Why We are Entrepreneurs

In a word, passion. We have passion for what we do. There are many other reasons after passion. The overriding factor is that we love what we do. Education level doesn’t matter. Funding doesn’t matter. The fact that we entrepreneurs see a need, enjoy doing something, or want to do something and the only way to get it done is through a business of our own.

We don’t fit the corporate world. I jokingly say that I am unemployable right now. In fact, that is not far from the truth. Janet Walsh, our BusinessTVChannel.com People Skills expert, watches her corporate clients refuse to hire people who have been “out on their own” for many years. They don’t usually fit into the corporate mold.

Look at the problems that many business owners had when they sold their businesses and asked to stay on for a period of time. We entrepreneurs chafe at being told what to do.

In other cases, we don’t fit in working for our competitors. We don’t like their ethics, they way they treat customers, or even more basic, you get tired of not being recognized for your accomplishments.

When you start your own business you are boss and can mold the company in a way that you see fit. You are rewarded and penalized on your efforts.

As a result, many of you learned your lessons working for someone else and have changed the way you manage people. Others of you who thought that owning your own business would be easy because, “I was making $20 per hour and the boss was charging $100 per hour”, had a rude awakening when you started.

Entrepreneurs become entrepreneurs because we have a passion for what we are doing. Some times we are forced into business. Sometimes we make a conscious decision to be in business. We put up with the stress, the terror, the darkness because we are trying to make a difference in the world, each in our own way.

Why did I write this? it is time to start thinking about what we plan to accomplish in 2007. Knowing why we are in business is a critical factor in shaping our goals, hopes, and aspirations for 2007.