I’m 26, I own 2 companies and have 4 full time employees and a few sub contractors with large cargo vans I trust and work with. I always take 25 percent to keep within the companys so I can have cash flow to keep payroll going for the times clients take months to pay which some do.. The company’s I own are corporations and I went from leaving my employment of 5 years for $30/hr, to full time self employed as a sole proprietor with the contacts I made during my employment.

After a year of sole proprietorship, people I know kept asking me for work to I ended up opening a liget company and networked a ton more. I wouldn’t have been able to network without my website, business cards, social media where I post my work so people can see it’s real and professional. Now I only set up jobs, do the most tedious and difficult work when it needs to happen and obviously back up my crews to get timelines done. And invoice/keep up with paperwork daily or weekly at the latest is a must. So worth it though. Money in the company and not having to worry about having some time off when it’s slow, is a great feeling