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?
Diana Nguyen

It’s not so much happier as a business owner, because being a business owner or entrepreneur comes with a whole other level of stress, it’s feeling more fulfilled which in turn does feed into your happiness. That’s why they say having purpose and passion for what you are doing is important as it will drive you on those days that you want to quit. Read more>>
Susana Moore

I love being the business owner of Lilly’s Sewn Comfort. Lilly’s Sewn Comfort is a minky business where I sew stuffed animals, pillows, scrunchies and blankets. Having my own business is allowing me to have time with my kids and grandkids. I can schedule my orders and sewing around picking up my grandkid from school and homeschooling my younger kids. Read more>>
Nick Ramey

I never thought I would enjoy owning a business. I dreaded it. At the time, I was fresh out of college and looking for a job in the video production industry. I worked for a small engineering company that a friend owned as a marketing/drafting guy. The three owners were there before I got there and after I left. It seemed exhausting. Read more>>
Prachi Patel

I am so happy to be a business owner. When I first came to college I thought I was going to be a neurologist. I was pre-med up until my junior year when I changed my major to chemical commerce with a focus in business management. I realized my third year that I didn’t want to be held down by higher ups. Meaning that I didn’t want to have to rely on someone else to make my plans. Read more>>
Katie Retterath Martin

I think about this question weekly, and it’s something I really struggled with early on when deciding whether or not I should start Raedial. I would say that I am happier as a business owner, but I can honestly say that the feelings are complicated. I know it sounds odd for me to say that, but I am still working on building my confidence and believing in myself. Read more>>
Laura Kinser

I have often joked recently that I am “unemployable” Being a business owner is a good part of who I am. I love the challenge that its up to me, good or bad. I havent really ever had the urge to have a “regular job’ Growing up I worked at restaurants, it gave me a lot of the same freedom and drive that owning a business has. Good tip, bad tip, it was (ususally) up to me. Read more>>
Thaddaeus Irby

I am in a very unique position, as I am both a business owner and I also maintain a “regular job”. I am very happy doing both. I operate from a perspective that happiness is an inside job, and we should only do things in life that makes us happy. Most of my adult life, and over the last 20 years, I have maintained a regular job in a wide variety of Fortune 100 companies that are in the Engineering, Information Technology, Academic, and Aerospace industries. But I would like to consider myself a new Business Owner – as a Yoga & Meditation studio Read more>>
Jasmine Lewis

One of the scariest decisions that I made in my life was to quit my 9 to 5 job to pursue working for myself. I’ve always wanted the ability to live my life on my own terms, and owning my own business has afforded me just that. Read more>>
Evan Johnson

I am pretty happy as a business owner. I’ve had a regular job a very long time ago and realized I do not like working for other people. Especially those that do not appreciate the value I bring to the table. If I had a regular job right now I may be content with pay due to the security of knowing I have a consistent check coming, but the stress it brings for the pay and limits does not excite me. Read more>>