For some people, getting a job is considered to be a degrading and shameful act. They think their personal dignity and self-respect will hurt. They don’t want to be ordered by their bosses to do the work. They think that they born to be a successful business man without previous experience and hard work.

However, this thinking is totally wrong. Starting a business is not a child’s game, until and unless you inherit an already running business from your family.

In today’s world, entrepreneurs and businessmen are considered to be very lucky and wealthy people as they have so much money and can do whatever they want. But everyone is looking at the rosy side of the entrepreneurs and businessmen, while no one wants to look at the worst side, they suffered to become successful. Offcourse, 90% of them did jobs at their early ages which motivated them. They learned from their jobs, their bosses, their networks and their colleagues. You can take some examples of the world’s most successful businessmen:

• Elon Musk started his first job as a worker in his cousin’s farm.
• Warren Buffet started his first job as a newspaper delivery boy.
• Jeff Bezos started his first job as a cook in McDonald’s.

All these entrepreneurs started their career by doing jobs which let them gain experience and overcome their weakness before stepping in to the business world.

Below are the few reasons why everyone should get a job before starting their own business, whether their family is already in business or not:

• Learn to walk before you can run:

Don’t try to run before you can walk, you will never get ahead of your competitors. Before starting a business, you should be fully aware of the pros and cons of stepping in to your relevant business industry. For this, you should do a job in that relevant industry. If you will be unaware regarding your business industry, there is no way you can get ahead of your competitors.

• Increase your networking:

Working in a good Company increases your networking and personal reputation. There is only 1% chance that you have a good networking when starting your new business without any previous experience. Networking plays a key role while starting your new business. Nobody is going to buy from you or use your services, if they don’t really know you. Mostly, your first client will be from your network list.

• Personal investment:

Your individual cashflow will be the only investment while starting your own business. You can have investors, but in that case, you have to either start as partnership or give them share in your business. Otherwise, your personal cash reserves will be the only investment in your business. This cash reserve will only come from:

• You get an investor who will invest in your business, where you will only be working to get him good returns;
• If you had done a job and saved some money for your business; or
• You borrow / inherit the money from your family.

• Getting your first client:

I remember when I started my own business without any previous job experience, I struggled the starting year, getting my first client onboard. Offcourse, I had to fail without any experience. My approach was wrong and there was no way I could learn from my mistakes, which I was doing again and again, and was wondering why no body is buying from me. Then after reading several books and taking advices from my seniors, I started my first job, where I gained a lot of experience regarding how to approach clients, how to deal with them, how to make them buy from your business. From this point, I realized why a job is necessary before starting a business. You will get to know how to write engaging sales copies and reach clients successfully.

• Professionalism:

Starting as an employer, you gain ethics and professionalism in your real life. You get to know the manners, how to deal with clients, how to handle situation faced with clients, how you can act in those situations. Job creates professional and ethical conduct in a man, as in startups you are your own boss and there is nobody from whom you will learn.

• Mastering your skills:

When you are just starting your own business, you will be unaware of many key areas about your target market and industry. Starting a business is not a time for trial and errors, where you will learn from your small mistakes. This will have a negative impact on your business and its services. You will lose clients and have negative reviews. Job allows you to learn from new thing about your target market, you make mistakes and learn from your seniors. You get the chance to involve in new projects relevant to your target market and industry under the supervision of your seniors and learn how not to make mistakes in the key areas.

• Build confidence:

Job allows you to improve your confidence and communication skills as you will already be dealing with clients. Starting a new business without experience will result in lack of confidence. You will not know, how you can deal with your clients. Your communication skills will not be on a level where you can easily engage your customers to buy from you.

• Discipline:

You will find many businessmen undisciplined as they think entrepreneurship as less work and more comfort. Even their dress codes look unethical and unprofessional. This can be a reason they fail in the first year of starting their business and they blame the industry and the market. Job allows you to gain discipline during work. It allows you to work in a professional atmosphere with discipline and professionalism.