Going from a guaranteed paycheck to the unknown of self-employment can be downright terrifying. Yet, women each day are deciding to make the shift from climbing the corporate ladder to building their own businesses. In fact, the “number of women-owned businesses increased nearly 3,000% since 1972” according to analysis in the 2018 State of Women-Owned Business Report, commissioned by American Express. A deeper dive into this report showed that “women started an average of 1,821 new businesses per day in the U.S. between 2017 and 2018.” If hanging your own shingle is something you are considering, meet Laurie Wasserman, who candidly shares 12 things she suggests one consider before starting a business. Laurie is a Family Law Attorney who left partnership at an established Baltimore law firm to build a business of which she is extremely proud.
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