Re: IPO? Investor? Sell the business? or what?

"There is a big difference between being a business owner and being self
employed".
I am convinced that I have a business - not a job. Yes, if I walked away for
60 days the business would still be running just fine. Now do I have a
business or a job?

To my knowledge, most businesses start out small. Yes, I have a very SMALL
business - but it is a business none the less.

My question is better asked this way... How did Dell start out? How did
Apple, Microsoft, Pepsi, etc. start out? in a garage perhaps - whatever, it
must have been a humble beginning. What were the common steps they followed?
How did they go from garage to big companies? Some over the course of
several years of doing business. Some overnight. What the hell am I missing
here?

Thanks