Entrepreneurship

Anyone who comes up with ideas for businesses has more than one they can use. So if you want to start a business and you don’t have an idea, just steal one. Here’s an idea I’m not doing anything with. I am ending that sentence with a preposition. I think following the preposition rule makes people sound like a tool. Using tool as an insult started in 2009. We know this because Urban Dictionary tracks the evolution of language. But who tracks the evolution of grammar? There should be a site that allows people to vote on grammar rules that are outdated. You could earn money the same way Urban Dictionary does. Someone must be making money there because the site has a legal disclaimer. That’s something only rich people have. I don’t have one on my site because there is no money to sue me for. I mean, sue me forthwith. Or whatever. But don’t think about this idea, because it’s not the business idea I was planning on telling you about. OK. So here comes my official business idea ...

I’m saddened that entrepreneurship has been glorified. In movies, blogs, podcasts, etc, it’s presented as this glamorous life style; a path to wealth and fame; to parties, pitches and appearances on “Shark Tank”. But if that’s your objective, not only are you almost certainly going to be disappointed, but you are in it for all the wrong reasons. Most of what an entrepreneur does is hardly glamorous: disciplined repetition of tests and trials to try various propositions. But to some of us, that’s the great part about being an entrepreneur. You get to sit around the table with really smart people solving really interesting problems. If you make money - it’s a bonus - but if you cherish the problem solving - the chance to try to do things that everyone tells you will never work - you’ll always be happy. Blogger. Rupesh Kumar