LibGuides: Careers and Professional Skills (Dale Mabry): Entrepreneurship, working for yourself

Is entrepreneurship right for you?

What would it take to own your business? These resources can help you think it through and realistically imagine a future as your own boss.

Thinking about self-employment? (CareerOneStop)
Read about different types of self-employment, and then read about some of the pros and cons to self-employment.
Small-business options: occupational outlook for self-employed workers (OOH)
From the US Bureau of Labor Statistics: "Before starting a business, you may want to research which self-employed occupations are expected to have strong growth for self-employed workers. A good place to begin is with data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics."
Small Business Administration (SBA): Business Guide
Start your business in 10 steps.

Entrepreneurship (Gale)
Covers major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more. Scroll to browse topics: Plan, Start, Fund, and Manage.

A few useful books about working for yourself

Careers: paths to entrepreneurship

The gig economy : the complete guide to getting better work, taking more time off, and financing the life you want

Careers in Focus: Entrepreneurs eBook

Business Plans Handbook eBook

Discover more by searching HCC Libraries Online

Some keyword suggestions to get you started

Enter a word or phrase for your field or specialty, plus one of the following terms:

- Gig work
- Part time employment
- Flexible work
- Self-employed
- Startup
- Contractor
- Freelance
- Entrepreneur* - the * picks up alternate endings, such as entrepreneurial, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship
- Owner
- Founder
- Business
- Company
- Firm
- Practice

Example search: starting own “interior design” firm Multiple words that comprise a term are searched as a phrase if enclosed in quotation marks.

Explore HCC's center for entrepreneurship

Did you know that HCC is a national leader in teaching students to be entrepreneurs? Through the InLab@HCC, our interdisciplinary center for innovation, creativity, social venturing, and design thinking, students can embark on a comprehensive pathway of college credit entrepreneurship certificates and degrees.

Even if you are not a student in the InLab, you are welcome to participate in their public events and workshops.

Careers and Professional Skills (Dale Mabry): Entrepreneurship, working for yourself