[Cagey]

I gave up a company car, health insurance, and a steady pay check to start my own business. I took an enormous cut in income the first year and a half but it's been a steady climb since with the normal amount of bumps in the road along the way.

Owning your own business will cause some sleepless nights but in today's business climate so does working for a company.

Best of luck and the odds are your return will be based on the effort you put into what you do. Luck helps, but there is no substitute for hard work.

[OregonRancher]

You open and close up

You'll work 7 days a week

You're the last paid

You do all the worrying

You will not golf

You will eat at home and bag your lunch

and if you're lucky, smart, financially savvy, have a
good product and you're marketing is good and you survive the first three years, you, my son, are on the way.