freelance
Are You Really a Business Owner?
Self-employed has many different meanings to many different people. Usually, people say they are self-employed when they are free lancers or run a very small company (usually with 1 or 2 full-time equivalent employees).
If you are a small business owner, I want you to think for a moment how you define yourself. Think for a moment about the question, “What do you do to earn a living?”
How do you answer that questions? Do you tell people that you are a freelancer, that you are self-employed or that the company you run employs you?
Does it really matter? I think it does.
Let’s first define the terms. I am going to over simplify them because the full definition isn’t what is important, but the marketing message behind them. continue reading...
