Addiction: Entrepreneurship as a Coping Mechanism

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This made no sense to me, and the link to entrepreneurship seemed very poorly explained. Did I miss something?

Hollywood crap movie : Chuck Palahniuk stories :: business as usual : startups.

More meaning, less fluff, more emotion, less middle-management, more clarity, less hiding.

Exactly.

I wrote it, and was actually surprised it popped up on Hacker News. What I was trying to articulate is that treating an operation as an entrepreneur, or in this case a startup, is a method of individualizing the business process.

Business has many 'rules' attached to it, many which aren't necessary to personal or financial success. Entrepreneurs can avoid these rules, and that process can become addicting.

Sorry it wasn't clear, and thanks for the comment.

"Addiction" is a term with a very specific medical (psychological) definition: broadly, a compulsive behavior that negatively impacts your life. I don't see where you have addressed a link between entrepreneurship and compulsion, or negative life impact. Can you elaborate.

It was meant to be interpretive. And, the implications of 'addiction' in this case weren't necessarily negative.

Generally, I find the entrepreneurial process addictive in the sense that it fills an emotional need (neither good or bad) that more structured areas of business leave empty.

Palahniuk removes layers from his characters to make this point. I think entrepreneurship accomplishes something similar with business.

sounds more like adaptation to me.

I'm addicted to Entrepreneurship.

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