Re:Should I Become an Entrepreneur?
by fleitz on Friday January 21, 2011 @07:49PM
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If you have the drive, determination and character to persevere.
Being an entrepreneur doesn't necessarily mean doing a high risk internet startup. I think that for those with the character to do so it's a very good choice. Entrepreneurs aren't irrational people. I didn't pick entrepreneurship for purely fiscal reasons. I chose it primarily for personal reasons, although I do feel that my economic outcome will be better as well. I mainly chose entrepreneurship because I want to work for a company that shares my values and operates the way I think a business should operate. I'm 8 months in bootstrapped, (ramen) profitable, and proud. Perhaps that's not fiscally viable but we'll find out.
90% of business may fail within a 5 years, but how many jobs fail within 5 years?
Sure a job is 'safe' but I'm not a part of the growing culture that prefers safety at the expense of everything else. Life is about living, not avoiding death. I want to live my life to the fullest, instead of merely prolonging the inevitable a little longer. I don't think anyone sits on their deathbed saying "Gee, I really should have stuck with that safe job instead of risking it all on a startup". If your startup fails and you don't want to try again, you can always brush off the resume.
Being an entrepreneur doesn't necessarily mean doing a high risk internet startup. I think that for those with the character to do so it's a very good choice. Entrepreneurs aren't irrational people. I didn't pick entrepreneurship for purely fiscal reasons. I chose it primarily for personal reasons, although I do feel that my economic outcome will be better as well. I mainly chose entrepreneurship because I want to work for a company that shares my values and operates the way I think a business should operate. I'm 8 months in bootstrapped, (ramen) profitable, and proud. Perhaps that's not fiscally viable but we'll find out.
90% of business may fail within a 5 years, but how many jobs fail within 5 years?
Sure a job is 'safe' but I'm not a part of the growing culture that prefers safety at the expense of everything else. Life is about living, not avoiding death. I want to live my life to the fullest, instead of merely prolonging the inevitable a little longer. I don't think anyone sits on their deathbed saying "Gee, I really should have stuck with that safe job instead of risking it all on a startup". If your startup fails and you don't want to try again, you can always brush off the resume.