Running your own business is at the present the ideal choice for a lot of people in the present economic climate as rewarding jobs become more difficult to hit upon, however before you take your entire savings and invest it in your own publishing business. What do you need to be aware of?
Having your own business means you are no longer the one who takes the instructions (or shouldn't be); by all means be a first-class boss listen to your employees (if you have any), listen to their recommendations and mull over the information they give to you. Now it is your job as the boss to collate this understanding and put policy into action..."failing to plan is planning to fail."
Be shrewd when operating your own business - for certain you would like to make money, but not at all costs. What are the costs of business compared with just being a worker? You have more accountability to yourself, your family and employees if you have any - they are all reliant on you for their economic safety. Scary! Operating your own business regularly means working longer hours and you may not make any funds from working those longer hours where before you may have got paid per hour/day. A guaranteed salary!
However having no financial worries is a great comfort though.
Having something to confirm is also an excellent motivator. Having a parent,spouse,sibling or other major person that is thriving in business creates a fantastic motivation for others to give it a go. Not out of a awareness of competition but for the reason that it is understandable to be aware of the pleasure people get from operating their own business, and their own lives.
People have varying reasons for fitting into the shape of an an industrialist - every one is different; and as such you will doubtless like to do things in a better way than you have seen done by other bosses in earlier jobs you have had.
Hardly any people start their own business - most people do not have the knowledge. The point is do you have it? Are you going to push yourself in business as well as in life?