katrina- well the only thing i can tell you is what would i do if i was you. you are just thinking about openning your business, and so far you ahve no clue what you wanna get into, well thats normal-coz you are in your first phase, the first thing you need to do is, take your time. when i mean take your time , i mean, do research, and use your qualification as a resource. see you are already in IT, so you know what you do, and whats its all about. but again anybusiness or atelat most of the business..unless its retail, depends on who you know. so as you have mentioned, you are a lil interested in IT business, you'd want to start by networking, join networking groups, there are a lot, such as COC, BNI, www.meetup.com, well there're a lot of them, go mingle with ppl, try to learn as much as you can about various induslty, before you decide. goodluck. dont jump into conclusion.