5 Types of people who are disgracing entrepreneurship

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I don't know about disgracing - they are just mentalities possibly not well suited to entrepreneurship.

The one about "if I had the money" really gets me - I used to say that, but now I have easy access to the money, but no idea what to do with it.

The neat thing is the internet has brought out a market where a single person can both create and sell a product or service globally all on their own, so if you get someone with enough technical, business, and drive, they can be a one-man show - something that was much harder previously.

tl;dr 1. “I am thinking about starting up for last 3 years” 2. “I have got this great idea, but I cannot share with you” types 3. “I don’t like my job, so I want to become an entrepreneur” types 4. “I want to make money” types 5. “If I had the money, I would start my business” types

Nailed it.

I agree, but #3 is not always true. Sometimes, people solve a problem in their workplace by leaving a starting a company. I guess Bhatia and Hotmail make a good example.

Dissatisfaction with the way things are is a good motivator for starting a business.

This can be external (Blockbuster's crazy fees = Netflix) or internal (dead end job = working nights/evenings on something compelling).

I think the author would argue that the problem with #3 is people who aren't passionate about becoming an entrepreneur, and could just end the sentence with ", so I want a better job where I make all the rules".

How about people who write a blog like this and then plaster it with ads?

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