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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Even if you open your own business, you're still working for someone else - namely your clients. But, it enables you to keep more of the profits and have more control over the business decisions.

There's all sorts of business opportunities out there. I co-own (silently, more or less) a few franchise locations with a local friend. Those are cheap to get into and make a good enough profit to live off - assuming you can get a good location.

If you're into tech, consulting is huge. Consultants make a ton of money, and have since back when I still owned my traffic modeling business. Some of them command four figures per day - and they're independent. If you're any good, that's always an option.

The other major thing I see is filling niches locally. I think more and more business opportunities are actually going to be local instead of international conglomerates. I see this locally (I'm on the local business board/chamber of commerce) with lots of small businesses making their way. In little Farmington, Maine (the closest "city" to me - about 10,000 people I think) there's a new company that's expanding and they just opened like a year ago. They make gi - uniforms for martial artists. They started with a $10,000 loan and a local distribution plan.

So, it's out there - you just need to grab it and have some good luck and dedication to working hard.

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