I have always considered myself an entrepreneur; it’s something you are born with, something you actually don’t have a choice in. It’s that unbelievable desire and passion to create something all your own, where the power, decisions, success and failures are in your hands. Even during periods of my life when I had a full-time job, I always had something that was just mine, where I held the reins.

I also grew up in a household where I was constantly reminded that being self-employed is always better than the alternative; I was told that is where the money…