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Re: Pondering Self Employment

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:18:15 -0000

Hey Darren,

Yeah I know it's scary. I've toyed with the idea for several years and always arrive at the conclusion that it's too much to take on. I still feel that way but I also look and see that there is no time like the present.

Re: Pondering Self Employment

Darren — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:29:59 -0000

some quick advice:

- working for yourself is great
- working for yourself is hard and can be scarey
- have a back up plan if you do it
- give yourself a time frame with goals to achieve to see how it goes. This forces you to evaluate how you're going along the way and not go down a dead end path and stay there too long.

Re: Pondering Self Employment

David Nick — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:09:39 -0000

Well having been a post-dot-com'r, I would proceed with caution. While risk vs reward should always be your calculation, it never hurts to be adequately prepared for the worse-case scenerios. In otherwords, have a modest nest egg to fall back on in a pinch. That being said, and concerns figured out, go for it. Taking people up on opportunities leads to more doors opened.

Good luck

Re: Pondering Self Employment

Jesse — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:40:06 -0000

go for it. better to try and fail than never try at all