Thinking back to April 14th, I recall that I waited until the last minute to prepare my tax return. My accounting is pretty rudimentary, so there’s every motive for procrastination. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdHow can one get excited about wading through 400 little receipts and coughing up $5,000?<\/p>\n
Big government has a stranglehold on business. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdComparatively few businesses can navigate the web of regulation and taxation successfully. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdI refuse to involve myself in the mess, so I remain a sole proprietorship. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdWere I to grow, the friction from the government would increase exponentially.<\/p>\n
New topic: a small mistake can be costly. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdRecently I inadvertently broke the side mirror on a customer’s Mitsubishi Galant. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdThat cost me two hours and $30 to repair. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdI’m glad that I wasn’t booked solid with jobs that day, so I could take the time to drive to the auto glass shop.<\/p>\n
Would the customer have let the average plumber drive off with her car? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdPersonal attention is the killer app in a sole proprietorship, but I’ve seen plenty of solo guys who tried to run their business as though they were big and impersonal: not answering the phone when they didn’t feel like it, not returning calls, not caring for the customer’s property, not inconveniencing themselves. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bdTheir customers find me eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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