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Do you ever wish you didn’t have to go into the office the next morning? Do you ever dream of financial freedom from your nine to five job? Do you ever feel a little cramped in your cubicle?

I think everyone who works for a large corporation dreams of independence every once in a while. You look at your company owner’s multi-million-dollar mansion and you say to yourself, “I don’t think he works harder than me. Yet he’s making a lot more than me.” This common sentiment inspires thousands of Americans every year to try their hand at their own startup business.

But the odds are stacked against you. Over the last 20 years, only 4% of the startups in the computer and office equipment industries made the Inc. 500. In the hotel industry it’s only .005%. In the eating and drinking industries it’s only .007%. These are not good odds my friends.

Every small business should be using fax to email and other cost efficient tactics for running a low cost office and business. But there are many other elements to your business that will bring success.

For the next two weeks I’m going to be running a series of articles about how to start your own business. I will be basing my advice on an article written by John Tozzi at BusinessWeek.com titled Playbook: A Better Way to Start a Business.