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The Best Time To Start

Name: The Best Time To Start
Uploaded: 2025-11-25T18:31:16+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short monologue, speaker Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, advises individuals who hold a full‑time 9‑to‑5 job and are considering launching a business. She…

25 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, speaker Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, advises individuals who hold a full‑time 9‑to‑5 job and are considering launching a business. She explains that when starting a venture, income typically declines before it rises and the amount of time devoted to the business initially increases before it later decreases. Because a 9‑to‑5 job provides a steady paycheck, it serves as a low‑risk environment to experiment with entrepreneurship—allowing one to fund the venture with regular income and absorb early financial setbacks without jeopardizing personal finances.

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If you have a 9-to-5 job and you want to start a business, your income is going to go down first before it goes up, and your time usage is going to go up before it goes down. Because if you have your own business, you'll likely, especially in the beginning, be working from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to bed. So having a 9-to-5 is the perfect time to start a business because what better way to practice? And it's almost like a no-risk practice because you're still getting paid. You could literally take your paycheck, bet it on something, it doesn't happen. Well, good thing money replenishes, it comes back next month.