Those who own and run their own businesses differ considerably from managers in large organisations. Below you will find a JFP’s “light-hearted” attempt to identify 15 of these differences.

1. Huge corner office vs most practical low cost office.

2. Unlimited expense account vs minimum spend possible.

3. First class travel everywhere vs taking bus if it makes sense.

4. Office politics vs meeting the payroll.

5. Fountain in the foyer vs turning off the lights in empty rooms.

6. Let’s have a meeting about a meeting vs “Do It Now! ”.

7. Executive dining room vs local sandwich shop.

8. Cares deeply about CV vs doesn’t have a CV.

9. Keen on a peerage vs never been to the House of Lords.

10. Eminently employable v utterly unemployable.

11. PA does email vs does own email.

12. Risk averse vs opportunistic.

13. Boardroom fine art vs whitewashed walls.

14. Boasting about how many employees there are vs boasting how few there are.

15. Obsessed with status vs obsessed with cashflow.