How to compare starting a business with remaining employed
By Decised editorial · Reviewed by Decised methodology review · Published 2026-09-01 · Updated 2026-09-01
Using decision cases to place employment and self-employment futures side by side with labelled assumptions.
Compare futures with the same structure
Decision cases place two alternatives, for example employment versus self-employment, in one workspace with a deterministic 12–36 month cash forecast. User assumptions stay labelled; missing cells stay missing.
Use evidence beside both sides
Attach the same local context to each alternative where possible. The question is not which option Decised ‘picks’; it is whether assumptions on each side are explicit enough to challenge.
Limitations
This article is general guidance, not advice to proceed. Figures on city profiles are district-level registered-business statistics unless stated otherwise. Missing data in Decised stays missing.