Starting your own business, or buying an existing business can be a daunting task that requires a lot of hard work, effort and time. On other hand, being a business owner brings a level of excitement, challenge (and risk) that you just don't find as an employee.

If you have a burning desire to be your own boss, and want to be one who decides how successful you are, based on your own efforts, and thought of financial independence makes you tingle, then keep reading to see if you're ready to go it alone.

One of things I always tell my clients is that before you burn your bridges, take a good, hard look at exactly what owning your own business is going to cost you in terms of time, money and effort required to plan, build and grow it. Make sure that you're willing to pay price.

Also, don't believe everything you read! In spite of those claims made by certain business opportunity companies, self-proclaimed "gurus" or other businesses, if you could really make $100,000 within 90 days, don't you think everyone would be doing it? The reality is that as a business owner you might not have enough left over at end of month to write yourself a paycheck for several months -- or even longer. You need to be sure that if that is case, you've got some way to pay your own bills and keep your head above water. Have a backup plan.

One way to do that is by starting your business on side, keeping your current job as your financial security. This is often wisest course of action -- it can help to ensure that your standard of living doesn't go down, and keep some of pressure off of your shoulders as well during critical start-up stage of your business.

Another option, of course, is living on your personal savings. However, if you decide to go that route, make sure it's enough to cover costs of developing your business (marketing, advertising, purchasing supplies, paying monthly business costs) along with providing for your personal needs.

The first, a meeting, is most closely associated with web conferences. The meeting format allows information to flow back and forth. Presenters are able to deliver their information and recipients respond or ask questions. The web meeting in this case allows for interactive possibilities depending upon what has been preset.

These possibilities include but are not limited to document sharing, real audio, whiteboards and much more. There is another type of meeting that uses only presenter side of equation without Q and A or response.

This type of presentation is much like a video viewed on a television, audience is there to read presenters information and there is no opportunity for reciprocal communication.

Another popular form of web conference is presentation. This is format most often used when celebrities, instructors or others 'visit' with their audience. The communication is controlled because content can be presented via slide shows, chat, streaming audio or video.