Start your own business, I dare you
I have written a counterpoint to an academic’s view of entrepreneurship here, and I have discovered another perspective on starting a business, at Escape from Cubicle Nation.
I love what she says:
If you think it is easy to make huge piles of money your first year in business, you may want to test your assumptions
Yeah. You are going to be rich in mere months!!! Yes! Because if it is that easy, everyone is doing it. If it is that unique that no one is doing it, then it will be a real challenge to try and get them to buy. Sigh…..
The truth is that success is not easy, but it is usually worth it, if not in financial terms at least in personal satisfaction. How do you succeed? BY not being smart enough to quit when the going gets tough. MediaBistro was a site basically about parties, that evolved into much more. It only took 9 years of losing money before profiting for 4, to cash out for $23 Million! Woo Hoo! That is a clear case of persistence. Not bad, making $1.76 million per year.
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