Don't Quit Your Day Job

Ideas on making your new business and your old job work together.

If keeping a full-time job and a part-time business going at thesame time sounds too difficult, and taking the full-time plungesounds too scary, consider taking a part-time or temporary jobwhile you start a full-time business. This can be a way to ensureyou have some salary coming in, while giving you time to work onyour business. Part-time jobs often offer evening or weekendhours-a big plus if you need to be accessible to clients duringregular business hours.

Excerpted from Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up GuideYou'll Ever Need

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