Thursday, October 9, 2008

Leaving Your Job For A Work At Home Business Opportunity

By Myles Krueger

When deciding to leave a job you can face a lot of challenges with your current position, family income, and uncertainty of your upcoming business. This can be very stressful, but at the same time it is worth considering.

One of the first things you need to consider is your current job situation. What obligations such as contracts do you have to your current employer and how would they feel if you left them? You need to decide your own future for your own family, but at the same time you should be loyal to the hand that feeds you.

Next think about your family situation and what financial obligations you have to them for the next several months as you get your business going. Can you support them so that they have a roof over their head and food on the table or will it be difficult and too stressful for everyone.

Consider the business that you have ahead of you and the business plan that you put together. Each person needs to have a strong business plan where they can see how the product is created, how it is marketed to a target audience, who is that target audience, and how can you fulfill it for them. If you can't see this then it will be difficult.

You have to make sure that you are funded whether by yourself or some type of venture capital that you can get from investors that are willing to support your business. You want to make sure that you have that in writing and that they will back you up or else you could be in trouble.

If you have business partners make sure they are on board. Look at their track record and see if they are going to provide value to your business or just become an annoyance that gets paid money you made.

Next take a second to think about what you personally feel about the whole situation and what you would like to do. You have to go where your heart is and you only live once. Some people can make all the money in the world, but they are not happy.

Whether you leave your job or not go and get a business started today if you haven't already. It is a great way to take your life into your own hands and prepare well for you future financial situation when you plan to retire.

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