[TheForge] Re: [TheForge]self employment

[Ries Niemi]

On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 03:26 PM, Connsmith722@aol.com wrote:

> So in a complete aside here... I am preparing to go off on the horrid
> adventure of self employment.(Gov't downsizing coming) I have been a 
> computer
> admin/tech for 14 years for the govt and am going off into 
> consulting...any good
> advice?????
>
>
>
>                    Ted Jones
>
>

Work more, get paid less. Have no one to blame but yourself. Go to work 
in your bathrobe.
With freedom comes responsibility.
My advice is ease into it- dont rush out and get lots of licences and 
insurance and permits- just start out by finding work, and letting the 
business grow organically. When you have actual income, then you need a 
business licence, maybe. But all small businesses are undercapitalised, 
and it makes sense to start out as low cost and under the radar as 
possible.
I am assuming you are going to be a computer type business, not a 
blacksmith type biz- and I dont know anything about computer 
businesses. Now if it involves metalworking, I can tell you lots of 
things not to do.

ries