I stumbled across this website a few days ago from You Grow Girl, which I found out about at BlogHer. What a great blog you guys have, and so nice to find local Vancouverites!

I just thought I’d comment regarding your question about whether women are selling themselves short, based on the quote from EVU: “Women are often satisfied with lower earnings if they can have a more flexible daily life by going solo.” Actually I don’t think we are selling ourselves short at all. I think we need to understand that we have to set our priorities. If money is your number one priority, then maybe the flexible schedule has to take a backseat. If the flexible schedule is more important, maybe the money takes a backseat. If that’s what you value most, wouldn’t you be selling yourself short to go back to the corporate world as an employee, even if it paid better?

By owning your own business, you have control over your own life and business, and you can’t really put a price on that. You can grow your business year over year, and your earnings can shoot up at a much higher rate than the typical 3% annual pay increase as an employee. So right now, maybe your salary is not as high as it could be if you went back to being an employee, but will the same be true in five or ten years?