Comments on: 8 Reasons to Quit Your Job and Start a Business http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/ Business Solutions for Entrepreneurs. Creating Customer value and Lasting Customer relationships. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: High Return Investing with Dax http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-1247 High Return Investing with Dax Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:04:19 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-1247 Great Post! Your readers should print this and put it in their office. Great Post! Your readers should print this and put it in their office.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-535 Laurie Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:10:57 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-535 I freed myself from the public schools and went out (with a partner) on my own. It is wonderful fun. We have been preparing for this coming school year and will be up and running. We already have a great deal of interest in our program and I know it will be successful. I am pumped!! Check out what I'm doing. PS. Doc in the Biz sent me over here. She likes your blog. I can see why. I freed myself from the public schools and went out (with a partner) on my own. It is wonderful fun. We have been preparing for this coming school year and will be up and running. We already have a great deal of interest in our program and I know it will be successful. I am pumped!! Check out what I’m doing.

PS. Doc in the Biz sent me over here. She likes your blog. I can see why.

]]> By: The Small Biz. Guru http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-519 The Small Biz. Guru Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:11:57 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-519 I am slowly, but surely devising my plan to do just this. This article warrants a "boo ya" ~the GURU I am slowly, but surely devising my plan to do just this.

This article warrants a “boo ya”

~the GURU

]]> By: Tony http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-517 Tony Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:03:22 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-517 Been a business owner for about 10 years now. Have 15 employees, two partners and I'm tired. I'll share my version of your 10 list. 1. You’ll go from having one boss to dozens. The customers are all always right, even when they contradict each other. Customers don't understand why and don't really care about anything but when. You will never be able to do what you want, because they are paying you to do what they want. 2. You’ll learn that your own powerful ideas are worth only what customers will pay for them. Customers will love your idea so much that they will immediately set about ordering changes to it that will distress and alarm you. They will basically pay you to kill your own dream. If they don't, then your investors and venture capitalists certainly will. 3. You can stop being two people, because you will not have time for the second one at all. Weekends? Yeah, your employees get weekends. Because management is a full time job, the weekend is when you do the work *you* need to do. 4. You’ll learn to stop talking and doing it instead, because no matter how you describe the work you want done, your employees will screw it up. Unless the task is "put the widget in the box" you will find that doing it yourself is faster and less frustrating. 5. Retirement? You can only make enough money to keep going, forget saving. And since you had to secure your lines of credit and corporate leases personally, you can't stop working either until it's all paid off. 6. You learn not to sweat the small stuff. By that I mean by the time you have finished your weekly work with customer meetings, vendor relationships, employee issues, payroll, office management and then actually doing the work you have to do, it's late Sunday night and the whole thing starts all over again in 6 hours. Nope, no small stuff to sweat over, because the sweat from the big stuff totally covers it up. 7. You will finally find your purpose in life is to satisfy your customers. And the confining chains of banking, payroll and contracts ensure you do it... or else. 8. You Can Do Business Sitting On Your Ass. In fact, sitting 12+ hours a day trying to keep the fires out and the work done will give your ass new dimensions. Mine grew from 34 to 54 inches in 10 short years! If I had known I had an entrepreneur living inside me, I'd have strangled him at birth. If you ever want to see your kids, retire from work or enjoy any non-work aspects of your life... DO NOT START A BUSINESS. I'd give anything to be able to quit my job again. seriously. Otherwise, good article. Been a business owner for about 10 years now. Have 15 employees, two partners and I’m tired. I’ll share my version of your 10 list.

1. You’ll go from having one boss to dozens. The customers are all always right, even when they contradict each other. Customers don’t understand why and don’t really care about anything but when. You will never be able to do what you want, because they are paying you to do what they want.

2. You’ll learn that your own powerful ideas are worth only what customers will pay for them. Customers will love your idea so much that they will immediately set about ordering changes to it that will distress and alarm you. They will basically pay you to kill your own dream. If they don’t, then your investors and venture capitalists certainly will.

3. You can stop being two people, because you will not have time for the second one at all. Weekends? Yeah, your employees get weekends. Because management is a full time job, the weekend is when you do the work *you* need to do.

4. You’ll learn to stop talking and doing it instead, because no matter how you describe the work you want done, your employees will screw it up. Unless the task is “put the widget in the box” you will find that doing it yourself is faster and less frustrating.

5. Retirement? You can only make enough money to keep going, forget saving. And since you had to secure your lines of credit and corporate leases personally, you can’t stop working either until it’s all paid off.

6. You learn not to sweat the small stuff. By that I mean by the time you have finished your weekly work with customer meetings, vendor relationships, employee issues, payroll, office management and then actually doing the work you have to do, it’s late Sunday night and the whole thing starts all over again in 6 hours. Nope, no small stuff to sweat over, because the sweat from the big stuff totally covers it up.

7. You will finally find your purpose in life is to satisfy your customers. And the confining chains of banking, payroll and contracts ensure you do it… or else.

8. You Can Do Business Sitting On Your Ass. In fact, sitting 12+ hours a day trying to keep the fires out and the work done will give your ass new dimensions. Mine grew from 34 to 54 inches in 10 short years!

If I had known I had an entrepreneur living inside me, I’d have strangled him at birth. If you ever want to see your kids, retire from work or enjoy any non-work aspects of your life… DO NOT START A BUSINESS. I’d give anything to be able to quit my job again. seriously. Otherwise, good article.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-514 Melissa Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:04:36 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-514 "Now you will begin to measure yourself by what is really important. How your dreams and ideas translate into reality. And you will be put in charge of your own self-worth and happiness." 2 Thumbs up - Right on Target! “Now you will begin to measure yourself by what is really important. How your dreams and ideas translate into reality. And you will be put in charge of your own self-worth and happiness.”

2 Thumbs up - Right on Target!

]]> By: Nards http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-513 Nards Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:06:57 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-513 Fantastic, practical advice (Especially numbers 7, 8) Thank you for sharing! - Nards Fantastic, practical advice (Especially numbers 7, 8) Thank you for sharing! - Nards

]]> By: Doc KC/DOCintheBiz http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/2008/07/8-reasons-to-quit-your-job-and-start-a-business/#comment-511 Doc KC/DOCintheBiz Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:30:53 +0000 http://www.weakestlinkconsulting.com/?p=123#comment-511 Erik, I just love your articles! You give amazing motivation and inspiration to everyone! You make everyone believe that if they really want to achieve something, they really can do it! And you tell them exactly HOW to achieve their goals as well! Are you sure you shouldn't be in psychology too? Doc KC www.DOCintheBiz.com www.GLCzone.com Erik,

I just love your articles! You give amazing motivation and inspiration to everyone! You make everyone believe that if they really want to achieve something, they really can do it! And you tell them exactly HOW to achieve their goals as well! Are you sure you shouldn’t be in psychology too?

Doc KC
http://www.DOCintheBiz.com
http://www.GLCzone.com

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