What I have been really pondering is whether it is worth it for
me to start my own business or just work at an existing one. I think for me, it makes more sense to work
at an existing company. I can still wow
them and start gaining flexibility because of my results. I want to be able to take vacation and
actually turn off work. I just do not
have the drive to work at something forever and hope that it becomes
successful.
A Leader
Randy Haykin: The Making of an Entrepreneur.” “The transition went fairly smoothly because I had an amazing first and second year in business. In most start-ups, it takes several years to grow, make money, and find your niche. In my first year at Interactive Minds, I tripled my salary and found myself doing amazing projects with total choice and control over what I was doing.” “The down-side, after the first year, is that I was beginning to feel lonely heading up a small start-up on my own. There were also elements of the business that I didn't enjoy -- bookkeeping, managing people's problems, getting customers to pay their bills, and to a certain extent the constant business development. (When you run your own consulting business, you are in perpetual business development mode.) The biggest challenge of the entrepreneurial situation was balancing family and work.” “of course partners bring on a whole new set of frustrations—for example, how much autonomy was I willin...
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