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- Where you live?
at the time Seattle
- What your/your business does?
graphics and design specializing in the scientific field
- How long you have been doing it?
I freelanced for three years
- Do you have a family and/or kids?
at the time a wife but no kids
- How old are you?
at the time, 35
- How much do you work?
I worked between 30-50 hours per week
- Do you like it (seriously!)?
I loved the design work and landing jobs. I did get tired of the endless taxes (quarterly) and having to be "ON" all the time looking for the next client.
- What was the defining moment that made you strike out on your own?
I was tired of doing research at a biotech and did not see a desireable long term future for me. I spent two years looking at potential second careers that interested me and I could be successful. I was about a year away from pulling the trigger on the graphics thing when the company I was working for decided to consolidate our site to New Jersey. That sped up my timeline and I used the severance package to get my company up and running.
- Are you accumulating wealth or just sustaining life?
I broke even.
- Do you have a comfortable lifestyle (buy whatever you want? within reason? unlimted?)
Definately tried to live within means. Lived OK as wife was bringing in big bucks and we ran up some big credit debt.
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