Editor’s note: Veteran entrepreneur, author and frequent blogger has some advice for execs at startups: Sometimes, an entrepreneur just has to go to work.
DURHAM, N.C. – I’m going to put an angel on one of your shoulders and a devil on the other. You’ll have to figure out which is which.
I’ve been hearing this a lot lately: I want to be an entrepreneur but I have to put food on the table. Or pay off insane college debt. Or I’m starting a family.
First off, let me say I totally empathize. From where you are, this looks like cliff diving.
Then let me say, stop it. Do both.
Look, not a lot of people are going to tell you this and if it gets back to me I’m going to deny it and paint you as a filthy liar. Your word against mine. But yeah, go ahead and take a job or keep your job, and keep working on your idea.
Balancing a job and entrepreneurship is one of the hardest assignments you can take on in life. The stakes are high and it’s not going to be the fun kind of made-for-TV startup experience. It’s going to suck. It’s going to be lonely and scary. It’s going to be later nights and earlier mornings and slimmer chances and shorter runways than even your average entrepreneur complains about.
But if you’re going to do it, you’ve got to do it. Now.
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http://exitevent.com/article/dont-be-above-the-job-160426
