Monday, March 1, 2010

Get Out of The Employee Life and Be Your Own Boss Now!

Corporate life is a safe way to earn a living. As long as you do your job well, follow what your bosses ask you to do, and basically learn to sail through rough waters of the politicking inside your corporation, you can have a relatively secure career. It is a path most people choose to take and with good reason. But if you desire to be your own boss, want some more risk and be fully rewarded for them, and if you desire the challenges you know you can take on and face, then go and risk it and start your own business.

Starting your own business can be a rush but it has its risks as well. First of all, you are risking your present career. You would have to resign from your present job in order to concentrate on your new business. Your security of a pay check every month is gone and instead, you will have to strive and work for every cent of your salary through your business. Second, you may be entering new waters. Starting a new business may expose you to certain tasks that you are unfamiliar with. For example, you would need to hire an accountant to report your sales and earnings to the Internal Revenue Service. Sometimes, it may even be better to hire a local accountant who may do more than just do your external accounting services. In Bridgend for example, it is recommended that you get an accountant from Bridgend as they are familiar with the local tax codes and hiring these accountants Bridgend from the start may even save you money as they can gather information that you may need for starting your business there. They have the local knowledge and market feel of the area and instead of hiring someone else to do a feasibility study of your business in Bridgend, you may ask these accountants to validate your hypothesis and assumptions about the place. Third, you must have access to capital in order to start the business. Even if the business requires less operating capital you still would need extra capital for it to run. For example, you want to set up a consulting business, and since you are the only overhead, you would not need too much capital for its initial set up cost. However, you still have expenses every month so you would need to have at least 4 months worth of your present salary saved to pay for your monthly expenses.

Starting a new business is the brave new world these days. Having the gumption to do this is your choice.

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