None of the four would be in my top four. They aren't even advantages. Certainly not competitive advantages anyways. Going along with the theme of employment

None of the four would be in my top four. They aren't even advantages. Certainly not competitive advantages anyways. Going along with the theme of employment vs self employed, I would like to add one I think is highly important. 5. The pivot: In the startup world, this is basically switching focus based on the realities of your startup when you get it out into the world. You start with x idea but you find your customers are using it for something completely different. Based on that you change the service. Or something to that effect. Most people here know what I'm talking about. Entrepreneurs are able to see changes in their industry and are able to pivot based on those changes. They independently learn new things. Try out new technologies. Take different approaches to the problems they are trying to solve. Explore different models for income. There are many other examples. A real life example might be a web developer moving from hourly client work to building a product (perhaps on the side while still doing hourly work.) That developer might also move from web development to building Iphone apps. There are limitless ways to change in this industry. Unfortunately, many of the jobless are in their situation because they haven't been able to do their own pivots. Perhaps it's because they have put their heads in the sand and ignored industry changes. Perhaps their routine of punching the clock has put them in a bubble where they weren't even aware that the industry has been changing.