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Business is booming

Ted Nielsen

Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: Career
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So, it's evident that entrepreneurship is a route that more and more are choosing, but why has it become such a popular preference? The list of benefits is long; perhaps some of the most appealing motives are the following: enormous personal financial gains, the development of new markets, tax advantages; and of course, complete autonomy. In addition, the declining economy has intimidated many to rely less on their resume, and more on their independence. Now may actually be the ideal time to go the path of self-employment if one possesses a business design worth pursuing. And in turn, as the individual business thrives, returned to the broader economy is growth and social cohesion.
Harvard Psychologist David McClelland once said, "Entrepreneurs play a mythical role in American society. They're our risk-taking adventurers. Heroes of the new economy." It seems that these days that vision of founding one's own industry is ever more fondled, and that the pride and satisfaction that inevitably follow are invaluable; encouraging those courageous enough, to pursue their dream of independent business.
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