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THE REWARDS BEING IN BUSINESS OFFERS

Business owners start, and work towards growing their business with various objectives in mind including;

• better income that working for an employer

• status as a business owner

• independence of being your own boss

• flexible working hours

• able to work from home

• long term asset building

• becoming seriously rich

There are several factors which determine how big a business can become and some owners want to build potentially vast businesses, others content for a regular income as a one person business;

• the trading area - local, countrywide, international - the bigger the area the bigger the potential.

• the size of the market in a given area of trading. A local shop in a remote village will have most of the inhabitants as potential customers, whereas 3 supermarkets in a town would share the trade from locals, plus that from visitors to the town.

• the average amount spent each sale by customers or clients.

• the frequency customers might return, or in some cases a sale would be a "one off".

• the chances of customers referring friends or contacts to the business.

You can be justly proud of starting and succeeding with your business enterprise, quietly smug, knowing that you have made it where others failed or never tried.

Making money may be a greater motivation by some, to win at all costs, however above all running a business should be fun, interesting, educational and rewarding in financial as well as personal terms.

Each business entrepreneur measures success differently, try and avoid burning out by over committing to the business. True business success is a well balanced life giving time for business, family and leisure pursuits.

Useful web sites

• Compensation - Distinguish Between Managing the Company and Owning it Distinguish Between Rewards for Managing the Company and Rewards for Owning the Company an article by Wayne Rivers.

• Companion Connection : Rewards of Owning Your Own Home based Business. Below are some of the advantages commonly associated with owning your own business: • Independence – No boss breathing down your neck.

• WorkZ : The Advantages Of Owning An Online Home Business In a year or two from now, you can quit your current position and enjoy the personal and financial rewards that owning an Online Home Business can provide.

• Levin Mark - AEI Speakers Bureau Since starting his own company in 1986, Mark Levin has learned the challenges and rewards of owning a business. He combines his talent and experience to tell you how.

• Why most people choose a fixed income over owning a business you reap all the financial reward and as the business grows, so does your income. ... Owning a business requires a lot of work and effort.

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