Family Bond Paper™

Have you ever considered opening a business? a family business? I have often asked my maternal family "why should we not try?"  Are these some of the answers that you have received when exploring entrepreneurship as a family? Who is reliable enough to do all that is necessary to maintain the everyday activities of running a business? It's too much work, and I'd rather we not. What about retirement?  A full-time job provides a steady paycheck, and there is too much of a risk in running a business. Where is the start-up money going to come from? The sky? Why should I put in more of the start-up money, if I earn more at my job than her/him or you? Being a family member is enough, we don't need to be in business together. Oh no, I am always the one that pays for most family-oriented gatherings now.  Sounds like a business plan, now you go try it if you want to and when you fail or achieve I'll be ---.  (encouraging realizing it takes a lot to run a b...