Entrepreunial Aspies?

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I own my own retail website, selling toys.

I'm 27 years old, btw, and our website just hit its 1 Year Anniversary.

I have several goals for my business...one of them is potentially bring back a lot of jobs nationally and internationally by opening up distribution centers.

Basically, someone would place an order on our website, and wherever in the world the order is coming from, it would be taken care of by the nearest distribution center; said distribution center would also be easily affluent in the financial customs and laws of that particular part of the world.

Another goal I have is to make the world of business almost impenetrable to government regulation, and I think it can be done. So then why, you may ask, is government so thoroughly involved as it is? Well, did you ever happen to think that despite what's said...those companies may actually want the government involvement, and have no issues with having them interfere with everybody else? Basically, our system would be for those companies that want to enjoy true laisse-faire free-market capitalism; and might I add, to be part of that, they'd have to follow a very strict business code; I don't have the full details of it yet, as it's not something I'm the most focused on immediately. I'm currently more focused on other aspects of business development.

I also may have a bit of a technique for getting classic kids toys to sell with the pre-adult age group again. Right now, it appears as though kids have almost entirely moved away from certain areas of toys, leaving it to the collectors to pick up all the slack...but I think there's a way to get kids back into 'em, and it's something nobody's tried. Whenever I tell people, they think it's pretty smart.

However, that information is currently classified. There's finally one other goal I have for my business.....and it's entirely classified. It's currently under major research right now, but I can tell you this much: when I am done in this world, you will hopefully never see the world of retail the same way ever again.

The good news in my area is that pretty much every competitor we have online is resting their laurels on a certain legendary toy store carrying them across the finish line. Basically, they're placing all their hopes on it, figuring as long as that guy "R" around, they'll be fine. Their problem is that guy isn't likely to be around much longer, if any of the information I know about them is correct...and it is. I'm expecting within the next 10 years to see that retailer collapse, and when they do...there's gonna be a major bloodbath of competition online...the likes of which none of us have ever seen.

Well, when the dust settles, somebody's gonna have to be still standing. And I'm makin' sure that somebody is gonna be my store!

I'm a structural engineer with a solo design practice. I've been in business 15 years now. I had 2 employees at one time, who were and still are good friends, but it's much easier for me to work by myself, as you can imagine.

My work is all with existing buildings, and half my clients are non-profit groups. That makes it very interesting for me. I enjoy going to job sites and inspecting construction, but I don't like meetings, and can usually avoid them.

I am a little odd, but clients often say they like working with me because I "think outside the box". If they only knew.

Quite often, clients ask where I went to college, and I tell them Stanford, and they say "that explains it", and smile. I'm not completely sure what they mean. But it seems to work in my favor. And I'm never lacking for contracts.

I would never want to exchange my special abilities for increased social skills. That's close to my worst nightmare.

It's been bothering me that supposedly, a lot of people with AS fail to work and marry. However, I think it's likely that those who adapt enough to do these things are never diagnosed, so the statistics are false.

I'm a successful employed salesperson - my analytical, frankly manipulative approach is now looking AS-related - and sell software content online. I'm also trying to get back into making digital comics. I owned a couple of shops a few years ago, but lost money trying to learn the property side (solicitors are the opposite of Asperger's: we don't like to tell a lie, they don't like not to).

I'm a freelance photographer, although I suck horribly at acquisitioning new customers. I have business cards, but I never get any calls. I'm trying my best to market myself as a photographer/digital artist, but I live in Houston, Tx, so there's not much I can do here. I'm probably moving to San Francisco soon.

When I've been lucky enough to get a "real job" I always end up having to quit, or I'm "let go" for some invented reason. Being 28 with no steady income is quite depressing.