Why did you start your business and what do you work for?

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Why did I start my business?
I started this business because I love to help entrepreneurs shape ideas into a business, and then take their business to the next level.

What do you work for?
I work for my family... My wife, my children, and my future grandchildren... I want to build my businesses so that they will be a legacy that generations of my family will be able to participate in.

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Permalink Reply by Lenai Stewart on November 24, 2008 at 4:47pm: My business kind of discovered me, I started out promoting another opportunity. But then discovered that helping people achieve their dreams was more my style. So I work now for a loverage, never a day goes by that I feel like Im working. Which is a good thing...

I work with a belief system that if I help enough people get what they want, I will reach my own goals that I have. Which is like the true art of network marketing....Yes, My family is very important to me & they are a motivation for me. But each one of them was created to be great therefore I move toward my greatness so that it can be used as a testimony for them.

All successful people solved a problem for people, then they were celebrated by others in appreciation for their service.

Servanthood Marketing is one of my belief systems.....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gopal-theVFusionGroup on November 24, 2008 at 4:54pm: I started my business because I want financial and personal freedom. Being a long-term salaried employee or hourly wage earner in today's economy where job security is a rarity is just not that appealing. It will never keep me comfortably ahead of my expenses in the long run, even if I am as diligent as possible because the system is rigged to keep the masses down. The world's economy is getting increasingly dire with skyrocketing food, oil, and housing costs. The recent calamity on Wall Street only reinforces this. The disparity between rich and poor is always getting larger. Hard working citizens are the foot soldiers who are taxed to death while making a select few rich. As the saying goes ''the house always wins''.

Knowing that I couldn't just accept this unfair system for myself I researched many ways to earn residual income that would permit my time and effort to bring me continuous long-term rewards. This in turn could afford me the time to concentrate on other things I am really passionate about, like my band ''The Integral''. Most businesses cost too much to start-up and real estate, which I am very interested in, is unfortunately too much of a big-ticket item for me right now so the business team I have co-founded called ''The v-Fusion Group'' just makes sense. We are a dynamic team that is marketing cutting edge telecommunications services that will be commonplace in millions of households over the next few years as well as services everybody already uses. Seeing that most of us missed out on other great innovations like the automobile, telephone, radio, television, computer, mobile devices, and even the Internet, we do not, under any circumstances want to pass up this recession-proof opportunity. My team is excellent and is positioning itself ahead of the world's next great technological shift.

My goal is to make my money work for me so I don't have to work for the next 30 years of my life and still not have enough money to retire comfortably, which is the sad truth for most people. Luckily, there is a way out. If you play the system to your advantage in every way, every day, one step at a time, the tide can be turned.

Step 1 is to clearly define what you want to do. Do what makes you happy and everything will fall into place because you will then have every reason to give it everything you have, without question.

Step 2 is to take action and make it consistent. Easier said than done, and no one said it would be easy, but we all can and must do it. There is no alternative. Successful people are doing it all the time. There is no reason for the rest of us to not be able to achieve similar things. Success to everyone with an open mind and burning desire to change the course of their life. The future is now.

Gopal (The Musical Mad Scientist and Entrepreneur)

www.boom.thevfusiongroup.biz
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Permalink Reply by Ian Donaldson on November 24, 2008 at 5:00pm: I work for my family, and the lifestyle that I desire both now and in my retirement (although I don't plan to retire anytime soon).

I work because I enjoy it and I get a personal lift out of helping people develop their business especially when you can see the light bulb click on in their head when they realise how simple running a business can be.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jamie Hosmer on November 24, 2008 at 5:04pm: I started in my business because of a couple of reasons. Number one is I wanted the time to spend in my life as I choose. I want to wake up when I am done sleeping. I want to follow my passions in life. I love spreading information about natural health and wellness, and the opportunity to help someone else achieve financial freedom and reach their own goals is an indescribable feeling!

I work for everyone in my organization, I work for my family. This is the beginning of many generations in my family that will have a grasp on how to build, grow, share, and leverage wealth.

-Jamie Hosmer; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John Fischer on November 24, 2008 at 5:05pm: Why did I start my business?
I started my business because I realized I could create time freedom for me and my family,reach my goals and dreams and leave a legacy for my childrens children.
What do I work for?
I work for the satisfaction of knowing that as I serve others and help them get what they want,
that we together can make a difference in this world and leave it better than when we found it.
This was only possible when I found out the truth about the industry I was in.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kate and John on November 24, 2008 at 5:08pm: I started my business first to supplement my income, then it became my main income stream and my retirement plan, then it became my passion.

I work for my retirement and to pay my wife and myself's large traveling budget as we have family and friends spread over the five continents.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kirk Clarke on November 24, 2008 at 5:12pm: I got involved in internet businesses as a way to hopefully gain financial freedom,and to learn and interact with other entrepenours in the field,as was well as pay off my and my family debts much quicker.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elladine Jackson on November 24, 2008 at 5:15pm: Why did I start my business?
I started my business because I have a deep concern for Air Quality issues and Wellness. I am concerned about people's breathing space. I love to help people feel better.

What do you work for?
I work to improve my economic well being, to help provide for my family such as my husband and son, and my future grandchildren. I am building my businesses so that I will be able to give back as well as leave a legacy that my extended family will be able to be a part of.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Corinthians Williams on November 24, 2008 at 5:18pm: I started my own online business after being home from an injury on the job. As a nurse, I realized how horrible injured workers are treated by their employers and healthcare. I am at a period of transition in my life. I can take better care of myself working at home and rest when I need to without the stress from a boss.

I work to help my husband and to make being a business owner a reality instead of a dream. I'd like to be sucessful.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by debbie ewers on November 24, 2008 at 5:21pm: I started my business because, I am compasstioned about animal. I want them to have the quality nutrition food made out there. Life Abundance food is the healthest, made daily, and delivered right to my door.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paula Manning-Lewis on November 24, 2008 at 5:24pm: I started Chroma Studios and Gallery because I saw a need for more artist studio spaces here in Albuquerque, NM. Also, because I am an artist and had to rent studio space anyway. I had a hard time finding professional work space where I could be taken seriously as a professional artist, so I opened Chroma to fill that need.

I work to fulfill my dreams and to help other artists achieve their dreams.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Workathomemomblogs on November 24, 2008 at 5:31pm

Why did I start my business?
I started this business because I love helping others to achieve their goals, share great ideas with others who have businesses, and help them take their business to the next level, I also started this business, so that I can help others who can not afford health care this started when I was not able to pay a hospital bills, when I had insurance, I found out that most people can not afford these bills, them I found a solution for all those who can not.

What do you work for?
I work for my family, and my future grandchildren, I wanted to work with no conditions having to own my own business, so that what ever I do can go to my family long term that is a legacy that generations of my whole family will be able to participate without ending the train.

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