There are many ways you can prepare to start your own business however some of the more prominent ones is to try and shadow another business owner that you know. In this way you are able to almost act as their apprentice and learn the skills that you need to run a successful business, and at the same time it may help you in developing and honing critical thinking skills that will be able to benefit your business venture. It provides you with the opportunity to learn from teh mistake of another business. Do you think that this should be a program that allows new entrepreneurs to shadow older businesses?