7 Reasons Why Now is the Perfect Time to Start Your Own Business
It wasn’t that long ago that the Feds bailed out Bear Stearns and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There were a lot of people "downsized" during that fiasco. However, the recent news of Lehman Brothers (a 100+ year old company) being told by the Feds to "come up with its own solution", as reported on blogs.moneycentral.msn.com will cause another employment meltdown. In addition, there were more than 25,000 employees who owned 30% of the company - which is now worth zero. Can you say, Good Luck Retiring?
Here are some reasons to start your own business now!
- Take responsibility and create your own circumstances (like I always say on my blog - "or else someone else will"!)
- Don’t worry about being downsized ever again - fire your boss instead! Plus work from the comfort of your own home, saving commute time and gas costs.
- Maximize your income by minimizing your taxes. Having your own business allows you to be eligible for numerous deductions.
- Your most valuable commodity is time - get some of it back
- 79 million Americans plan to start their own business in the next 3-5 years - are you one of them?
- Every 11 seconds - someone starts a home business in the U.S., and every 8 seconds - someone starts a franchise in the U.S - are you one of them?
- Social Security and Medicare will likely be very different 10 years from now. Will you have enough to retire?
Stop waiting for the perfect time, or the perfect situation. Take action now and stop procrastinating. Look at www.TheAbundantAlliance.com to learn how to earn unlimited income that is unaffected by economic conditions. Part time or full time, just start NOW !
What commitments have you made to your future, let us know 
Until next time, J.
"Take control of your destiny or someone else will"
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September 16 2008 10:22 am | Carbon Copy Pro and Home Business Ideas and Retirement and Wealth Strategies
September 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Wow! The landscape is changing rapidly. Excellent reasons!
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September 16th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hi Janet!
Indeed. Seven great reasons to start making lemonade!
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September 16th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
And start NOW! Not even the internet turns to gold overnight. It is a business and as a business takes work and the willingness to invest in yourself and your future. Time, know how, mentoring, money - but start building!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Living paycheck to paycheck has proven to be very unreliable, not to mention stressful. There are so many options for one to start a lucrative business of their own…. the key word though is to take some action and START it, like you said!
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 am
It is definitely a good time to start your own business and if you choose an online business, then set up and ongoing costs are minimal. Though you must remeber that anything worth having is worth working hard for. Nothing will be easy and if you are prepared to put in the hard work, you will reap the benefits int he long term.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
Definitely a good time to start! To quote Paul Zane Pilzer, author of The Next Millionaires, “Home-based businesses are one of the fastest-growing segments in our economy, and that trend will only continue, as the age of the corporation now gives way to the age of the entrepreneur.”