Are you Self Employed or Own a Business?
 

Let's hear about it.

My Brothers and I own a moderately large trash hauling business outside of Wash.D.C.

Please no questions about "The Family" ;)

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Yep, I'm one of those over worked and under paid self employed types.
I've been a custom saddle, Tack, Gunleather Maker for 23 years.
As difficult as it can be at times I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Its the code of Omerta, I too am in the "waste management business"

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Work for my brother-in-law design and build dry-offset printing presses. Look here at a really bad web page if interested.


Thread jack on.
Hey stitch, got any ideas for a shoulder holster for my baby? Currently lives in a plastic box. Kinda sad.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...53/1911C-1.jpg

Thread jack off.

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As the only son of a poor immigrant sharecropper I continue in the family tradition of working with my hands and living off the land. Typing counts as working with your hands doesn't it?

My partners and I have a logistics business. We specialize in LTL freight, rating and routing technology, payables along with web based reporting and decision support... ummm .. more simply, we do freight stuff without owning any trucks.

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In another life I used to work in logistics for a containerized freight company (APL) for 15 years. This was back when "logistics" was a new term in the transportation world. Got involved in the JIT of the auto industry, stack trains etc... Fun stuff!!

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As a Realtor I'm considered an independent contractor. With the economy in the can it's become a much harder job, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm not the kind of guy who could sit behind a desk all day. I really enjoy working with people and seeing how excited they can get when they buy their new home.

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I work for a small enginering firm with a number of satellite offices.

Edit for James: No

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:r

So I guess your answer to the question would be: "No" :D

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A team of 10 has so much of a better ring to it.......;)

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CUSTOM is what I do :cb

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Now THATS funny. :r

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My wife and I have been in the hair cutting business for 23 years, running a small chain of hair salons in L.A. But we've gradually scaled down the business over the past few years after becoming debt free.

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Finance consulting here, mostly because I need steady income I still work as the accounting of a high end furniture store.

It's still something that makes me very proud and I like to think I do good.

I mostly cater to college students and other youths in small businesses.

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I work in my family's Italian Bakery. We have been in business since 1947 (grandfather started it when he came from Italy), and have since expanded to three stores. We also own a gourmet Italian market/ sausage manufacturing.

I have degrees in finance and accounting, but after the 9/11 layoffs went back to work for my family.

Challenging at times, but rewarding.

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And yummy! :dr :dr (I think most MassHoles can attest to this)

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thanks Mr Dunn!

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"Waste Management" :r :r

That's what I do. No really.

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Moe's creations are just fantastic!! Was lucky enough to take the leftovers home from the HERF. Mitch had the chocolate moose last night and said he wants his birthday cake made like that!

Chocolate covered cannola OMG!

The best was at the HERF when my friend John was eating an eclair with fruit on it and he was going on and on how good it was. He turns to Moe and asks "what do you call this thing?" Moe says, "an eclair with fruit on it". :r

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Thank you Mr Clark... you finally let your kid have one of the pastries huh??

I hope I didnt embarass John, but Fruit Eclair is what we call 'em

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:tpd:

back on point.

Mom owns a Hair salon/ Nail shop. Dad used to own gas stations..Auntie used to own convenient stores.. got a few entrepreneurs in the fam. I'm still trying to figure out where I fit in.

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I'm my own Limited Liability Company. I provide creative services - writing, photography, print editing but I seem to have developed a nice little niche of design print advertising for grocery stores.

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I now own a Private Club in Seattle. Yes, a cigar club :ss

I'm "retiring" from my financial consultation practice at the end of the month to operate it. Dream come true :D

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I work for the local school system and have a small rental property business.

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Own and run a engineering/consulting/customer service firm here in Southern California. Cater to the high-tech micro-electronics industry (ie Intel, Motorola, Skyworks Solutions, etc)

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I'm a medical practice management consultant--generally meaning I give physicians advice on how to improve operations & finance at their business. I used to be a lot more independent, but decided to hook up with a larger, more stable firm about 5 years ago. Still do some smaller projects on my own, but enjoy the security of a larger support structure and steady income & benefits.

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I own my own law firm and have expanded it into an escrow and title business with offices in 6 states and growing.

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You in Jersey yet?

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Not yet. I need a source of business there.

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You will be a miller :r

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And if you stop eating the chocolate covered cannolis and drop 20, you will be a miller lite!

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I own a computer/IT consulting business. Just celebrated our 10th Anniversary. :al

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I own a Broadcast Contract Engineering Services company. We design, build and install custom equipment and facilities for Radio & TV stations in Southern California. Been in Broadcasting since 1974, started my own company in 1981. Quite a roller coaster ride over the years! LOL

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don't own a business, but just started as a insurance/financial advisor. No salary means it's basically my business.

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Self-employed musician at the moment.

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I own a small Electrical Contracting business in Mid-Missouri. We are feeling the pinch right now but as my old boss told me when I started "don't get to High in the good times and to low in the bad" that seems to be good advice right now.

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I own a company that delivers Tx and supervision to court ordered offenders and a technology based company that develops and markets offender management systems. Both are impacted by the current economy. I've been self employed most of my life.

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I do all sorts of stuff to make munneh.
I'd just work for myself all the time but my boss sucks and I get lazy.

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My wife and I own two Ltd companies.

One is a bookkeeping, property management, accounting software support company which employs five full time staff.

The other is a leasing company which owns 3 office buildings and 10 residential rental properties.

And we live in arctic Canada where everything needs to be flown in or come by ship and temp regularly hits -60-80 in the dead of winter.

As a result I read more and collect more cigars than I smoke unfortunately.

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I'm a self-employed technology consultant, aka a 1099 employee in US IRS speak. Mostly, I am a testifying expert in patent lawsuits.

I'm considering applying for a regular gig, tho, which will allow my consulting income to basically be for play.

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I want to be self employed:(

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I find that when one is self employed that you pretty much have an idiot for a boss. At least that is my experience.

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I own a window cleaning business and hire no hands. I do it myself, because it's not hard and found I can't trust anyone to do the job to my expectations. Working just a day a week and being my own boss is great.

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LOL!!!

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Not true. My boss is a genius.

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I am a self employed engineer-consultant. The problem with being a one man show is that there is no room to grow. More money=more hours and there are only so many hours. Maybe I need to invest in the lottery.

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Self employed carpenter 20 yrs now. Not too bad

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Own an insurance agency - moneys good, boss is sympathtic, but I do miss being told what to do once in a while.

Not always having to be ultimately accountable would be a welcome break.

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I work for Uncle Sam. :(