Content Overview 
- Becoming Self Employed: Summary
- Create A Business Plan
- Am I A Candidate For Self-Employment?
- Consider Working At Home
- Determine The Type Of Work You Want To Do
- Do Your Research
- Determine How You Will Finance A Short Fall Until You Start Earning Enough Money
- Where To Get Assistance To Help Start Your Business
- Should You Disclose Your Health Condition To Investors/Lenders?
- Consider How Being Self Employed Will Affect Your Family, Spouse, Partner
Work: Self-Employment - Getting Started
Should You Disclose Your Health Condition To Investors/Lenders?
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You are under no obligation to tell anyone about your health condition unless it could be harmful to them.
However, consider disclosing your condition to people or companies you approach to support your new venture.
Lenders
Since you will be working on your own, your health condition may be material to the potential success of your new endeavor. If it is, it has to be disclosed. It could possibly even be a crime if you don't.
Whether you health condition material has to be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Consult an attorney about your particular situation if there is the least question.
If it helps, banks cannot consider your health condition when considering whether to lend you money.
Friends and Family
Even if your health condition is not material to your potential success, consider disclosing it to friends and family that you ask for money. How would you feel if a friend or family member not only didn't tell you about the diagnosis, but also asked you for money for a new business?
Consider Health Insurance And Other Benefits
Health insurance is still the best means of assuring access to the health care system. Given your health history, having health insurance is particularly important.
Consider how you will be able to maintain your current insurance or to obtain it through your work.