Being a business owner isn’t easy. There are amazing highs, but the lows are often quite intense as well. Somedays it feels like the problems never stop – regardless of how much success you achieve. The problems just grow, evolve, morph. So we asked business owners if they sometimes wonder what it would be like to just have a regular job and have shared some of the highlights below.

Ezada-Capri Mills

I’m happy I took the plunge and started my own business. I’ve been working for others at regular jobs for so long that I think I need to work for myself from now on. Read more>>

Brian Pearson

For over 18 years, I’ve navigated the rewarding path of self-employment, and now, the thought of working for someone else seems quite out of the ordinary for me. Read more>>

Matthew Shuck

I think everyone who takes the risk of starting their own business comes to a point where they wonder what it would have been like if they had taken a more traditional path and found a “regular job” Read more>>

Melinda Jacques

I think that overall, yes, I’m extremely happy as a business owner, but I believe it is because of the type of business I run. My dance school allows me to love and inspire the next generation and that is what is important to me, which makes all of the hardships I’ve walked through worth it. Read more>>

Dana Danielson

I’ve worked in the culinary industry for 13 years and by far stepping away from restaurants and becoming an independent personal chef has been the best choice I have made in my career. Read more>>

Atoya Hodges

As a business owner, the journey is a blend of exhilaration and challenge, and the question of happiness often intersects with the realities of entrepreneurship. Read more>>

Nadeli Cortez

Being an entrepreneur is undoubtedly one of the toughest paths I’ve ever taken, but it’s also the best decision I’ve ever made. There’s always been this inner drive in me to take action. Read more>>

Tony Sharpe

As a business owner, I am often asked whether I am happier running my own business compared to having a regular job. It’s a thought-provoking question that occasionally crosses my mind, prompting moments of reflection and introspection. Read more>>

Brittny Hardrick

I love being a business owner, but I will say during the very very beginning I was like what IF…I went to a 9-5. LOL lets just say the thought process didn’t last but about 6 seconds. Read more>>

BERNIE MANGIBOYAT

I’ve owned the Dragon’s Lair Comic Book store for over 30 years and 99.9% of the time I’m a very happy business owner. The 1% is when I gotta do admin stuff like paying bills etc. Read more>>

Alejandry Rohena

Yes, I am happy to be a business owner. At first everything was very difficult and without ruling out that everything was new for me being a businesswoman who manages her own business alone. Read more>>

Ann Marlin

I love being an business owner! I have owned my own companies since 2005 and what a ride it has been! Currently I own and manage a boutique cowork space in Englewood called Broadway Collective. Read more>>

Tyler Willy

I used to have a regular job and to me, I don’t know that I could do it again now that I have started my own business. Having the creative freedom to implement my company agendas is such an empowering responsibility. Read more>>

Brittany Hammett

Being a business owner has its many ups and downs. Sometimes going back to work a full-time job for someone else could make life much simpler. Read more>>

Justine Gallo

There are many times in my life when I have stoped and considered a life where I found a regular job. When dissecting that thought I only found myself back where I started, working on my small business. Read more>>

John Bin Kasongo

First of all I’d like to thanks for the invite to be talking the litle things that i do understand of what i do owner representing Diversity Clothing Brand LLC, and JM’s Transportation Company LLC. Read more>>

Michele Atencio

As the proud owner of MISARI Design Collective, my journey to where I am today has been anything but conventional. Reflecting on happiness as a business owner, it’s a resounding yes, though it’s a happiness earned through resilience, adaptation, and embracing the unexpected turns of life. Read more>>

Aisha Patrice

For me, I am in the beginning phase of Maternal Holistics. So, I haven’t really seen how rough it can get but I have an idea and honestly, it is quite intimidating. Read more>>

Lily Tapia

As a wedding photographer and business owner, I absolutely love being my own boss. Though I gotta admit, it’s not always a walk in the park. Still, I feel super satisfied and happy with what I’m doing. Read more>>

Isaiah Bankhead

Am I Happy As a Business Owner ! YES! Being a Business owner is a rollercoaster ride with extra twisting loops slow peaking highs then sudden drops to a new low. Read more>>