Michael Specht

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Changes are coming

May 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Personal · 1,264 views

This will be a quick post.

I am no long employed at Nortel, long story which I won’t cover here. But the change is going to allow me to do something I have wanted to try for the last 7 years. Setup my own business.

What will the business be?

While the finer details are still being worked out, it will be in the HR technology industry and will also cover “Enterprise 2.0” (the whole 2.0 thingy is a bit much but we can resolve that over time). There will probably also be some general IT/Project Management work. I know it is a mixed bag which is why further thought is required, :-) .

There will be a few changes here as I revamp the site to reflect my new direction.

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9 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Duncan // May 30, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Great stuff, nothing quite like working for yourself, so congrats.

  • 2 Markus Hafner // May 30, 2008 at 11:37 am

    Congrats on this decision, Michael!

    Working for yourself can entail a lot of stress, however, in my opinion the benefits more than outweigh the negatives.

    Given there’s a reasonable alignment of our focus areas, I hope we have an opportunity to collaborate on something in the future.

    Congrats again,
    MH

  • 3 Duncan // May 30, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Markus
    in my experience, working for other people is usually more stressful :-)

  • 4 NathanaelB // May 30, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Good luck!!

  • 5 grum // May 30, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    I’ll be doing the same thing myself at the end of the year. 7 years working for a large company certainly is exhausting.

    Congrats and good luck!

  • 6 Kate Carruthers // May 30, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Hey great news on setting up your own business! All the best of luck. At least you’ll have a great boss :)

  • 7 Michael Specht // May 31, 2008 at 11:32 am

    Thanks for the support guys!

  • 8 Geoff Jennings // May 31, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    Did the same thing a few years back and haven’t regretted a day since.

    Let me know if I can help with anything.

  • 9 Alison // Jun 1, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Congratulations Michael, setting up your own business is a huge challenge. All the best!

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