autistic business partnership

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Why isn't there more of this? I have had small business partnerships with others over the years [ mostly with ADHD people. I am both autistic and ADHD] I was never screwed over [nor did I screw others over] and every time [3] we made some money, got along, and we both were able to compensate for the others deficits and rely on the others strengths. We never got so big as having to file taxes [ I know...we were supposed to file. I think next time I will find someone a little more organized in that way] Because of deaths, divorces, and husbands being transferred out of state, the businesses never grew that big before we stopped.

when we put together our "Autistic community within an already existing community" I have high hopes that business partnerships will be established and that the rest of the community will support those that do

I'm all in favor of businesses, however, the baseline statistic is that 80% of new businesses fail, typically because of undercapitalization.

So, I'm thinking live it, love it, embrace it.

And instead of trying to sell products and compete with Walmart or Target on price, I'm thinking more of a service business I can run out of my car or home. I'm also open to different ideas about Internet businesses.

What my friend Richere and I did was go to several churches and ask if we could cook for a special church event for free. We did not ask for money upfront. I suppose we could have, but we had the money [technically meant for other bills that still got paid, just a little later than usual.] We asked what their budget typically was for the event, and we told them that we would give them receipts for less than the alloted budget and that they could pay us back after the succesful event. We asked only that we could pass out a little advertizing on our own behalf. We did 3 churches for free. Everybody loved the food and service [brought in the kids] One church had a "love offering" for us. I think it was for a little under $300. We passed out cards. From the "love offering" church alone, we had 6 people who told us that they wanted to use us. 4 did. We also got another of our initial jobs from one of the other churches. And it snowballed. We NEVER had our own equipment. We cooked in churches, at funerals [which were also churches] one wedding [also a church basement] clubhouses, and private homes. We used the equipment in the kitchen provided.also, because of the kitchen requirements, we were much less likely to be sued.

People loved our food, our prices [they could not believe the quality for the price, but we really made a nice stash of money, enough for a cruise for 5 people and a nice down payment on a home. We could have made much more but I had a licensed day care in my home, and a family I love to spend time with.

We did not file taxes. We were planning to the third year, but Richere's husband became ill and we moved to Bennett.

A friend and I also made some awesome jewelry for naked people. The ranch decided last year that they needed more revenue, so we could only sell it there if we sold it in the office at a 50/50 consignment rate. Well, doing that we would actually LOSE money unless we sold each and every piece at regular price. [ we are still figuring out somewhere new to sell. what sucks about ETSY is that so many people make and sell jewelry just for enough money to pay for costs. Except of course for the super incredible jewelry. We make cute stuff, but we are no way great artisians]

A friend and I baked and sold hundreds of thousands of cookies [and about a hundred bacardi rum cakes] a few years ago, She moved, and I do not drive so that was the end of that.

These were all fun little jobs that we did in the midst of doing other things. I am looking for something bigger now.