Hello everyone.

My husband and I are planning to start a small business with a third partner. We are all in our early 30s and have worked for The Man our whole adult lives. We aren't silly enough to think that starting and owning a business will be anything approaching easy, but we feel the satisfaction and freedom of working for ourselves will offset the drawbacks. Are we wrong? If you're going to be working your backside off, isn't it better to do it for yourself instead of a faceless corporation?

We aren't going about this foolishly. We know it will be lots of work and loooong hours. We know it requires planning and foresight, with a mixture of both short and long-term goals. We know it's a risk, we know it will take a toll on us. But ISN'T IT WORTH IT?