When I read through your post it was all going well until the part where you say:
"At the core of the pro-micro business argument is an idea that I find hard to swallow: that merely being happy should be purpose enough for a person."
Wow.
Doesn't everyone have the goal of being in an non-state of pain and suffering. Which, is basically the same as being happy/content/satisfied.
If _your_ "non-state of pain and suffering" = you need to be a billionaire... then, there was NO point in my original article that said "you can't be a billionaire". So what relevance does that point have to the article?
The main point I was trying to make (and it's my lack of good writing that didn't get this across) was absolutely nothing to do with what your post talks about.
I was proposing that we would all have a better ultimate chance of fulfilling our entrepreneurial goals if the very first thing we did was to build a micro business.
Build a micro business. Make it successful. Then swing for the fences.
The advantages are:
- You will have a more rounded understanding of "business"
- You will be financially free and able to pursue your other big risk ventures
- You will loose less % in any future investment deals you cut because you will have proven yourself
- You will ultimately have more control and less people to answer to
"The waste" that I was referring to was that by taking the other route (chasing after golden ticket investment) is a waste of potential real world business learning.
Sure we all learn with every route we take, but the faster and more immersed we become in dealing with ALL aspects of business - the better we get.
The beauty of a micro business is that it's far easier to see all the facets of business. Any other route... there are bound to be some facets that we miss out on compared to a microcosm of a total business experience.
"At the core of the pro-micro business argument is an idea that I find hard to swallow: that merely being happy should be purpose enough for a person."
Wow.
Doesn't everyone have the goal of being in an non-state of pain and suffering. Which, is basically the same as being happy/content/satisfied.
If _your_ "non-state of pain and suffering" = you need to be a billionaire... then, there was NO point in my original article that said "you can't be a billionaire". So what relevance does that point have to the article?
The main point I was trying to make (and it's my lack of good writing that didn't get this across) was absolutely nothing to do with what your post talks about.
I was proposing that we would all have a better ultimate chance of fulfilling our entrepreneurial goals if the very first thing we did was to build a micro business.
Build a micro business. Make it successful. Then swing for the fences.
The advantages are:
- You will have a more rounded understanding of "business"
- You will be financially free and able to pursue your other big risk ventures
- You will loose less % in any future investment deals you cut because you will have proven yourself
- You will ultimately have more control and less people to answer to
"The waste" that I was referring to was that by taking the other route (chasing after golden ticket investment) is a waste of potential real world business learning.
Sure we all learn with every route we take, but the faster and more immersed we become in dealing with ALL aspects of business - the better we get.
The beauty of a micro business is that it's far easier to see all the facets of business. Any other route... there are bound to be some facets that we miss out on compared to a microcosm of a total business experience.