The ultimate test of your business can be found in a simple question: Would someone want to buy your company?

Whether you want to sell next year or a decade from now, you must be building an asset someone would buy. Otherwise, you have a job, not a business. Here are eight ways to ensure you are building a valuable company, not just doing a job:

    1. A job requires that you show up at work to make money, whereas a company generates revenue whether you are there or not.
    2. If your company is so reliant on a single customer that they can dictate how you deliver your product or service, your company is more like a job than a valuable business.
    3. A job is a place where your personal reputation impacts your results, whereas a company is a place where the brand is more important than the personality of the founder(s).
    4. A job requires you to use your personal experience and expertise to get a result, whereas a company is a place where a process – not a person – consistently produces a desirable result.
    5. In a job, you get fired for taking too much vacation, whereas if you own a company, the more vacation you can take without impacting your company’s performance, the more valuable your business will be.
    6. In a job, the harder you work, the more money you earn. In a company, the smarter you work, the more money you earn.
    7. In a job, you solve the problems. If you own a company, your employees solve the problems.
    8. If the majority of your customers know your mobile phone number, it’s likely you have a job, not a company.

 

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