Government can't help, it can only hurt

[Eric the Green]

(02-10-2018, 02:46 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(02-09-2018, 02:32 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(02-09-2018, 03:43 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(02-05-2018, 01:58 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(02-03-2018, 11:25 PM)Galen Wrote: You are flat out a socialist.  You just don't want to admit it.

And yet I was an independent business man for 16 years, without any government support.

You owned a non-profit business for 16 years. I've worked for various for-profit bussiness's for 16 years and I have owned a for-profit business for 25 years. Does profit matter to non-profit business's/ business man/ business owner? I've never been one ( a non-profit business man) or owned one ( a non-profit business). I've only sat/served on a few of their boards with a few different titles and served as an advisor or as a go between. Hint. Don't approach a business man as a salesman? Business men don't trust salesman unless you're a salesman who has been doing business them or a salesman who has been doing business for them for many years. Just so you know, I'm a bit of a salesman too.

I've owned a non-profit for 20 years. I also referred to in my reply above to the for-profit business I owned for 16 years.

So, you're familiar with both of them. I'm very familiar with one of them. I'm in the process of becoming more familiar with the other one.  How did you fare with the for profit? Did you fare pretty well or did you find yourself struggling to stay in business for 16 years? I've fared pretty well for the most part. I had a few very tough and lean years. But, all in all, I'd never consider giving it up or switching business's.

I did pretty well, after a slow start, but returns got leaner toward the end, and I switched to a smaller scale non-profit approach.