Generation Y Entrepreneurs

Benefits of Owning a Business

Despite the hard work involved, starting your own business can be a very rewarding experience. You get to build something from the ground up and be there for every step and every stumble. It could be creating a program for literacy among children, or turning someone’s yard into a unique and breathtaking space, whatever your passion it will be a chance to shape and flesh out your ideas. Remember how good you felt when you created an entire city out of Lego, or baked that pottery dish with your handprint? There is a sense of pride that accompanies building something.

Having your own business provides a freedom to choose whom you work with and what your workday will look like. There is a community that is built when owners and customers have access to one another. Connections and relationships emerge when there isn’t a giant office jammed with cubicles with telephones manned by machines. There are opportunities to provide jobs within the community and the chance to give back. And depending on your attitude you might be the coolest boss on the block. Perhaps office attire will consist of jeans and printed t-shirts and Thursday meetings will take place in the local park. The outlook completely depends on your vision and that is an exciting prospect.

With any big risk there is a chance of failure, but if you have the right personality, a great business plan, and the research behind your idea in place, starting your own business may be the best career move for happiness and success.

Megan is a freelance writer/editor living in Victoria B.C. whose passions include fiction, poetry, music and dance.