All Forum Posts by: Sam Ventocilla

@Josiah Patrick Zebarth hey man! I hope I have a unique perspective to give you.. I saw owning your own business was brought up a couple times and wanted to chime in.

I'm a 21 year old computer science major and also own a tech repair and sales shop. We have been open for three years and one of our goals for this year is to do a million dollars in revenue.

Here's what I wish I had considered before starting it: What do the top 20% make? What are their lifestyles like? What do the middle 50% make?

What I'm learning now is that the vast majority of people in our industry make much less than I want to make and are more stressed every day than I want to be. I'm quite glad I started it because I've learned a ton, but I've also learned that it's not the industry I want to be in for the rest of my life.

I think many believe that owning your own business means you automatically make a lot more but that often isn't the case. Look at the stats for how many businesses make it to five or ten years-a small minority do.

It takes up a lot of your free time and mental energy. I think that working for someone else would be a good idea because you would likely have more free time to work on real estate and you are much more likely to have a better paycheck right out of the gate.

Hope this helps!