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Chicanery is common in the start-up world: With so much at stake, founders are apt to exaggerate, obfuscate, and otherwise stretch the truth when courting investors and other important stakeholders.
- Entrepreneurs are the smartest and most high-achieving people around. In reality, most entrepreneurs are not the valedictorian of their class.
- Entrepreneurs are individuals who work alone. False. Research shows that teams are much more likely to succeed than individuals. Successful entrepreneurs find people with the right skills to join their team.
- Entrepreneurs are born not made. This is also false. Research shows that entrepreneurs don’t necessarily come from parents who are entrepreneurs.
- Entrepreneurs love risk. Aulet says that entrepreneurs are not gamblers. A gambler has no control over risk, whereas entrepreneurs take calculated risks in an area where they know they have an advantage, then “de-risk” everything else.
- ENTREPRENEURS DON’T HAVE A PERSONAL LIFE. We have been told over and over again that business people have to make sacrifices to follow their entrepreneurial dream.
- REAL ENTREPRENEURS DON’T QUIT. It is probably of the most famous myths that have permeated our culture. Nevertheless, the business world is full of examples of people who have quit and benefited from it.
- BUSINESS PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A BOSS. As John Donne once said, “no man is an island”. It is true that if you start your business you will become your own boss.
- ENTREPRENEURS ARE RICH. As for many other things in our life, entrepreneurship is not in black and white only. Some entrepreneurs have achieved economic wealth, just think that 62% of American billionaires are self-made, but others have not reached this privileged status.
Mar 9, 2021 · Some people try to rush this process, but it takes time and money to build something reliably profitable. If you are in it only for the money, there's a chance that entrepreneurship is not for you.
- Morgan Browne
Jul 23, 2020 · Emily was named among the Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Decade by Inc. magazine, and has also been recognized as a Top Female Founder by Inc. and one of Entrepreneur’s Most Powerful Women ...
Oct 24, 2018 · Yes indeed: entrepreneurs tend to be busy people. But if you really want to be successful, you need to make time to keep learning. As Albert Einstein said, "Once you stop learning, you start dying."
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Jan 20, 2017 · Ultimately both Ucbasaran and Nicolaou agree that in the real world of business, it doesn’t really matter whether the drive to be an entrepreneur is down to nature, nurture or a little bit of both. Nicolaou says: “What is more important is to demystify entrepreneurship and make people believe it’s possible and that it’s not rocket science.”
