When times are good it’s easy to feel like entrepreneurship is the only path for you, but what about the times when your hit with multiple crises at once? We wondered if all entrepreneurs have moments when they wonder whether they should have gone with (or stuck to) a more standard job where they worked for someone else.

Chaz Warhol

Well, in fact I am happier as a future business owner, and music artist. I do work a regular job too, but I‘m pushing efforts to pursue my full time. Things are slowly, but surely taking off and the steadiness of its process works for me. Read more>>

Carly Casella

I am happier owning my own photography business because it allows me to have more creative freedom and control over my work. I have the ability to choose what kind of photography I want to specialize in and the types of clients I want to work with. Additionally, I can set my own schedule and work on my own terms. Being your own boss can be very fulfilling and rewarding, and it feels amazing that I am able to pursue my passion in a way that makes me happy. Read more>>

Diana Nadira

Within 4 months of graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, I started Culinary School at the Culinary Institute of America. Once I received my A.A.S in Baking & Pastry in 2017, we started to immediately receive orders from friends and family. Our business took off from there. Read more>>

Stefon Whitaker

I’m definitely happier as a business owner but I believe i’ll find fulfillment once more opportunities and accolades get created with my company. Read more>>

Bria M

Deciding to become a full-time entrepreneur was one of the best decisions I could have made in my life. After graduating from North Carolina A&T, I entered into a period of my life where I was essentially being planted. There are so many ups and downs in entrepreneurship that most people overlook, one of them being the fact that you HAVE to keep moving forward whether you get the results you desire or not. This applies to customers, sales, income, social media engagement, product releases, and everything else you could think of. Read more>>

Gabriella Terry

When things are going right in our businesses we tend to love it and can’t imagine doing anything else! However, when things are bad, I believe we have this thought probably 1000 times a day! With the way the world is right now, staffing shortages, prices for gas and food going up daily, it is only normal that we feel we are one rollercoaster. Read more>>

Nadia Palma

As a business owner, it can be difficult to navigate some parts of your business. You have the responsibility of making all of the decisions, even in things you don’t really understand. But there is nothing more rewarding than creating something meaningful not just for me, for all my clients. Read more>>

Madyson Pomeroy

This is such an interesting question and one that I think about all of the time. Read more>>

Jovella Vanison

From the beginning of establishing my business, right away I noticed obstacles that made the process somewhat difficult for me. By keeping my faith in God and gathering a support system made the challenges all the more easier. Before starting Thank Heavens Sweets I typically worked a hourly job. Trying to work around my schedule cut into my daily life, my family, and my motivation. Read more>>

Lina Paola Parra

I’m the happiest I’ve ever been being a business owner. I wouldn’t say never, because in life we never know what turns they take, but I don’t see myself working for someone else. They say you are happy when you do something you love. I take pride in my business, in every detail and work ethic I put into it, so I’m truly blessed. Read more>>

Samantha Schmitz

The day dream of clocking out at the end of the day is likely a fantasy all entrepreneurs have. No matter the size of your business, when you are the one that fields all major issues, it is very easy to think about how nice a “regular job” may be. However, with great stress comes great reward. Read more>>

Victoria Rose

As I was scrolling through the questions that I could choose to talk about today, I came across this one and it is something that crosses my train of thought almost on a daily basis. There is such an allure towards becoming your own boss and working for yourself. You get to pick your own hours, choose your days off, do what you love, etc. BUT it is not always what it’s cracked up to be. Read more>>

Adrienne Mcghee

Owning your own business needs to be described from two different perspectives. The business model must depict your passion to that field. It is hard enough to start anything let alone the business that you must bring income and make profits and manage your staff harmoniously is simply a task you must not undertake lightly. Read more>>

Ayianna Palmer

I can say that I am truly happy as a business owner. The freedom that come with being a business owner is what I’ve always wanted. I worked job after job since I was 14 & I’ve missed a lot of life moments because I had to work. Becoming a business owner is not a get out free card you have to work 10x harder but you also get to pick and choose your work days & you can always make time for those you love when you want Read more>>

Auvondria West

I do think I am happy as a business owner, but I also know that there are some things that I still need to work on. When I first started my business I was promoting everyday, on all my platforms, & business was booming. After about a month or two of business I stopped promoting because I got a regular job. It’s hard to work a regular 12 hour job, make skincare products, & promote them but it’s not impossible. Read more>>

