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title: Good Reasons to Start a Business...and Bad Ones
description: Marcus Lemonis, star of CNBC's 'The Profit,' explains why you should start your own business...and why you shouldn't.
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![Marcus Lemonis of CNBC's The Profit](https://img.money.com/2016/05/160502_em_marcus-lemonis_grab.png)

Some people open a business for the wrong reasons. They start a business to make their own hours, to make a million dollars, or to not work for "the man." According to [Marcus Lemonis](http://www.marcuslemonis.com/), star of CNBC's *[The Profit](http://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/the-profit)*, these are the wrong reasons to launch a business. You should open your own business because it's something that you believe in. You should open your own business because you're passionate about the product or service you're delivering; it is something really important to you. These are the right reasons to open a business.

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