The all American Dream is to start your own business, and the first line I just wrote happens to be the first line in most all American 'How-To' books on starting your own business.
In my couple of years of research and business experience, I have reached a few conclusions, one getting general business advice is easy, two, getting professional business advice is expensive.
Three, getting advice that you specifically need is virtually non-existent, but it's the most profitable for the person who provides it.
What's disconcerting is the fact that there's not more written about how to survive the build up to success when starting a new business.
Most people spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars learning the complex intricacies of starting and running an online business.
For new start-ups the real frustrations come from people who face figuring out how to work for someone else for 8 hours a day, than pick up the kids from swimming and color guard, get dinner, walk the dog, clean the house, spend a couple of hours on their business and still get 6-8 hours of sleep in a day.
Most important is the fact that success relies on consistent action taken to build and grow your business everyday.
It's trying to balance your passion with responsibilities that will determine your start-up success.
So the first step is to focus on achieving balance with your family and your new part-time online business.
Everywhere online you will find the statement that success will come to those who never give up; it will come to those who stay focused and those who sacrifice.
There's a 50%+ divorce rate in America, a child neglect epidemic, a financial crises in our country and in most communities and homes.
Don't let the fact that you're starting a new business add to the likelihood that you will get divorced, go broke and end up with a broken dream.
Go slow, merge your dream with your life don't try to replace it with your life, seek balance first and everything else will follow.