Comments on: Is Your Corporate Job Really Safer? http://queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/ We're here, We're queer, and We're not going Shopping without Coupons Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:42:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: annel http://queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-145050 annel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:29:47 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/#comment-145050 Couldn't agree more! Where i live (NYC) folks in the financial services industry are losing their jobs by the tens of thousands (literally). I'm considering quitting my job and starting a small business, but may just take a short cut and buy a pre existing one. Any trustworthy sites you can recommend? I've looked at www.BizTrader.com and BizBuySell.com, any others?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-145050">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Couldn’t agree more! Where i live (NYC) folks in the financial services industry are losing their jobs by the tens of thousands (literally).

I’m considering quitting my job and starting a small business, but may just take a short cut and buy a pre existing one. Any trustworthy sites you can recommend?

I’ve looked at http://www.BizTrader.com and BizBuySell.com, any others?

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]]> By: Susan http://queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-135152 Susan Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:23:07 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/#comment-135152 This article really speaks to me. I had a bit of a breakdown a while back...walked away from a solid career and went broke...ruined my credit, lost my car, the whole bag of bad stuff. As I struggled to get back I found I could get jobs with ease as I had a great working background...but I could not hold those jobs. After a few of weeks I would find my brain kinda shorting out and I would quit. My solution was to start a business of my own...a retail medical uniform and accessory company. I started with just a few hundred dollars I pulled together and I worked out of my car...2 years later I have opened a store front. I still stress but it is the kind of stress that propels me forward rather than making me want to crawl under a rock.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-135152">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> This article really speaks to me. I had a bit of a breakdown a while back…walked away from a solid career and went broke…ruined my credit, lost my car, the whole bag of bad stuff. As I struggled to get back I found I could get jobs with ease as I had a great working background…but I could not hold those jobs. After a few of weeks I would find my brain kinda shorting out and I would quit. My solution was to start a business of my own…a retail medical uniform and accessory company. I started with just a few hundred dollars I pulled together and I worked out of my car…2 years later I have opened a store front. I still stress but it is the kind of stress that propels me forward rather than making me want to crawl under a rock.

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]]> By: Nina http://queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-134426 Nina Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:19:48 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/06/05/is-your-corporate-job-really-safe/#comment-134426 Paula: Did you see this headline today? <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy" rel="nofollow">Unemployment rate jumps to 5.5 percent in May</a>... corporate jobs are becoming "less safe" as the year moves on. I liked Pam Slim's advice to never mind the recession. A columnist at the USA Today echoes the sentiment: <blockquote>Would you believe me if I told you that right now is a great time to start a business? Well you should because it's true. Recessions are typically among the strongest times for new business startups. Consider: - 16 of the 30 corporations that make up the Dow Jones industrial average got their starts during recessions. - Disney began during the recession of 1923-24. - Hewlett-Packard was begun during the Great Depression (in 1938). - Microsoft began during the 1975 recession. In fact, it is this tendency of unemployed and under-employed individuals to become more entrepreneurial during recessionary times that creates the steam that moves the economy out of recession. New businesses that begin during a recession create the jobs that move the economy back on track.</blockquote> <p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-134426">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Paula: Did you see this headline today? Unemployment rate jumps to 5.5 percent in May… corporate jobs are becoming “less safe” as the year moves on. I liked Pam Slim’s advice to never mind the recession. A columnist at the USA Today echoes the sentiment:

Would you believe me if I told you that right now is a great time to start a business? Well you should because it’s true. Recessions are typically among the strongest times for new business startups.

Consider:
- 16 of the 30 corporations that make up the Dow Jones industrial average got their starts during recessions.
- Disney began during the recession of 1923-24.
- Hewlett-Packard was begun during the Great Depression (in 1938).
- Microsoft began during the 1975 recession.

In fact, it is this tendency of unemployed and under-employed individuals to become more entrepreneurial during recessionary times that creates the steam that moves the economy out of recession. New businesses that begin during a recession create the jobs that move the economy back on track.

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