A real entrepreneur has no choice.
That’s it.
So many people have talked to me over the years wondering whether or not they can / could / should / will make the leap to leaving their job to start their own business.
Being an entrepreneur and working with entrepreneurs, when I ask people why they started their business, the answer always contains something like :
“I couldn’t NOT do it”
A real entrepreneur has no choice.
Sure, entrepreneurs are often inspired by seeing a gap and taking that opening (which is also a rough translation of the french roots of the word). They often see a market gap where they can make money. Taking entrepreneurialism beyond ventures that are wholly or exclusively focussed on profit, one can see an opportunity to make an impact socially, politically and more.
Also entrepreneurs have a higher “risk profile”, a higher tolerance for risk than other people. As my inspiring friend Maeve Gillies told me “I have often said “Leap and the net will appear”, though the net doesn’t always look like a net”. Another way of putting that :
So, entrepreneurs see openings, they are comfortable with risk, but to know if you are entrepreneurial, go back to Gary Vaynerchuk’s quote at the top. What does your heart tell you ? What drives you ? Where do you have no choice, you simply HAVE to act !?