I am planning to start my business. My boss recently called me in her office asking me what are my plans for the future since I am going back to school. I told her that I will work with her to help build her business. She was relieved at the response. How can I tell her that my plans for the future is one day become her competitor? Please help
A Hunch
You want to be an accountant.
Almost everyone in your shoes dreams of opening their own firm at some point.
Some will
Some will change their mind
And some will end up with the perfect situation = your boss will be interested in passing the reigns when you are ready and you will buy the practice.
Your boss already knows this....
You don't even have your degree yet. Your boss knows that you are not likely to stay more than a year or few years....
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Don't worry about it now, you are a long way from being qualified to start your own business. There is more to running an accounting firm than the math and forms.
Trivial One
Tell her that only if you want to lose your job. Why would she keep you on, invest in your career development, and expose you to her business when she knows you're planning to leave and take business away from her? You have no idea what the future holds. Keep on learning (both in school and on the job) and see where things go. When you have a solid plan to leave, with an end date, then you tell her you're leaving. Not before.
tro
you may have the plans in your head but you are also now planning to get more education, your plans are a long way down the road and there is no assurance you will ever put them into play
you have told her you would help her build her business, that appears to be your current priority now that you have expressed it
Donald B
Since you are stilll in school it will take years before you will build up a following big enough to cause her any real competition.