Comments on: Risk is Relative http://www.laurenandemira.com/2009/0414risk-is-relative/ For women who run businesses. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Emira http://www.laurenandemira.com/2009/0414risk-is-relative/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Emira Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:15:25 +0000 http://www.laurenandemira.com/?p=540#comment-633 Laurie, it's funny you should mention gov't jobs as that's exactly where my mind always goes when people raise the security vs. risk issue with Lauren and I. I grew up in a gov't town and it was always assumed those were the most stable/dependable jobs to have, and then a year or so into our entrepreneurial journey there were serious cutbacks in the gov't and dear friends of mine suddenly found their livelihoods very uncertain. If I wasn't already convinced, it really sold me on the idea that entrepreneurship isn't necessarily the riskiest way to go. Laurie, it’s funny you should mention gov’t jobs as that’s exactly where my mind always goes when people raise the security vs. risk issue with Lauren and I. I grew up in a gov’t town and it was always assumed those were the most stable/dependable jobs to have, and then a year or so into our entrepreneurial journey there were serious cutbacks in the gov’t and dear friends of mine suddenly found their livelihoods very uncertain. If I wasn’t already convinced, it really sold me on the idea that entrepreneurship isn’t necessarily the riskiest way to go.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.laurenandemira.com/2009/0414risk-is-relative/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Laurie Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:13:33 +0000 http://www.laurenandemira.com/?p=540#comment-632 So interesting to me - I had a somewhat similar conversation with someone recently. She couldn't believe I started my own business and left my nice govt job and PENSION behind! I wondered why she didn't realize you can fund your own retirement and I'm not going to slave for 30 years at a job I don't like while my kids grow up seeing me too little just for a pension. So interesting to me – I had a somewhat similar conversation with someone recently. She couldn’t believe I started my own business and left my nice govt job and PENSION behind! I wondered why she didn’t realize you can fund your own retirement and I’m not going to slave for 30 years at a job I don’t like while my kids grow up seeing me too little just for a pension.

]]> By: Elise of Argyle Whale http://www.laurenandemira.com/2009/0414risk-is-relative/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Elise of Argyle Whale Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:57:06 +0000 http://www.laurenandemira.com/?p=540#comment-631 I completely agree! I worked part time and was beginning my business last year. Luckily, I got laid off at just the same time my business was gaining momentum and it was such a wonderful feeling to know I had the security of knowing I'd never lay myself off. I knew I could always expect at least a trickling income if I worked hard on Argyle Whale. I no longer wanted to rely on the success or failure of my employer. Since then, I've gotten another job that I work at two days per week and I feel I've finally found a good balance of working full time on my business plus a little extra income on the side. I guess I'm happiest with my eggs in a few baskets, so to speak and I'm feeling much more secure than when I had a full time job. I completely agree!

I worked part time and was beginning my business last year. Luckily, I got laid off at just the same time my business was gaining momentum and it was such a wonderful feeling to know I had the security of knowing I’d never lay myself off. I knew I could always expect at least a trickling income if I worked hard on Argyle Whale. I no longer wanted to rely on the success or failure of my employer.

Since then, I’ve gotten another job that I work at two days per week and I feel I’ve finally found a good balance of working full time on my business plus a little extra income on the side.

I guess I’m happiest with my eggs in a few baskets, so to speak and I’m feeling much more secure than when I had a full time job.

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