Quote: I think this control over one's company is stronger for those who've raised themselves up by their bootstraps and have become successful on their own after lots of hard work.
yes, h dropped out of college at the end of his sophmore year (to be an accountant no less, they work crazy hours too!) without the support or encouragement of his family, actually they were dead against it. so with no support or encouragement from his family, he dropped out of school and set out to start his own business (landscaping) I was there from the begining!! I worked for him, yes in the trenches getting dirty and all, my dad helped sign for a truck when no one else would, my neighbor let him borrow equiptment til he could by his own, my neighbor gave him customers, my friends dad gave him customers, my dad got him hooked up with a mens club and got him customers through that.. eventually his business grew to a point where he has two shops full of all kinds of equiptment, 4 trucks, 8+ employees and so many customers that he has to contract some of the work out!!
all this he has done on his own, yeah you'll note that I was there along the way helping him with all kinds of stuff, hell before all the employees came along I use to go out during the snow storms and shovel or snowblow the walkways for him (did it to be with him and cause i liked it and he payed good) but I think it became embarrising for him to let his woman do grunt work with the guys around.
he knows that work is an issue for me and therefore for us..I was just reaching a point that I was comfortable with his working so much and then whammo ow!! I am dealing, I know being married to a business owner has it's drawbacks as well as it's rewards, just waiting for more of the actually reward. the money is nice but I would like more time with the boss
