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Below is a list of Writing Ideas to help you with your biography. See our instructions if you need help printing these Writing Ideas or finding Writing Ideas related to other Topics.

  1. Why did you decide to go into business for yourself?

  2. What type of business was it? A service, retail shop, or farm, for example? Where did the idea for this business come from? Was it a new or an established business?

  3. What was the hardest part about owning your own business? Were the hours too long? Was it hard to "get away" from work? Was it difficult to find good people to help?

  4. What was most rewarding about running your own business? Did you enjoy being your own boss and having control over all aspects of the business?

  5. How did you finance your business in the beginning? Were you able to get a loan or did you not need much capital to start it up?

  6. Was there ever a time when you feared that your business wouldn't succeed? What caused the difficulties? Were you able to get through this time or did your fears come true?

  7. How did your business change over the years? Did you start out struggling and then become successful? Did the purpose of your business change at all?

  8. Did you ever feel as if your business had "made it"? When was this? What made you feel this way?

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