Mark Osborne spent ten years in retail, then worked as a full-charge bookkeeper before a friend's repeated requests pushed him into starting his own bookkeeping service from home. He worried startup costs for permits, licenses, and software would exceed what he'd actually earn.
Well, honestly, I never thought I would be an entrepreneur. I was in like retail and working, you know, I started my first job and was there for like 10 years, went home, raised my kids for a few years, and then ended up going back into the workforce and did bookkeeping. I was a full-charge bookkeeper for a publishing company. Okay. And somebody knew what I did for that job and kept asking me to help her with her husband's business because she said, I'll pay the bills, You know, I'll invoice my customers, but I hate reconciling the accounts. And she bugged me for months. And so I finally agreed. But at the time, you know, I would have to work from home. I had to get a home operating permit and a business license and buy the software and, you know, do all the things. And I was like, I'm not going to make enough to even cover those expenses.
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