FALURE! Nobody wants to think about unthinkable. However, if many failed business owners would have given this subject more thought and research, it may have saved them thousands, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Running a business is quite like growing vegetables. You must know when to plant, when to water, when to pick and when, if needed, to "burn it all down and start anew". A failed attempt at anything is not a pleasant thought. For many an entrepreneur there will come a time when you simply need to stop, recap your mistakes, refocus your energies, call it quits and if you still have heart for it, start over. Starting over may mean rebuilding your present business or closing those doors for good.

This doesn't mean you should give up at drop of a dime. This article is for those of you who have done everything you can and it just isn't enough. It's time for you to take a good, hard look at your business. Take an inventory of your past efforts and accomplishments.

Here are top "signs" to look for:

The next question is how you in your wildest dreams you can do this.

You need to start with a small step. You need to educate yourself about ins and outs of doing a business before you do anything else.

Since you've reading this information, I figure you want to be an entrepreneur. Right?

Wrong! From very moment you start thinking about your business start-up you ARE an entrepreneur! You must think as if you already have your business up and running.

How do you get started? Well, I can tell you a little bit about it in this article.

First and foremost, I want to walk you through very important process of building your vision. Any business, whatever it may be, starts with someone, somewhere, having a vision. That is what started KFC, Coca Cola and McDoanld’s. And now you're in that process, right now, because you're reading these lines.

When I started my business I made one big mistake and I realized later that many business owners commit that same one at start-up. So what is it?

I planned and chose my business on basis of income potential, on basis of money.

Why is it a mistake? After all, we all do business for very same reason: to make money. So how could planning it on that basis be a mistake?

The reason is simple. Money is a concept. If we all want money it is because of what we know it can provide for you. But in itself money isn’t worth my time or yours. Not even $4,000 a day!!

What is worth time investment when we put our business in start-up mode is what we plan to do with all that hard earned cash piling up in our bank account.

So first thing is you'll have to ask yourself why you want to start a business in first place. What are your personal goals in terms of lifestyle?

The first reason I hear from people looking to start their own business is: "I want to leave rat race, I don't want to work for someone, I want to stop working from 9 to 5 five or six days a week and most of all I want to quit that job I don't like!"

Does that sound like your situation? I guess that this is at least part of your thinking.

But while this is better than thinking “I want to make tons of money”, it's not enough. It is a good start, but you need to work this out a bit more so you can have a clear picture of what you want to achieve.