1. The Good and the Bad of running your own Business

2. Hello!

3. A year ago I started a business

4. I thought it might be a good idea to share with you what I think…

5. The good & bad points have beenso far.

6. TheBADThings

7. 1 You do what???

8. People probably won’t understand what you are doing

9. People probably won’t understand what you are doing

10. Or WHY

11. Or WHY

12. This is something you will just have to get used to!

13. 2 Alightpiggy bank

14. If you are starting a business just to make stacks of money…

15. You shouldn’tBecause you won’t!

16. You shouldn’tBecause you won’t!

17. 3 A life of doubt

18. Few things are certainor predictable when running your own business

19. Seth Godin says “ People don’t like doubt, so they pay money and give up opportunities to avoid it. Entrepreneurship is largely about living with doubt, as is creating just about any sort of art.

20. Seth Godin says “ People don’t like doubt, so they pay money and give up opportunities to avoid it. Entrepreneurship is largely about living with doubt, as is creating just about any sort of art.

21. Just another thing you have to accept as an entrepreneur

22. 4 Always on, allthetime

23. Work doesn’t start at 9 or end at 5

24. And it can be almost impossible to “Log out”

25. 5 Out on your own

26. Starting out can be lonely!

27. If you aren’t comfortable with getting work done on your own

28. You might want to reconsider Self-Employment

29. 6 “Everything” ..dept.

30. You are the Sales

31. You are the Marketing

32. You are the HR

33. You are the Accounting

34. Departments

35. You need to be prepared for that!

36. 7 You can check out but you can never leave

37. There are some things in life you cannot UNsee

38. Like this…

39. Once you have experienced the joys of running your own business, there is no returning to “normal” jobs

40. Of course, it is not all bad!

41. 1 Exploring My Town

42. I work from a home office and as a result I have been able to discover

43. The beauty of my local area

44. Forexampleitcanbe…

46. 2 Great People

47. You’ll meet a lot of great people along the way

48. Every country has a startup community, and getting involved is very rewarding

49. 3 Control Over Your Time

50. Not everyone works best between 9 and 5, Because we are all different

51. Not everyone works best between 9 and 5, Because we are all very different

52. Some people are early birds and some aren’t

53. And sometimes you just need to take a day off (and make up for it later)

54. When you are the boss, you work when you know you will work best (Which is rarely 9 to 5)

55. 4 Work from Anywhere

56. Who says that everyone works at their best in one specific building?

57. Maybe you get more done when you have peace and quiet and work alone…

58. If your job is based mainly on a computer… you can work from pretty much anywhere!

61. 5 Creating Something From Scratch

62. If you get satisfaction from baking a cake from scratch…

63. Imagine how cool it is to create your own business!!!

64. 6 Constant Learning

65. When you start a business you have to learn a lot… FAST

66. Or else you wont be around for too long!

67. But you will get to learn some cool stuff

68. And be immersed in a world of new information and ways of thinking.

69. 7 Doing Work You Enjoy

70. Most people don’t really like work…

71. Most people don’t really like work…

72. But it doesn’t have to be like this!

73. Confucius said “ The man who loves his job never works a day in his life

74. Waking up every day, and really wanting to do your job is amazing

75. It completely overrides all the negatives

76. And makes it all worthwhile

77. So!There you have it…

78. Starting your own business has its good and bad points

79. But on balance the “Goods” win out by a long way!

80. So get out there and make it happen :-)

81. Thanks for viewing!

82. This presentation is based on a much more in depth blog post that can be found here Do you tweet? If so connect with me here (@clearpreso)

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