THE DREAM IN ACTION » LeWeb http://thedreaminaction.com By Ryan Graves Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:05:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Do you really want to be an entrepreneur? http://thedreaminaction.com/2008/12/22/want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/ http://thedreaminaction.com/2008/12/22/want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:55:06 +0000 Ryan Graves http://ryanagraves.com/?p=796 Do you really want to be an entrepreneur? Do you have the right attitude?
To be honest with you, I can’t yet answer those questions with 100% confidence. I’ve not been to “the bottom”. I plan on having getting to experience that in my career though. From my limited experience, the thrills of business are difficult to enjoy unless you have ownership, responsibility (maybe those are one in the same), and exposure to the upside. Then you can lose it all or make it all…poker anyone?

This talk below is from LeWeb 08 by Morten Lund. He is so honest it kills me and his positive attitude towards the downturn and his recent failure should be humbling and motivating for anyone!

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There are a lot of slides but you can get through them in a few minutes and it’s well worth watching.

Employees Suck
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