Not true. If you work for yourself and you're losing money and you get polled by the CPS, you would rightly report that you are self-employed, and you would be

Not true. If you work for yourself and you're losing money and you get polled by the CPS, you would rightly report that you are self-employed, and you would be counted as working. http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm It doesn't matter if there are investors or a profit.