After your fourth 70 hour working week in a row do you find yourself wearily looking up from your laptop at midnight and contemplating why on earth you ever started your own business? Yup, thought so.
Setting up and running your own business isn’t always quite the ‘I’m my own boss’ dream that you might have sold yourself in the beginning because the financial and personal investment is huge. Sometimes when the going gets tough you might struggle to find reasons why you set off on this journey in the first place.
Well, to help inspire you a little in those dark early hours here’s our go-to business coach team with a little top five reasons why it’s likely you went it alone.
- You are your own boss
When you start up your own business, the only person you have to answer to is yourself. Being your own boss gives you the freedom to do things your way and implement your own plans.
- You can do what you love
The good thing about being an entrepreneur is that you choose what kind of firm you start up, and where.
- You can be creative
Being an entrepreneur gives you the freedom to express yourself and develop your concept in any way you choose.
- You can make money
Although the start-up process can be tough, with long hours and little money not uncommon, if you run your business well, the rewards can be huge.
- You can realise your dreams
It is possible to make it really big – people like the late Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop who became a Dame thanks to her empire which started small. Then there’s Richard Branson, he started on a shoestring with a few ideas!
