Business Owners - What made you start up on your own?
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Evening guys,
Hope this is the right section, not a talk of money as such but is related.
I am interested in the people who stopped working for others in your field of "expertise" and decided to go a lone. I am not interested in figures/what you actually do(Well, I am interested but it's not actually relevant here) but more the thought process of why you wanted to leave a company and go for the riskier option, when you have a family etc?
I have been self-employed for the past 3 years and have my own company for the past 12 months, where I subcontract out some work now and again but have done nothing really to actually push my own company in terms of really expanding until now.
2 other companies that specialise in another field but still very much relevant, are joining myself(they approached me), putting together a lot of money(my own money, not investors/bank) and really giving it our all. Everything is in place and I am happy with everything, business plan wise but basically, I'm being a bit of a sissy and thinking "What if I fail and end up being homeless".
I'd like to hear your success stories but more importantly, your failures and why. We all know Bill Gates and Richard Branson all had failures before Microsoft and Virgin so really interested in your own personal journey.
What made you think, Why can't I do this on my own? What ties did you have at the time? And what was the turning point for deciding to go a lone? I'm more intrigued as you can tell by the mental aspect rather than the numbers part.
Thanks.
Hope this is the right section, not a talk of money as such but is related.
I am interested in the people who stopped working for others in your field of "expertise" and decided to go a lone. I am not interested in figures/what you actually do(Well, I am interested but it's not actually relevant here) but more the thought process of why you wanted to leave a company and go for the riskier option, when you have a family etc?
I have been self-employed for the past 3 years and have my own company for the past 12 months, where I subcontract out some work now and again but have done nothing really to actually push my own company in terms of really expanding until now.
2 other companies that specialise in another field but still very much relevant, are joining myself(they approached me), putting together a lot of money(my own money, not investors/bank) and really giving it our all. Everything is in place and I am happy with everything, business plan wise but basically, I'm being a bit of a sissy and thinking "What if I fail and end up being homeless".
I'd like to hear your success stories but more importantly, your failures and why. We all know Bill Gates and Richard Branson all had failures before Microsoft and Virgin so really interested in your own personal journey.
What made you think, Why can't I do this on my own? What ties did you have at the time? And what was the turning point for deciding to go a lone? I'm more intrigued as you can tell by the mental aspect rather than the numbers part.
Thanks.
I forgot about this until now!
Thanks for all the replies guys.
It's going a head now and is really taking off, advert in Tatler should move things a long quite quickly but will let you all know which issue, all comments welcome, I like constructive criticism.
I am really lucky, I have some really sound business minds behind me, purely from family and friends who are very successful in their own field.
Off to China for a week on the 12th. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for all the replies guys.
It's going a head now and is really taking off, advert in Tatler should move things a long quite quickly but will let you all know which issue, all comments welcome, I like constructive criticism.
I am really lucky, I have some really sound business minds behind me, purely from family and friends who are very successful in their own field.
Off to China for a week on the 12th. Fingers crossed.
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