UKMatt

For how long have you been running your business(es)??

How long do you generally give them before writing them off as a bad investment, and start a new business??

List your business name + how long you have been running it

Tim

Im not listing my business name, but I have been running it for 2.5 years now.
I have only been doing it full time for 6 months, during which it has grown 75% due to me being able to put all my energies into it.

Super Mod

My two businesses:

GameComm: founded in August, 2004
NetBusinessTalk: founded in December, 2005

Trish

I've been running my web design company for about four years now.

However, it's mostly just local clients and I don't have my homepage up just yet.

I'm working on getting that up and opening to everyone!

Avix

About 4 years

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Josie

I've been running businesses part time on the Internet for about the last 10 years, on and off. For awhile I worked full-time at a college, and didn't do any freelancing on the side, but now I work for myself part-time only and manage to get the mortgage paid

As to when to "give up" on a business, that's an issue that depends entirely upon the details of the business. Bottom line though IS the bottom line. When the business is no longer making you any money, if you don't see things improving in the next 3 months or so, I would shut it down. Hopefully you have enough in the slush fund to keep you afloat for a couple of months anyway in case of lean times, but if the market has changed that much for you, you need to cut your losses as soon as you can.

anteater

I've also been doing this on and off and part time for the past few years.
At times I have put full time hours into it, but I'm still usually occupied with other jobs or tasks that I have to commit to at the same time.

I'd love to 100% work on my business, but that's just not practical for me.

st@rsky

Probably about 3 years. Hasn't been the same business though.. lots of different things.

Not sure if that counts..

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Chris Gwynne

I've never run a proper business, just freelancing here and there. Done that since 2002.