2)Getting the first client or customer may be easier.
更容易找到第一个顾客或客户

Getting the first client is another thing many people starting a new business struggle with. They proudly put out their shingles, do some advertising and then wait... and wait... and wait for the first client or customer to show some interest in their products or services. Meantime, their expenses roll merrily along.
如何找到第一个顾客是很多人创业遇到的另外一个难题。他们很自豪地推出自己的产品，打广告，然后等啊等，一直等着第一位对他们的产品或服务感兴趣的顾客光临。同时，他们的成本也在不停的增长。

But if you've started your business part-time while you're still working, your situation is very different. Besides giving you a financial cushion for starting your new business, your current job puts you inside a network that is full of potential clients and/or customers. Even if your co-workers and boss are not interested in the products and/or services you're now offering, he or she may know someone (or several someones!) who will be.
但是如果你在在职期间兼职创业的话，你的情况就大有不同了。不仅有充足的创业资金，你当前工作中存在的人际关系网也全部都是潜在顾客。即使你的雇主或同事对你目前提供的产品或服务不敢兴趣，他们也可能认识一些会感兴趣的人。

Remember, though, not to promote your new business in any way that is against your employer's company policy or that will turn off potential clients. Slapping bumper stickers advertising your business on all your co-worker's vehicles or talking endlessly about your new business all through lunch are not ways to win new customers and may get you into trouble at work as well.
记住，不要做出违背公司利益或挖走公司客户的事情来扩大自己的事业。在同事的交通工具上张贴大量的产品广告，或在午餐时间不停地谈论你的新事业都不是赢得顾客的方法，还有可能给你的工作带来很大的麻烦。

However, mentioning what you're doing now to the people you're working with at the right time in the right place can get you clients and/or customers and help get your new business off the ground.
然而，在恰当的时间和你的同事谈谈你目前在在做的生意，不仅可以为你带来客户，还可以推广你的新事业。

3)You'll have testing time.
你将会有实验时间

Starting a part-time business also gives you the luxury of not having to fully commit to your new business right away. Instead, you'll have time to test both the feasibility of your business idea and the practicality of you running such a business.
兼职创业还可以让你享有不必马上将所有的财产都投资到新事业的特权。相反，你还有时间去测试你经营理念的可行性以及你经营的事业的实用性。

You may find, for instance, that your market research went awry and there just isn't the interest in your products and/or services that you thought there was. It's a whole lot easier to drop an idea that's not working and move on if you have a job to fall back on.
比如，你可能会发现自己的市场调查出错了，你本来以为会有市场的产品或服务其实是没人感兴趣的。如果你是在在职期间创业的话，那么及时放弃原来的营销理念继续前进就会简单多了。

Or you may find that the business idea is fine but that you personally are not the right person to implement it. For example, friends of mine once started a Bed and Breakfast business only to discover that they didn't actually like hosting strangers in their home and that running the B&B took many more hours a week than they had anticipated. Just like attractions to other people, attractions to particular businesses may or may not work out.
或许你发现营销理念是好的，但是你自身却不是适合贯彻该理念的人。例如，我的一个朋友曾经开创了一项住宿及早餐的事业，最后发现其实他们并不喜欢在家招待陌生人，并且每个星期经营B&B事业的时间也超过了他们的预期。就像你对其他人的吸引力一样，受欢迎的热门事业并不一定适合你。

Part-Time Business Smoothes Your Business Start Up
兼职创业会让你的事业起步更加顺利

Starting a part-time business while you're employed cuts a lot of your risk when you're starting a new business and makes it easier for you to find out what kind of chance for success your new business has. While you obviously won't have as much time to work on your new business as you would if you quit your job and threw yourself into the business start up process full time, the advantages of starting a part-time business make up for the slow start.
在在职期间兼职创业的话能够为你省下很多风险，并能让你更加容易发现你的新事业有什么样的成功机会。虽然兼职创业的时间没有你辞职全身心投入到创业中的那么充足，但是以上这些优势却可以弥补起步慢的这个缺点。

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