The Good and the Bad of running your own business
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The document discusses both the positives and challenges of starting one's own business. Some of the benefits mentioned include having control over one's schedule, the ability to work from anywhere, and pursuing work one enjoys. However, the document also notes challenges such as others not understanding one's work, financial uncertainty, constant learning needs, and feeling of loneliness when first starting out. Overall, the author expresses that while there are difficulties in entrepreneurship, the rewards of starting one's own business outweigh the negatives.
The Good and the Bad of running your own business
- 2. Hello!
- 3. A year ago I started a business
- 4. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you what I think…
- 5. The good & bad points have beenso far.
- 6. TheBADThings
- 8. People probably won’t understand what you are doing
- 9. People probably won’t understand what you are doing
- 10. Or WHY
- 11. Or WHY
- 12. This is something you will just have to get used to!
- 14. If you are starting a business just to make stacks of money…
- 15. You shouldn’tBecause you won’t!
- 16. You shouldn’tBecause you won’t!
- 17. 3A life of doubt
- 18. Few things are certainor predictable when running your own business
- 19. Seth Godin says“People don’t like doubt, so they pay money and give up opportunities to avoid it. Entrepreneurship is largely about living with doubt, as is creating just about any sort of art.
- 20. Seth Godin says“People don’t like doubt, so they pay money and give up opportunities to avoid it. Entrepreneurship is largely about living with doubt, as is creating just about any sort of art.
- 21. Just another thing you have to accept as an entrepreneur
- 23. Work doesn’t start at 9 or end at 5
- 24. And it can be almost impossible to “Log out”
- 25. 5Out on your own
- 26. Starting out can be lonely!
- 27. If you aren’t comfortable with getting work done on your own
- 28. You might want to reconsider Self-Employment
- 29. 6“Everything” ..dept.
- 30. You are the Sales
- 31. You are the Marketing
- 32. You are the HR
- 33. You are the Accounting
- 34. Departments
- 35. You need to be prepared for that!
- 36. 7You can check out but you can never leave
- 37. There are some things in life you cannot UNsee
- 38. Like this…
- 39. Once you have experienced the joys of running your own business, there is no returning to “normal” jobs
- 40. Of course, it is not all bad!
- 42. I work from a home office and as a result I have been able to discover
- 43. The beauty of my local area
- 46. 2Great People
- 47. You’ll meet a lot of great people along the way
- 48. Every country has a startup community, and getting involved is very rewarding
- 49. 3Control Over Your Time
- 50. Not everyone works best between 9 and 5,Because we are all different
- 51. Not everyone works best between 9 and 5,Because we are all very different
- 52. Some people are early birds and some aren’t
- 53. And sometimes you just need to take a day off (and make up for it later)
- 54. When you are the boss, you work when you know you will work best(Which is rarely 9 to 5)
- 56. Who says that everyone works at their best in one specific building?
- 57. Maybe you get more done when you have peace and quiet and work alone…
- 58. If your job is based mainly on a computer… you can work from pretty much anywhere!
- 61. 5Creating Something From Scratch
- 62. If you get satisfaction from baking a cake from scratch…
- 63. Imagine how cool it is to create your own business!!!
- 65. When you start a business you have to learn a lot… FAST
- 66. Or else you wont be around for too long!
- 67. But you will get to learn some cool stuff
- 68. And be immersed in a world of new information and ways of thinking.
- 69. 7Doing Work You Enjoy
- 70. Most people don’t really like work…
- 71. Most people don’t really like work…
- 72. But it doesn’t have to be like this!
- 73. Confucius said“The man who loves his job never works a day in his life
- 74. Waking up every day, and really wanting to do your job is amazing
- 75. It completely overrides all the negatives
- 76. And makes it all worthwhile
- 77. So!There you have it…
- 78. Starting your own business has its good and bad points
- 79. But on balance the “Goods” win out by a long way!
- 80. So get out there and make it happen :-)
- 82. This presentation is based on a much more in depth blog post that can be found hereDo you tweet? If so connect with me here (@clearpreso)