I follow my fair share of thread-sharers, productivity ‘hackers’ and general ‘Warikoos’ on the internet. I rarely if ever hear about the ‘other side’ – All the content thats ever written, recorded or spoken about enterpreunership is skewed toward how amazing it is to start a business, how entreprenurship changes lives and is all things sexy. Its about these ‘insights’ and ‘truths’ which have life altering and transformative effects on you – follow me for more threads like this, 19 year olds compiling random threads – ad nauseam. It gets a bit tiring really.

Entrepreneurship is not about burning through truck loads of investor money, its not about getting the next round of funding or firing 100’s of people over zoom calls. Our modern day “disruptors” have given a lot of us (entrepreneurs) a bad rep.

DISCLAIMER : Personally, im not too fond of this term “StartUp” – when does a business cease to be a startup ? Got to search a thread for that one – do comment if you happen to know =)

Entrepreunership is frustrating, thankless, humbling, stressful and SOMETIMES rewarding – its basically Eldenring / Dark Souls in real life. Why would someone want to put themselves through all of that – if im super honest – at times I still search for that answer. The ‘answer’ is different every time i wander down that path. Its the small wins. Its about getting to the summit of the mountain which seemed an eternity away. Its that amazing review or feedback that a paying customer writes. Sometimes its just taking a step back and watching all the cogs in your machine run exactly like you thought they should. Its about watching your team mature over the years and totally nailing it. Its a lot of things. Its NOT about the money – thats never the answer.

It does teach you a lot though – its a roller coaster like no other. The high-highs and the abysmal lows. I’ve learnt patience, public speaking, listening (its a skill), motivation (when i look back – its a miracle how i managed to motivate myself). Its a crash course in being the best version of yourself – incrementally – every single day. I would barely recognize myself from the time i was a regular employee. The most satisfying part about doing what i do is – there are days when i pleasantly surprise myself.

I do speak with a fair bit of personal experience – 7 years and 3 running concerns later – I find myself looking into the mirror, with a whole lot of silver in my hair than ever before. I like it – i do realise that i may be forever un-employable in the traditional sense. Wouldnt have it any other way.

In the interest of catering to the low attention span of the reader – I will end this here – to be continued.

Until the next time.

MB.