Devin Duncan

Being a business owner has come with many ups and downs as time has progressed, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Every single day is a learning process. I have had just as many failures as I’ve had wins. However, I tend to take a different approach of “losses” and I try to apply “What can I learn from this?” “How can I improve?”. Read more>>

Hayley Fisk

I am extremely happy to be a business owner! Although running a business comes with many hard days and sleepless nights, I would not trade it for any full time job. That’s not to say that I haven’t had my moments (while building up my photography business) where I wondered if it would be easier to take on a full-time role. Read more>>

Jaydene Oconnor

I love what I do and owning my own business, but it does have it challenges. Being a private chef, you wear many hats such as that of the food stylist, photographer, marketer, and writer. It isn’t just getting the food on the plate—it’s also getting the food in front of your audience and making their experience perfect! Read more>>

Christie Bell

As a business owner, I find immense happiness in the exhilarating journey of entrepreneurship. The roller coaster of ups and downs is something I thrive on, and I can’t imagine being anything but a business owner. However, I must admit that the thought of having a regular job has crossed my mind from time to time. There are moments, especially during this current year, when the idea of someone telling me what to do and when to do it sounds quite delightful. Read more>>

Kaitlin Meyers

As crazy and stressful as being a business owner is, I don’t see how life could have led any other way. I love the challenges, the feeling of overcoming, and the accomplishment of having built a business from the ground up. My husband and I started my photography & videography business in 2018, not knowing where it would take us. Read more>>

Kenya Thornton-Bolivar

Yes, I would say I am happier as a business owner because it gives me the power to enhance, change, grow at the pace that is comfortable for me. My businesses involve helping people and it gives me the opportunity to help with all the red tape that can go along with mental health especially with domestic violence. Read more>>

Vesta Boateng

I feel completely fulfilled as a business owner. It gives me so much joy knowing that I created something beautiful from the ground up. I kept my faith, spent years of research for it to finally pay off and do something that I love everyday. I love that I’ve created a small beauty community that allows Vesta London Beauty to creatively express ourselves freely. Read more>>

Devyn Samios-Uy

I absolutely love being a business owner, my ability to help many people while still maintaining a work/life balance is something that I am so grateful for. Once or twice have I thought what it would be like to have a regular job— as a wellness therapist that does reiki and massage and crystal healing, I have a lot of overhead including office rent, oils, lotions, crystals, sheets, tissues, disinfectant wipes, advertisements, business software, and more. And crystals aren’t cheap! Read more>>

Anastasia Douglass

I am very happy as a business owner! I don’t have to wonder what it would be like to just have a regular job as I had one before. I actually had more then one at a same time ever since I moved to United States from Ukraine few years ago. You can barely survive having just one job with minimum or slightly above minimum wage. Read more>>

Charnell Diamond

I am definitely happier as a business owner because it allows me to work at my own pace and honestly do whatever I want to do. As you become your own boss, there are no limits. You hold the key and power to achieve whatever it is you want to achieve. I don’t think about having a regular job because entrepreneurship grants you freedom, the privilege to set your own prices, & make as much income you wish to make, when you want to make it. Read more>>

Katie Spruell

I would say that 98% of the time, I am very happy with my decision to be a business owner. There are times here and there, mostly during a slower month, where I wonder what it would have been like to pursue something else, and what life might have looked like. Back when I was in high school, nobody ever really took the time to talk with me about what career I might want to pursue, and different fields I might thrive in. Read more>>

Danielle Fuller

I am most happy being a business owner. I was born for this! I no longer entertain the thought of holding a regular job. I’ve given myself the gift of not having a Plan B so to speak. I rarely think of what it would be like to hold a regular job because I’m aware of what it’s like, and what it would require of me. I’m no longer willing to forego what I require of self to fulfill “my” dreams. Read more>>

Krysta Jones

Yes sometimes as a business owner the grass seems greener for a 9 to 5 er that gets a steady pay check and can live a traditional life. Being in the Cannabis Space you are limited to access to regular things such as housing and lending and has even been hard to do taxes with the amount of turnover in the Cannabia industry with in businesses. Read more>>