What is a 'portable business?

For business owners, what are the pros and cons of ownership?

• For an assignment, I am suppose to locate business owners and interview them about how they see the pros and cons of business ownership by asking them the following questions. The first to answer all of these questions will be marked as best answer! Thank you! 1. What type of business do you operate? 2. How long have you been operating this business? 3. What motivated you to start your own business? 4. What problems have you encountered during the start-up of the business? 5. What would you recommend me if I were to start my own business? 6. Does your business provide you a supplementary income or primary income? 7. How long did it take for you business to begin showing a profit? 8. How did you prepare to be a business person? 9. How did the you get your idea to start the business? 10. What resources did you use to help develop the business?

• Answer:

  1. What type of business do you operate? I have a fabric store 2. How long have you been operating this business? 2 years 3. What motivated you to start your own business? Demand of the product and the fact that i had to work around someone Else's schedule sucked 4. What problems have you encountered during the start-up of the business? definitely money 5. What would you recommend me if I were to start my own business? start yourself a check list, things you will need, think this over and over again 6. Does your business provide you a supplementary income or primary income? primary 7. How long did it take for you business to begin showing a profit? about 6 months 8. How did you prepare to be a business person? i bought small business for dummies from amazon.com and talked to a bunch of people 9. How did the you get your idea to start the business? Like i said earlyer... demand 10. What resources did you use to help develop the business? Local entrepreneur