8 Ways To Know If You Are An Employee Inside Your Own Business

The sad truth is when I discover a business owner living the employee life, and I ask: “Didn’t you start your own company, so you have more freedom?”

There is a trap, few entrepreneurs know how to avoid it when they plan their business.

Many people have read the 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, even some of the business owners I work with, yet they don’t pass the ultimate test which is a simple question: “would someone want to buy your company?”

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind.

Yes, you need to plan your exit while you are starting your business. Whether you want to sell next year or a decade from now, you must be building an asset someone would buy – otherwise, you have a job, not a business.

Eight ways to ensure you are building a company, not just doing a job:

  • A job requires that you show up at work to make money, whereas a company generates revenue whether you are there or not.
  • If your company is so reliant on a single customer that they can dictate how you deliver your product or service, your company is more like a job than a valuable business.
  • A job is a place where your personal reputation impacts your results, whereas a company is a place where the brand is more important than the personality of the founder(s).
  • A job requires you to use your personal experience and expertise to get a result, whereas a company is a place where a process – not a person – consistently produces a desirable result.
  • In a job, you get fired for taking too much vacation, whereas if you own a company, the more vacation you can take without impacting your company’s performance, the more valuable your business will be.
  • In a job, the harder you work, the more money you earn. In a company, the smarter you work, the more money you earn.
  • In a job, you solve the problems. If you own a company, your employees solve the problems.
  • If the majority of your customers know your mobile phone number, it’s likely you have a job, not a company.

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Andre Abi Awad
Skill Builder