i was working with various firms in last 9 years, now i have started entrepreneurship with two other friends. Have started decently but has been facing lot of ups and downs off late. Every thing that we want is getting delayed facing unnecessary problems and others are not helping
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Contact your local Small Business Administration office.  They have counselors who can look over your business and make recommendations.  Their services are provided free (govt. agency).  Many of the persons working with and through them are retired executives and business leaders or educators.\n\nBest wishes.
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well it can be two things.\n1) in order to become successful at your business you've spent all your time invested in getting it running which means you haven't been hanging out with your friends as much.  It may have started with them asking if you want to go out, and you always say no so the eventually stopped asking.\n\n2) They are jealous of your success in which case i think if you care about them, never flaunt your success in their faces, don't pull up in a BMW, don't dress in expensive clothes around them.  But in reality if they can't be happy for your success they aren't good friends anyway are they.
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Sounds like you need to find better people for your staff. You need to offer compensation attractive enough to get the right people. Figure out what those delays are costing you and tack on a good percentage of that value to what you offer potential employees.
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Maybe you want to consider starting your own business.  When I lost my job a few years ago, I felt about like you did for about 1 day. After that, I made a decision that while searching for another job (which is Just Over Broke) I would search for something I could do to start my own business. \n\nDid you get what I said? I "made a decision" and then took action.\n\nIf you can't do this then don't expect things to get better any time soon. Should you consider your own business, you can get some ideas on this site.\n\nWhatever you decide to do (and you have to decide yourself) \ndo it with great passion and you will succeed.
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YES! I am also self-employed, and it takes time dedication, and a willingness to loose everything in order to succeed.  It is however achievable, just don't give up.  BTW You will be poor more often that rich. Good luck.
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since you are doing pretty well you must be good, and if you are good, I cant see your business failing with as many people as there is needing their websites done- GOOD LUCK!!!
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I have a lot of experience with startup. Startups can be fun but it is not for everyone. The startup you mention, with 100 employees, is more than a typical startup (1-25 employees) in the Silicon Valley (San Francisco-San Jose area). In startups the opportunities for your work to have a big impact and be rewarded for it are higher than an established company. The opportunities to learn and expand your skillset are high. You get to mingle more and evolve a better relationship with your fellow employees. Work is there in plenty, only if you take the initiative. You can grow your leadership skills. I am guessing that the company you mention may already have customers and revenues coming in. So, the typical financial uncertainties and vagaries of a startup may be relatively less. If you are in a startup and you get some stocks as compensation, you may end up making good money when the startup is acquired or goes public in a couple of years. On the contrary, the product may fail and everyone could lose their jobs too. However, what you learn while working there puts you in a good position for the next opportunity. \n\nBig companies are much more steady. Your friends and your future employers may recognize them more easily. Nowadays, some big companies recognize strengths in a startup and have small groups that behave like a startup. I hope that helps. Sometimes, startups actively look for people who have worked for startups to develop a startup culture. Good luck.
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You usually have to invest, then they have you start a web site in your own name as your business. You have to make sure you cover all taxes at the end of the year yourself out of all your sales. You have to expect someone may have an allergy to the product and seen as you are the owner of the business you are then liable. you have to recruit other people to work under you and keep up a certain quota in order to start making money. etc,etc, I didn't like it. You can devote yourself and your time to it but if the people you recruit don't follow through you find yourself back at the bottom again and just the fat cat fills the pockets.
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Become an entrepreneur ,never give up look for new opportunity's and never take things personally when people try to criticize you,because they probably have worse faults than you,nobody is perfect.,and most important when you find people are being negative torwards you ,disacociate yourself from them as you only need a few good friends not many bad friends-good-luck!
