moved from being a luxury to a will always be needed type product/service which means demand continues and will continue to grow.

We have a website, its quite outdated - as marketing on the web hasn't provided results compared to marketing offline (so money is better spent offline for our particular business)