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16 Steps to Starting a Business While Working Full Time – STEP 1: Select a Business
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May 8, 2023
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Do you want to create your own business but need the security of your full-time job? Developing a company while still employed is not only possible but actually offers several benefits. You can try entrepreneurship on a part-time basis while saving money for your business. The key to starting the new journey of becoming an entrepreneur is time management and planning. The first step is choosing your business which might be the toughest decision in your entrepreneurial venture.

To help you determine your ideal business, consider these factors:

Current job

Do you want to develop a business as an extension of your full-time job? If so, you already have the knowledge, skills, and experience. However, you must feel comfortable doing the same work in your spare time. Tutoring math at home might become tiresome after teaching math at a school all day.

Hobbies

You may want to take a different route, and use your hobby as the springboard for your business. This path offers a change of pace from your day job. A growing interest in photography might lead to photographing your friend’s wedding, a neighbor’s anniversary party, and so on. Don’t fret if you don’t have all the skills necessary to make a business from your hobby; you can partner with someone who complements your talents.

Personality

Choose a business that suits you and how you work. If you are a people person, then writing on a computer tucked in your home office might not be a good fit. Are you comfortable networking and pitching your company to strangers, or would you rather stay in your workshop and build furniture?

Time commitment

Creating a business is a difficult and time-consuming endeavor even without a full-time job. Making the pieces of your life fit together can be challenging but worth it if entrepreneurship is your dream.

Think about whether the job can even be operated on a part-time basis. Working eight hours in a store while starting a full-time daycare center will be difficult unless you have a business partner.

Location

Do you need a store or office, or can you start your business from home? Running a startup at home while working is the simplest, cheapest solution, but obviously, not all jobs allow for that option. Starting a restaurant in your dining room isn’t a long-term solution!

Analyzing all of these factors can help you determine your ideal business. Read the remaining steps to entrepreneurship in the “16 Steps to Starting a Business While Working Full Time” guide to help people like you realize their dream of business ownership. Blazing a new trail as an entrepreneur can be a long, difficult endeavor, but you don’t have to do it alone. Connect with a free business mentor at SCORE. Good luck on your journey, and remember to take it one step at a time.

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