Great post. It is a hard thing to sum up. I think this HBR article (http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/09/entrepreneurship_as_disease....) talking about it as a disease is one of the best I read.
Why I'm an Entrepreneur
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Re: Why I'm an Entrepreneur
#12"It's a truly special thing to convince someone to pay you for something you've made", this is what non-entrepreneurs do all day as well. There is a subtle difference, but I am yet to understand it. It isn't only entrepreneurs who get paid for their craft, is it only entrepreneurs who often don't??
I think the difference is an entrepreneur has orchestrated the whole process and isn't just a sales person. They are a dreamer building their dreams in to reality. Anything that reflects the achievement is massive. If you love carpentry, then seeing somebody love your table will be the same. Selling tables at Ikea will probably not be.
Re: Why I'm an Entrepreneur
#13Thanks for this yesimahuman - it was incredibly timely for me. Today was my last day at a corporate job, and the first day of being a full-time entrepreneur. I know that I've got a roller coaster of emotion ahead, but it's encouraging to know the highs are higher than the lows are low.
Re: Why I'm an Entrepreneur
#14Thanks for this yesimahuman - it was incredibly timely for me. Today was my last day at a corporate job, and the first day of being a full-time entrepreneur. I know that I've got a roller coaster of emotion ahead, but it's encouraging to know the highs are higher than the lows are low.
Congrats! May the patience be with you!
Re: Why I'm an Entrepreneur
#15I started my company out of the opposite need: No one would hire me.
I was fresh out of university in 2004, in the middle of the second IT bubble, living in a not-so-hot city job market wise. I must have applied to over a hundred job ads.
I had a short gig at a very small company without a salesperson, until they could no longer afford having me. Then I worked on an assembly line until 2006, when a friend needed a dynamic website for his employee.
I quit my day job in 2008, but it's not until the last year or so it's been starting to go well. An I still have a long way to go until I reach a normal developer income level.
But I have learnt so much during those years! I really don't regret starting my own. I have seriously considered getting a 9-5 job, but the freedom I enjoy makes it hard to imagine not working for myself.