Yesterday I participated in a discussion on LinkedIn. It was started by Chris Barton , an entrepreneur from Sydney. Chris posed a question: “I am interested in discovering what is the greatest obstacle to success for small business owners.

I recently read an article by someone I haven’t met, but have learned to respect, by what they’ve written before. This article had two spelling errors in it; well one spelling and one, the incorrect word used eg to, two, too.

We all dreamed of it on those days when the boss never seemed to stop nit picking, when we had to travel on weekends, when we were bored, over-worked, sick but company culture or your boss (see above) insisted you came in.

Once I’d made the decision, having accepted redundancy, that I was no longer going to work for a corporation – any corporation; I had my business name, a domain name and the business registered with the Companies Office – all within days!