I am enrolled in a business class at my college; I do not know anyone that owns their own business. I am doing a project that involves contacting a small business owner and then conduct an interview about their small business. Would anyone so graciously give of their time and answer these 8 questions listed below.

Small Business Project
Question #1: Short history of your company?

Question #2: Is your company a Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, or a Corporation? What tells you this?

Question #3: Why did you choose this particular type of business to open? What did you see as the strength, disadvantages, and weaknesses, and the future of the company and the industry that the company falls in?

Question #4: What are the companies products and services?

Question #5: Who are its primary competitors? How does you company compare to these competitors?

Question #6: What type of training and experience did they receive prior to opening their company? Was it sufficient to run a good company? What other help did they recieve? What help or training would have been nice to have?

Question #7: If you had to do it all over again, would you still pick the same company type? Why or Why Not?

Question #8: What does it take to be a successful business owner?