I'm not saying you shouldn't go for the more money assuming money is more important to you. But I am saying that money isn't the most important thing to everyone. For me the things I get from being self employed are worth far more than money.
All other things are not equal when it comes to comparing working for someone else and working for yourself. By definition they're very different.
As far as my second point I didn't mean it about working to sell your business, though that's certainly a possibility. What I meant was that most businesses aren't going to do as well in their first few years as they will in later years, but you can't get to those later years without going through the early years.
For example lets say market value for a job is $50,000 and someone working that job can look forward to a $5,000 raise each year. That same person could start their own business and make only $20,000 in year one and maybe $30,000 in year two. They might then be able to go on to make $60,000 in year three and $150,000 in year four.
Obviously I'm making up the numbers above, but the idea is there's a higher upside in regards to revenue when running your own business. When you work for someone else you work to make them money. When you work for yourself you work to make you money.
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