We speak with so many brilliant folks across dozens of industries and when those folks happen to be working for someone else, sometimes we can’t help but wonder why they aren’t working for themselves. How do folks decide between joining a firm or starting their own? We posed the question to the community and have shared some of their responses below.

T K Bradford

I started out by joining a firm. I did this because I believed at the time that it would be the best way for me to break into the business world, and I didn’t come from a background where I had extensive knowledge about owning, starting, or purchasing a business. Read more>>

Birgit Stutz

Together with my husband, 11 horses, 7 cats and a border collie, I live on a remote horse ranch in northeastern British Columbia, at the foot of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, surrounded by farmland, pastures and endless wilderness, Read more>>

Ruth Bruno

The conventional real estate brokerage model often assigns one broker to oversee a large number of agents, sometimes as many as 200 to 300, and tends to recruit individuals solely based on their possession of a real estate license. Read more>>