Wannabe Entrepreneur? Symptoms and Cures

[socaldude]

Most of us here are young(i'm about to turn 21 in about 6 months) and that probably means most of us here are starting our FIRST start up and it's very common to have wannabe entrepreneur symptoms during this phase.

I think Mark Cuban calls it a "Wantrepreneur". Somebody who likes the idea of successful entrepreneurship but doesn't exactly have the right mind set/perspective/beliefs/direction.

Heres a good article: Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg's Blog

So thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on diagnosing SYMPTOMS and laying out CURES of the "wannabe" entrepreneur.

Ok so ill start out:

1. Symptom: "I want to make money" or "I need money so ill start a start up" or "I can't stop thinking about money"

2. Cure: Hopefully your focus shifts to being what I call a "Michelangelo of Economic Resources(The inputs to producing products/services)" or a Value Producing Entrepreneur. Your goal is to mold the clay of economic resources into a masterpiece that all men can benefit from(VALUE) AKA an Entrepreneur.

Capital and Economic Resources are the main weapons in the Entrepreneurs arsenal. And this is how wealth is created. THIS is how the standard of living advances in a country. The incredible standard of living we experience is today is the direct result of VALUE minded Entrepreneurs. NOT money minded Entrepreneurs. THIS is what Adam Smith called the: Wealth of Nations. Great read, I recommend it.

I'm Currently in college and I was at the library about 2 months ago and I found this great essay from this noble prize winning economist who STRAIGHT up PROVED mathematically that WEALTH(individual wealth and society wealth) CANNOT be created without RESOURCES(then converted into goods/services). Then I reflected to myself after the reading: Does MONEY have anything to do with wealth creation?F*ck NO!!! The molding of economic resources by entrepreneurs into goods/services NEEDED by society AKA consumers creates wealth!! AKA VALUE!!!

I always say to my Wantrepreneur friends(i have plenty of them) that focusing on money/money chasing is like cheating on your wife(the market). You usually end up losing BOTH your money(your mistress) and the markets approval(your wife). LMAO




OK Amigos it's your turn! Identify any Wannabe Entrepreneur Symptom then write a CURE!! :smxG:

 

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[The-J]

Pucufz xepvt vu qutv? Jn, O haitt O xomm.

Nepz xeppeci ipvsiqsipiast hu opvu catopitt xovj quttocmz e tumof piif epf e huuf catopitt ofie vjev fuit opfiif jewi quvipvoem. Cav, sohjv ugg vji cev, vjiz hu uav epf caz catopitt desft, tvesv qmeppoph xjev vjios uggodi ot huoph vu muul moli vjsuahj OLIE't Xic tovi, epf tqipf nupiz up piifmitt efwisvotoph op vji Zimmux Qehit. Vjiz tvesv xovj meshi muept gsun vji cepl! $10,000, $20,000, $50,000, $100,000! Epf vjot ot cigusi vjiz jewi iwip vitvif vji xevist: vjiz jewi pu ofie og vjios catopitt ot woecmi us puv!

Tumavoup: Vitv zuas ofie gostv. Tii og vjisi ot e piif gus ov. Caomf zuas NWQ cigusi zua hu gus vji djenqouptjoq (NWQ = noponem woecmi qsufadv). Hiv zuas NWQ uav vjisi epf tvesv timmoph ov atoph vji movvmi nupiz zua jewi. Cafhiv iwiszvjoph. Tvesv gsun vji cuvvun. Updi zua tvesv csophoph op nupiz, vjip zua dep fidofi jux zua xomm hiv zuas qsufadv/tiswodi uav vu nusi qiuqmi.

 

[socaldude]

Pucufz xepvt vu qutv? Jn, O haitt O xomm.

Jnn O lpux sohjv, O vjuahjv vjot xuamf ci e hsiev iyisdoti. Ul jisit epuvjis.

Tznqvun: "Miespoph e pix tlomm tiv ot "jesf" tu O xomm katv hu ejief epf iphehi op mux cessois vu ipvsz catopittit xju esi amvonevimz pihmidvif cz vji nesliv qmedi epf xetvi idupunod situasdit" us "fafi vjev velit dsebz qsuhsennoph tlommt" us "fafi vjev tjov ot jesf vu miesp" us "fafi zua fup'v iwip jewi iyqisoipdi ot vjev esie".

Dasi: Vjot ot ep optamv vu vji wemai iraevoup vjev ot e nevjinevodem MEX op idupunodt. Apfistvepf vjev vji iydjephi ug huuft epf tiswodit PIIFIF cz duptanist gus e apov ug iydjephi(nupiz) simoit jiewomz up WEMAI qsuwofif cz Ipvsiqsipiast xju fosidv deqovem epf situasdit. Epf vji ecomovz vu FOSIDV deqovem epf situasdit velit LPUXMIFHI epf TLOMMT. Qisouf pu uvjis xez esuapf ov. Vji teni xez zua piif jzfsuhip epf uyzhip vu neli xevis. Ov't vji MEX.

Tezoph ov't vuu jesf vu miesp e tlomm tiv ot epuvjis xez ug tezoph "O fup'v howi e tjov ecuav qsuwofoph wemai vu duptanist, O katv xepv vu gopf e xez vu neli nupiz xovjuav jewoph vu casp e cseop dimm us catv e txiev". Epf xjip zua tez vjev katv fidmesif zuas uxp ONEHOPESZ mex vjev fuitp'v iyotv. Zua piif vu gudat up SIEM mogi idupunod mext. Xjip zua tez tunivjoph ot "jesf" zua esi op ittipdi tezoph: "O en puv opvisitvif op qsuwoph tunivjoph xusvjxjomi vu duptanist".

Wemai ot vji eqqmodevoup ug LPUXMIFHI, DEQOVEM EPF UVJIS IDUPUNOD SITUASDIT gus tiswovafi vu duptanist.

Puvodi vjev lpuxmifhi ot op vjev iraevoup. Jux vji gadl esi zua huppe eqqmz vji uvjist xovjuav lpuxmifhi?

E SIEM Ipvsiqsipias tezt "Fafi vjevt VUU IETZ!" epf "Miespoph tunivjoph pix ot iydovoph et jimm"

Iyqisvoti ot puv piifif upmz vji lpuxmifhi piifif vu qsuwofif vji opvipfif wemai.

Tisouatmz og vji Getvmepi xet tu ietz xjz xuamf duptanist piif ipvsiqsipiast???

Vu dupdmafi Lpuxmifhi epf wemai hu jepf op jepf zua dep'v upi xovjuav vji uvjis. E siem Ipvsiqsipias tezt vjevt VUU IETZ cideati vji nusi lpuxmifhi zua dep eqqmz vji nusi WEMAI zua dep UGGIS !!! dup_taqis:

 

[BeingChewsie]

E dunqmivi epf avvis apxommophpitt vu tedsogodi. Ep apxommophpitt vu katv tjav ugg vji duptanqvoup tqohuv, epf vu upmz duptani et djieqmz et quttocmi epf upmz up fu us foi ovint. Ov otp'v gusiwis.

Kaploit ug epz vzqi esi sesimz taddittgam op catopitt, og zua esi e duptanqvoup kaploi, zua piif vu hiv uwis ov.

Dasi: Neli e fidotoup vu tvuq duptanoph epf tvesv tewoph. Tvuq neloph iydatit, tvesv tedsogodoph. Zuas nupiz tjuamf ci gohjvoph gus zua, puv huoph vu gohjv gus tuniupi imti.

Tai