Would you rather have the burden of owning a company with the freedom of being the owner or...?

Question

would you rather be the employee, restricted but no headaches....?

Answer 1

I own my own business.  Stressful, but you can do whatever you want, and can make as much as you want.  I made more than my last job after 3 months.  And I make 10 times more than I did.  Just go for it.  Thats my rule.  Good luck.

Answer 2

I've had my own businesses for about 20 of the past 25 years and been an employee the rest of the time. Most self-employed people work much harder and longer hours than employees, and you are not guaranteed a particular salary. Your business becomes your boss - you have to choose between being successful or taking time off. If you grow your business to a certain point, you can start to take time off - in one business I eventually got to work only a 4 day week and made over $100K a year. But I've had other businesses where I worked 70 hours a week.