Every time I got a money-making idea, someone in my family would shoot holes in it, or one of my close friends would criticize it to death and I would watch my dream fly right out the window. Of course, they meant well - but after so many lectures about how everyone is after your money and how much work and cost owning your own business is, well you know, you just get tired of hearing it and pretty soon you stop coming up with ideas and you continue your business-as-usual life by staying on the... Sign in to see full entry.