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When you’re working for someone, you’re not making yourself rich – you’re making your boss rich! Just about every millionaire on the planet will tell you they started out from coming up with a small business of their own. In time, through excellent decision-making, discipline, hard work and patience – their small business grew until it became an empire.

But don’t quit your job just because you can’t take having a boss. You might find that being your own boss is way harder than working for someone who’s a pain in the neck.

If you’re going to quit your job, well, at least do it for the right reason: to start up your own business and be on your way to becoming a millionaire.

Do you have sufficient ideas on starting your own business? If so, then there’s no better time to do it than today. But if you got doubts, it pays to wait for the right timing. If you want to be a millionaire and dreams of setting up a business that’s solely yours, the following are some of the things you might want to consider:

Finding your niche in the realm of business

Never get into a business because it sounds exciting and it made your next door neighbor filthy rich. Be very wary of getting yourself into something you don’t entirely grasp. Find out what you know you like doing best, and will likely be excellent at. Of course you can always pick something that’s currently hot. But think of the stiff competition you need to face. You can be unique. You can be original. You can even have a business which is a first of its kind.

Look (and ask around) before you leap

Once you come up with a decision, it’s time to learn the essentials of setting up your own business. You can take crash courses, attend seminars or meet with businesspeople that are willing to share their expertise with beginners. To help cut down your startup costs, you might want to make the most of the space and equipment you already have. You may also search online or ask around for quality second-hand office equipment.

Doing a transition slowly but surely

If at all possible, keep your day job while establishing your own business. It may take some time before it picks up pace and rake in profits, so maintaining your day job sure sounds like a sensible decision for the time being. Work for someone for a regular cash flow, then attend to your business at night and during weekends. Instituting a business may be simple, but no one said it’s going to be easy at all times.

A road map on your way to being a millionaire

One of the reasons why small businesses fail is due to poor planning. Think of a business plan as a road map: it will help you stay right on track until you reach your goals of expanding your undertaking, raking in profits, and becoming a millionaire. As with anything else in life, a plan is essential. Know your business’ objectives, goods and services, target market, investors and other things that will help you be on target all the time.

Look ahead and have patience, patience and more patience

Part of your plans should include ways of adapting as your business escalates, as well as facing challenges that you will encounter in the future. When millionaires once started their empires as small businesses, they didn’t wake up the next day finding their income suddenly reached millions. It takes a lot of time and hard work. The road to being a millionaire is paved with numerous trials, crises and competition. If you’re planning on gaining lots of money with your business, you got to have lots of patience.