CAREER: Employment vs. Entrepreneurship

Pros and Cons of Starting your own Business

To give you a short idea about my background, and why I see myself in the position to share some "advice" on employment, business start-ups, leadership, online marketing on my Blog, here are the facts:

• Born in 1974
• High School Graduation in 1993
• Student Exchanges to France, U.S. and Japan
• Studies in International Marketing Management, MBMEA
• International work experience in Germany, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Singapore
• Held positions in International Trade, General Management, Sales Management, Executive Management, HR and Management Consulting and Online Marketing
• Start-up experience in Management Consulting with regional responsibilities (VP level)
• Start-up experience in Online Social Networking/ Career portal: Jobeedo.com
• Leadership and career coach
• Author of numerous white papers on career management, retention, HR, etc.

So, now that you might have a clearer picture about myself, back to the original subject.

An increasing number of professionals from graduate to senior management level consider setting up an own business. There is a large variety of factors underlying these thoughts and tendencies.

As an experienced HR Consultant with significant insight in talent development strategies on corporate level to the (executive) search and recruitment process I have learnt about dozens of different ambitions, goals and reasons to consider a career change - or even leaving the "corporate world" and starting an own business. Again, the latter also includes myself - if you allow "member of a start-up team" in this criteria.

In a nutshell, let me share my gathered knowledge about the top 10 reasons to leave "Employment" and turn "Entrepreneur":