Etini
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By way of definitions, a self-employed person is a person working for oneself as a freelance or the owner of a business rather than for an employer. A business owner is one person who is in control of the operational and monetary aspects of a business. To make the analogy clearer, a self-employed business is an unstructured business while a business owner or entrepreneur has a well-structured business.
Consider two people that own a printing business. The first one has just a PC, a few printers, and a power generator. He designs and runs the printing by himself. The second guy owns same printing business. He has a section for graphics design, another section for light printing, and a further section for Direct Image Printing. The first man is a self-employed person. The second man is a business owner. The primary difference between a self-employed person and a business owner is in the setting up of structures. Everyone can start out as self-employed but should seek to get to the level of business owner.
Consider two people that own a printing business. The first one has just a PC, a few printers, and a power generator. He designs and runs the printing by himself. The second guy owns same printing business. He has a section for graphics design, another section for light printing, and a further section for Direct Image Printing. The first man is a self-employed person. The second man is a business owner. The primary difference between a self-employed person and a business owner is in the setting up of structures. Everyone can start out as self-employed but should seek to get to the level of business owner.