Starting a Business: "Why Would Anyone Want to Do That?"
fwm staffer Viviana shares her thoughts on starting a business:
Why would anyone want to launch a business?
For years, I was a corporate woman all the way. I considered it essential to work for a large organization because (please don’t laugh, I was young at the time) of the stability that offered. If your company wasn’t big enough to require a diversity statement and at least a few regional offices, I didn’t work for you.
As you may have guessed, life quickly got around to teaching me not to put my faith and trust in the stability of any company or job, big or small. That is a good thing, because it has made me more open to (and less afraid of) looking at different types of organizations. In fact, it’s made me look at work in general a little differently. Before, I would have never considered becoming involved with a company launch of any variety. Every hotel I managed was built long before I arrived, and any web community I moderated was buzzing and humming by the time I logged my first post.
What was I missing? Several things. There is no comparison to the fulfillment, fun, and just plain excitement you derive from your work when you are helping to build something that you know is a winner. I’m sure you’re familiar with the feeling I’m describing, because you know it deep down when something is destined for success. Being a part of it, even in a small way, sticks with you.
If you are an entrepreneur, either in practice or just as the keeper of an idea that is brewing in your mind, then I must tell you, the thing I was missing most of all in my work life was you. Those of you with this gift are not like the rest of us. You can ignite passion for an idea and take us along with you. Working with people who approach their work this way is a gift that sat under my tree for years because of my fear of the unknown. I’m glad I finally got around to opening it.
So, to all of our fwm member/entrepreneurs...tell us--when did you realize that you had "the gift" of a great idea or simply the desire to start a business?
Related tags: corporate-culture, entrepreneurship, startups
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