What even is a “regular” job? Semantics aside, the heart of our question is about those moments when the stress of entrepreneurship is mounting – do you ever sit back and wonder what if you had just been working for someone else, what life would have been like without all the stress?

Ann B

I love being a business owner. I am currently working a full time job I’m a supervisor at a fertility clinic. I definitely think about taking that leap of faith and saying to hell with my job and go full force with my lingerie business. I have these thoughts at least once a month so I know it’s coming soon. Read more>>

MaLisa Riley

I am happy to be a business owner to the point where I wake up everyday considering what I do a regular job. Punching in on my own time clock, I put my all into it. During the times that I feel I should work a normal job I remind myself that I have the same drive as the owner of any company I could work for. Read more>>

Brian Lahiere

As with any career there can be setbacks and difficult situations and the entertainment industry is no exception; however, the pace, the level of pressure, and almost zero tolerance to failure is an environment in which I thrive. The access alone, coupled with some of the amazing figures in the world I meet on a weekly basis is difficult to explain to those outside the sphere, but among colleagues it’s almost become commonplace to work with celebrities, sports figures, and influential individuals. Read more>>

Jonathan Kunke

This is a deceptively tough question! The honest answer is that I am happier as a business owner in the ways that matter the most. I think it is really difficult to truly understand what it takes to own your own business until you actually do. The phrase “blood, sweat and tears” comes to mind – it really is intense! Read more>>

Najar Louis David

Well if we re going down the path of honesty, truth be told, this is a common topic. People identify small business owners as free, but it can be challenging to overcome the mental aspects of our own struggles and failures. What happens when personal life gets tough ? what happens when health goes wrong. Read more>>

Chad & Debbie Hudspeth

It brings us a lot of joy to see people vacation at our treehouses at Adventure Creek Ranch. Chad owns and runs Lonestar Tiny Homes and built all of the treehouses. Debbie manages all the short term rentals full time. Read more>>

Wally Stryk

My wife Pat and I started this business in 1998. We both enjoy the process of procuring interesting furniture and decor and offering it here in Van Nuys. We both have an eye for and love for what we do. That’s something that can’t be instilled in someone. It’s allowed us to have confidence in what we do and made the process pleasurable. Pat’s from Thailand which is where we primarily source from these days. Read more>>

Diana Smithson

Being a Stay at home mom was my desire when I started having children. All along, I knew I would need something to keep me busy when they were all in school. I started to work own a small personal training mobile business shortly after my youngest started kindergarten. Only working for 2-4 hours a day was the perfect intro to what would become something much bigger. Read more>>

Gregory Farah

I feel very fortunate and blessed to have a been given the opportunity to become an independent Art dealer broker, gallery, Director, etc. I Originally got into the Fine art business in a relatively non-traditional manner purely through some connections and whirlwind circumstances. After a few years of learning the ropes, and working for someone else, I devised a plan, and was given the opportunity and the tools to go out on my own. Read more>>

Sierra Horsey

I’m currently asking myself this. I’m really struggling as a business owner and I can’t tell if I’m keeping this because I’m afraid of failing and what people will think of me for giving up or if I’m keeping this because I want it to work and think it’s the best course of action. When I created Song & Sugar Sweets, I had a full time job and no intention of turning it into a full scale home business, I just wanted to legitimize myself as I couldn’t afford to bake as a hobby. Read more>>

Rolan Pongpuntara

Owning a business comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages, but I must say that I absolutely adore what I do and take great pride in being a business owner. In the past, I had a typical job, and let me tell you, being a business owner can encompass a multitude of responsibilities. Most of the time, you find yourself tirelessly working around the clock in the dynamic realm of the food industry. Read more>>

Gayle Fowler

I had been running my own business for five years and it was my husband’s idea that I needed to “get a job.” Ummm, I do have a job and my business is growing so rapidly that I am having trouble keeping up as a one-woman shop. Well, I decided to throw it out to the universe and see what happens. Read more>>

Kyli Boyd

I am 100% happier as a business owner. Of course, I have had those thoughts of how having a regular job and that “security” of knowing you are for sure going to make X amount that week. As a business owner you go through slow times and during those times you can’t help but have those thoughts of not having to constantly be hustling to make sure your booked and busy. Read more>>

Paulina Pinsky

Being a modern writer means being not only someone who produces art, but someone who is also a social media content creator, an accountant, an entrepreneur and astute business person. Read more>>

Diego Montemayor

I am an entrepreneur at heart and very mission driven – that makes me very happy and grateful. As a business owner I experience many emotions daily but the most prominent and at the end of the day is that of happiness. Read more>>

Drea Williams

I’ve always wanted to own my own business. There’s something very freeing about having a vision and being able to execute it without having to go through all the bureaucracy you often experience in the corporate world. I’m very much a “Here’s what should/needs be done and now I’m going to go do it” person. Unfortunately, in the corporate world, I found myself getting held back a lot from executing ideas and plans. Read more>>

Kimberly Kulak

Ohhhh. This answer could change from day-to-day! Running your own business is truly a roller coaster ride. I’d be lying if I said I was happy every day and loving every aspect of what I do; the truth is, some days are tough. Like crying-into-your-pillow, not-sleeping-for-days, fasting, draining-your-bank-account kind of tough. On those days, I absolutely contemplate what it would be like to go back to working for someone else and not enduring some of those stressors. Read more>>

Al Sgro

I’ve been a freelancer basically my entire career, so I don’t have a solid basis on which to compare a salaried position to my personal experiences, but there are certainly times when I daydream about working for a solid company. Over the years, friends have remarked to me about how great it must be to work for myself– the flexible hours and freedom that provides, etc., etc., but I don’t see that I have much more autonomy than other professionals I know.  Read more>>

Elizabeth Moreno

I am definitely much happier as a business owner! I sometimes wonder if I should have stayed at my 9-5 job, and even currently. I’ll be honest, I have the thought often since I am not as busy as I would like to be in my business and I still wonder, even after a year in business if I made the right decision but then I remember how tough this year has been for my husband and I. Read more>>