Learn How You Can Start Your Own Business With These Techniques
Hopefully, you've been reading some of the best entrepreneur books available to you. Remember, knowledge gives power and power is change. If you need to launch your own business you have to begin with change. That change is inside you.
Being employed with a steady salary check from a regular job, with a family or other financial liabilities, makes stepping out of your comfort zone a little risky. It does not seem to matter how unhappy you are in that job, the choice scares the pants off many folks. There is a safer way of jumping off that cliff and it entails your present boss.
Your employer may be your ticket to a successful freelance business, if his business doesn't conflict with your dreams. If you were thinking about starting a freelance copywriting business, you might negotiate a contract with your present employer for 50% of your time for the 1st year after you leave. This would give you a springboard for finding other clients while still covering your monthly expenses.
You’re probably wondering why your employer would agree to sign on the dotted line for 1/2 your time? There are a number of reasons, and they can result in a “win-win” situation for the two of you.
If you are on good terms with your employer, chances are he doesn't want to lose you. It will take time to coach somebody to fill your job and educate them to the company's way of being productive.
Whether or not he comes to a decision to replace you, it can take forever to gather resumes, interview applicants, and hire the proper person. During that time you can be performing job functions from your small office, perhaps even training your replacement and providing your chief with a smoother transition by minimizing the disruption to his business.
If you aren't on good terms with your boss and the company is downsizing, merging, or being bought out, you can help them avoid the unpleasantness and price of firing you. You're actually doing them a favor by restructuring this in the shape of a contract for services that can be “stretched out” for a time period if required.
Frankly, if an employer has to choose between allowing you to go and paying severance and benefits vs signing a contract for a short period, which do you actually think they’d prefer? Signing and getting real work and services in return without the expenses related to terminating you is a much better deal for him. The contract may even be allotted from a different budget class, making it more affordable for the company.
There's another reason your supervisor may opt for a contract, and that is your understanding. You are familiar with the company, its clients and services. You are able to provide the services they want and you understand what must be done. Many creative folk have used this logic in approaching their bosses to negotiate their first contract and go out on their lonesome.
If you're interested in beginning your own business your current job can supply the safety you need in your first year. What better way to get started on your dream?
Learn how to come up with some creative business names for your business at James Helmering’s website Entrepreneurs List.
