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Re:Why Full-Time 9 to 5 Jobs are Risky by jrumbut on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:34PM (#23581384)
I've taken a couple not-entirely-unsuccessful cracks at running a small business and worked for others in the same vein and can tell you that, at least for a software business, the dirty secret is that a lot of businesses out there are totally dependent on 1-3 large clients.

Established businesses, on the other, hand often do have a diverse customer base and other means to overcome economic headwinds, and they can be seen as a mechanism that bundles those things for you and gives you a portion of that security.

Re:Why Full-Time 9 to 5 Jobs are Risky by perl4ever on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:38PM (#23581409)
There are even publicly traded companies that, for instance, build their business entirely on say, customized solutions for Microsoft software. They might have diverse customers, but they are very dependent on the ecosystem that is controlled by another company.
Re:Why Full-Time 9 to 5 Jobs are Risky by jrumbut on Saturday June 20, 2020 @12:56AM (#23581797)
Or the App Store of course!