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Have you checked with a bank or the Small Business Administration in your state?  If not, I would begin there.  They may be able to tell you where to go (ha, ha).\n\nI hate to be a pessimist but don't forget that over 80% or more of new businesses fail.  Given the economy right now I would reconsider unless you have a product which people need as opposed to a business where people can get along without your product or services.\n\nI worked with a guy who left his job that he had for almost 15  yrs & withdrew the money in his retirement account to start up his business.  Within 2 years he had to close up his store & he returned to the employer he worked for previously.  Not only did he lose the security of having a retirement account but he was also in debt & had to refinance his mortgage.  Unfortunately there are too many more like him.\n\nIf you decide to go forward with your plans, I wish you the best of luck in your venture.
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Starting a small business takes a lot of courage. But, as they say, courage does not pay the bills. To be successful – to stay in business – you need more than courage. You need a combination of hard work, skill, perseverance, and lots of luck. \n\nSome things you need to consider:\n\n- "How can I support my family while I build up by business?" \n- "What are my abilities?" \n- "Is there a market for the product or service I have chosen?" \n- "Will I lose any opportunities if I start it now or later?"\n- "How long will it take this business to reach the financial goal I have?" \n\nAlways ask the worst case scenario: if the business fails, what will happen to me; to my family? If you think you have some way of paying your loan plus resources to support your family if the business fails, then go for it.\n\nYou may want to read the article "How to Start a New Business Successfully" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol51/launch.htm , which lists six steps to launch a new business successfully:\n\n1. Provide a benefit.\n2. Determine the fit with your market.\n3. Right timing is everything\n4. Be ready to support your business\n5. Develop a blueprint for success\n6. Market, market, market\n\nI recommend that you read the following books:\n\n- What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business : Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs \n- Starting From Scratch: How To Start A Business When You Don't Have Money \n- If You're Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More \n- On the Move : How to Succeed and Survive As an Entrepreneur \n- How to Make 1000 Mistakes in Business and Still Succeed
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Have you ever consider starting your own biz?\nDid it ever occur to you that may be you are bored becoz you are born to be an entrepreneur? An entrepreneur in heart will definitely be bored to do office job like you mentioned.\n\nStart small, this could be your beginning of a brighter future.\nIf you want it bad enough you will make it!
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Perhaps you have not done them well.  That would be my guess.  Usually if you work somewhere the vendors and customers will offer you jobs if you are really good.  Experience alone doesn't cut it.  Outstanding performance that will be noticed is what does it.  I think you should start your own business to prove that you can succeed.  Just start your own place.
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I would say that you should try to put your ideas through a major company and advance until you are at the level that you can go SOLO. Good luck
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You could be wasting them on a battlefield or six feet under for that matter.\n\nI was close to 31, with our first child on the scene before i 'woke up'. Over the last 5 years, i have been involved in 7 new companies and have no problems whatsoever with career.\n\nI believe it helps to forget about material aims such as money, cars, etc and to focus on genuine goals. If you haven't already developed a vision and some life goals, then you MUST do this right now!\n\nRecently i came across a fantastic learning opportunity that can certainly help in this area (it has certainly reinvigorated my business life). If you would like some information, please let me know.\n\nYour life is yours 100%. Take control of it!\n\nAll the best.\n\nCheers\nAlister\nhttp://www.marketscience.com.au
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Yikes is probably the correct response. Your friend sounds like an entrepreneur, in a negative way. If you go with it try to learn something other than how to spot "opportunities" to avoid in the future. Some examples of worthwile things to learn about might be the housing market, credit, appraising properties, and what it takes to have a successful, rewarding business.
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i think if you want to start your own business then you need a bank loan for that you hav to hav colateral. do you hav that? also my hubby is a business man. it is hell. he is very rich but he doesnt hav a life, day and night he is on the job. he has stress attacks and he needs medicine to sleep. the money is great and he  calls all the shots but he has no life. we miss him always. he has to go to factory or abroad even in the middle of the night. there is no routine, no relaxsation and always  high stress,. sometimes he wished he could just work from 9 to 5 and leave all his worries behind at work.think about it...do you want a family life or money?you cant have both.