Fifteen years ago when I was just starting up in business for the first time, a businessman that I met said to me, "It's hard to find good people when you are a small business and when you do you can't pay them what they are worth. Give them some shares in your business and they will be committed to the company". Is this right or wrong, I discuss.

I work and meet with dozens of small businesses and to my surprise a large proportion of them suffer from the same issues. When you start a business it is important that you, as the owner, invest a lot of your energy and time into the company for future financial rewards. In other words you work ridiculously hard for not a lot of money (if any)! This state of affairs should only be a means to an end and should be temporary, however with a large proportion of the businesses that I see all of which have been trading for several years they don't seem to have moved on. I see companies whose owners work 12 hours a day for less than the minimum wage whilst other employees take home a normal wage.