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In reply to the discussion: Think Twice Before Quitting Your Job to Sell Homemade Jam [View all]raccoon
(31,110 posts)2. And it doesn't provide you with health care coverage. nt
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Oh, you're so kind. This lifestyle has been good to me. I've badly needed income a couple
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#59
One has to work to find success in this business. One tip: never do a show with
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#60
I'm tired of discussing this but I made my success. If skilled artisans don't bother
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#69
Why not push corporations towards more loyalty and respect for those they employ?
MADem
Dec 2012
#46
"Common"?? My grandparents (I'm 63) never "ran" any kind of "service/farm/industry."
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#29
my uncle ran a little sawmill on his days off from working in a sawmill. plus the farm chores,
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#65
Back in the "good old days" people were lucky if they had Sunday off, and they worked an 80 hour
MADem
Dec 2012
#38
I always ask myself, when I get that Handyman Urge, "How much is your time worth?"
MADem
Dec 2012
#45
I believe that. I've read that most new businesses fail - businesses of any size. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#22
If you have a good job, no I would not quit it especially if you are nearing 50
AnnieK401
Dec 2012
#34
As an accountant, I have seen at least 100 small business people strike out on their
WCGreen
Dec 2012
#54
WA. State recently passed a law allowing people to produce edible products from their home.
EmeraldCityGrl
Dec 2012
#55
kr. and i'll add to that: a lot of the stories hyped in the msm about this kind of thing are the
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#63