10 Reasons to Start a Business This Year

It’s the nature of New Year’s resolutions to make promises that we can’t keep. This is the year we’ll go on a diet, work out at the gym, quit smoking, feed the homeless, learn Chinese and be a better Mom, Dad, brother, sister, son, daughter or friend.

But if there’s one New Year’s resolution you should try to keep this year, it’s this one: To start your own business and be your own boss.

Here are 10 good reasons to take the plunge this January instead of procrastinating until 2012.

By ROSALIND RESNICK

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