Hey all, hope this is the right forum for this but here it goes!! I was laid off work in June due to COVID after 11 years in the energy sector, I never really enjoyed the work as the stress was extremely high and the business I worked for was hard to please but money was good. I had thought of quitting last year and going back to school for my passion which is machining. How ever, once again with COVID I am not wanting to go to school right now for a Machinist course, as I don't want to go to a large centre right now(I live in a small community of about 1,200) and risk the posiblilty of getting sick and passing it on to my family. So I have come up with a idea of a few products that I can make with my lathe and mill to offer for sale on the internet. Some of them I can make cheap, and have a good mark up. So I was thinking of starting my own business making these parts. I was just looking for a bit of advice, and guidance as to start up. I plan to list some of the items on eBay to sell, and also start a website eventually to sell from as well. First of all I am not looking to be a millionaire (well not yet ) but looking for enough money to help out in the house till COVID clears up and I feel comfortable going back to school, or even if my business takes off I will keep doing it which is my goal. What advice would you give to someone just starting up? What mistakes did you make if you started up a business?