Owning your own business

Check out www.sba.gov

I will tell you from personal experience if you go into business in order to survive you need to cheat on your taxes.

Cameron –

Don’t go there! The work world is too tough. It is better to work for
a small firm, in an industry or job-area you know, than to start your
own business. Anyway, you will need two good advisors; a lawyer,
and a Certified Professional Accountant. And you are going to find
a lawyer who knows “small business” as well as LD? Good luck!
And what if you don’t honor your committments and contracts?
Whats your excuse? LD? I doubt that that would work in court.
Better to work for a company of any size, where the LD issue is
__insignificant__ at best. Better to look for a good boss; not an
opportunity to run your own show. Private Message me if you want.

Sincerely,

Joe Tag,Jr.

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[quote=”cameron34”]Who here would rater start there own business than work for someone else? i would really like to start by own home business(I’m sick of always looking for work, getting laid off, starting the wrong type of jobs for me, etc..), but coming up with some idea’s is hard…anyone with LD/ADD have a home based business that you run? I would be curious to hear how you started and what kind of challenges you face.[/quote]

Joe, I don’t agree with you. My Dad has a learning disability… he has had a very successful PR business for 17 years(working out of his house, with only one other person helping him). I want to do some type of at home business..I don’t plan on opening up a retail store, or something that requires a lot of planning, money, etc…something pretty basic..I was thinking something like running a errand service type business. When you have had the luck I have had in the job market, you would probably be thinking the same thing. I don’t work good in a compnay enviornment where you have to be at work at certain times, where there are dress codes, where you have to a$$ kiss, etc….doesn’t matter if the company is 5 people or 5,000..I have worked in both environments.

Actualy, I think a small business is a very viable idea for someone with LD. You can hire out the parts that are hard for you. Although as Joe said, it can be difficult to find qualified lawyers/ccountants.

It really all depends on your risk-adversion level. If you saw a successful example (Cameron’s father) you see it as an exceptable idea. If you saw an UNccessful example (my dad) you don’t think its such a good idea.

I wouldn’t suggest cheating on taxes. White collar crime is being prosuced much more than it ever was in the past. Not really worth 10 years in jail, at least not for me….

Cameron,
You may wish to PM Richard…he is self employed and may have tips.

Good luck,

Barb, who is Richard? i don’t see his name on the member list.

Sorry, Cameron, I thought he was registered! He must post as a Guest as well.

Here is his web site.

www.ldresources.com

It has a moderated board…nice but not all that active. You may wish to start this tread over there…he watchs the board closely and responses to almost every post.

heehee….guest above is me–Barb Bloom

Forgot to log in…

Hi Cameron,
I have started 2 businesses already and I believe I have Ld. Have to still be ested but the college who has tested me thinks that is what i have. If you would like to visit my site it iswww.paytoncreatives.com and it is an integrated marketing co. that is having some sucess. I still have to add on vocals etc. but it might suggest to you that one can do a business on one’s own. The other business I had was an Opera Co. which was a great success. I just changed what I wanted to do.
Thornbird.

[quote=”cameron34”]Who here would rater start there own business than work for someone else? i would really like to start by own home business(I’m sick of always looking for work, getting laid off, starting the wrong type of jobs for me, etc..), but coming up with some idea’s is hard…anyone with LD/ADD have a home based business that you run? I would be curious to hear how you started and what kind of challenges you face.[/quote] :D :D HI CAMERON34. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE STARTED THEIR OWN HOMEBASE BUSINESS AND ARE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH YOUR LD/ADD AND LEARN PEOPLE SKILLS. THAT IS WHY I STARTED INVESTATING MY LD. I LEARN BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT WAY. IF YOU STILL CHECK IN WITH THIS SITE. LET ME KNOW YOUR AREA. I’M IN PA. NEVER STOP LOOKING AND DREAMING.

SUE

Most Business start ups fail. They fail mostly due to poor planning and not enough seed capital.

WWW.SBA.GOV Check out their website they have a template for a business plan plus lots of other good info.

This is very true. Going into business on your own because you have trouble with the skills of holding down a job working for somebody else has a lot of potential land mines.
There are lots of franchises out there willing to take your investment and promise you quick success. The reality is a totally different story.
There are some organizations like SCORE which provide help for businesses from folks who’ve been there & done that (many of ‘em retired business owners). I have a business w/ two partners and we got some pretty good advice and it also helped keep us focus — when you have to exsplain what you’re doing &Y why to somebody else, you tend to pay more attention to details :)
We’re still in business — but have day jobs, too. The biz would not pay the bills.
A business requires a *LOT* of different skills. THere are some good books & stuff about it, too — drop in at the library — it’s more those skills than ideas for businesses that are usually the problem. For ideas you have to figure out what you can do well… but then you have to figure out the far more complex question about how you can make a living doing it. If you need time flexibility, for instance, then you can’t go into a business that requires you to be available either on a strict schedule, or worse yet, whenever the customer calls (poor real estate folks!).