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Lessons learned from a first-time entrepreneur
What I learned from starting my (parttime) company
In July 2019 I started my own company, called EEKAY ONLINE
Now, almost 8 months in, I want to share my first lessons learned. I want to remember this time and share my findings with others.
How It Started
After working as a developer, technical consultant, and tech lead at a startup — resulting in 15+ years of developer experience — the urge to create a company to build my own ideas kept growing year after year.
Last July (1st of July 2019) this finally resulted in me walking into the Dutch version of the Chambers Of Commerce and registering EEKAY ONLINE.
I wanted to finally start spending time turning my ideas into products and apps that provide value for others and income for me to become more independent.
My Strategy
I started EEKAY ONLINE simultaneously with cutting back working as an employee for 27 hours. Three days a week, nine hours a day I work for a nice firm nearby home (20 mins drive) and the other days I work at home, combining this with caring for my kids (two seven-year-old twins and a 15 months old little lady).
