If you think you can’t launch a business in these tough times, think again. I recently met an entrepreneur who confirmed my belief that anything is possible if you have the right idea and sufficient passion.
A few weeks back, I listed some office furniture on Craigslist. A friendly guy named Jason Gittinger responded moments later. He was on the prowl for a good deal. Gittinger described himself as “just a drummer” but also mentioned that he was starting a business.
He stopped by the next day, and I found myself completely taken with him. Of course, it helped that he’d used StartupNation.com as a key resource to write his business plan, but what interested me most was his incredible, contagious passion.
Based in Royal Oak, Mich., The Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music is Gittinger’s dream business come true. The newfangled music school launches this week and promises to eliminate much of the drudgery of learning to play an instrument.
Instead of traditional music lessons, Gittinger’s for-profit school immerses students in an actual five-member band of similarly skilled wannabes who jam together regularly, supplemented by practice sessions with a “music mentor.”
All in all, Gittinger estimates that he added about $1 million worth of improvements to the facility - but he spent only a tenth of that to get it finished. Better yet, he already has 90 applications from musicians who want to come play at the Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music. Not bad, considering that landing those first customers is the single most difficult task for any startup.
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Built His Business on Passion and Rock ‘n roll
May 21, 2008 by Nicholas | 4 Comments
In Entrepreneurs, Financing, Small Biz, Success
Affiliate Expert on May 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
If you got a passionate about what you do best, you should put a little extra effort and turn that into a business.
There are no excuses especially in bad times not to start a business. Just like the article stated, “If you think you can’t launch a business in these tough times, think again.”
You can make it happen, start today!
Tom At The Home Business Archive on May 22nd, 2008 at 6:23 am
Especially in these times when no job is safe it´s a good idea to look for additional income streams.A business of your own is something everyone should consider.
John Wasinski on May 24th, 2008 at 7:36 am
This is awesome… its such a more natural and organic way to learn music instead of the forced and rigid way most of us had to learn it (piano lessons, and the like.) I imagine this will really take off. Music is very much a social endeavor… I think Guitar Hero and Rock Band kind of opened the door for this, and that the next generation of young people will really appreciate what Gittinger has created.
Hmmm on May 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am
His business is something that will really boom in my country. I like that he is willing to impart what he knows to those people or students who are aspiring to be big someday