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Be wary of advice from a successful entrepreneur. They've gambled and won. Unless you want to be an entrepreneur and you're also ok with the idea of failing and

by leros 4y ago

Be wary of advice from a successful entrepreneur. They've gambled and won. Unless you want to be an entrepreneur and you're also ok with the idea of failing and never becoming rich from it, their advice might not apply to you and your life.

ARandomerDude 4y ago
I'm doubly wary of unsuccessful people telling me it's (nearly) impossible to be successful. Can't never could.
- mbg721 4y ago
  There are plenty of people known for being successful who were previously not-very-successful at something else. You hear about the thing that worked.
- xeromal 4y ago
  You need to look at it statistically though. Many more have failed than succeeded and while not exactly the same, your argument could be used for someone wanting to be a FIFA or NFL athlete. Sure, some succeed, but many don't. Same with the million-dollar business idea.
  - yowlingcat 4y ago
    There's a lot more room for multi-million (maybe even billion) dollar businesses than there is room for professional footballers. They aren't even in the same, err, football field.
    - burntoutfire 4y ago
      I'm not really sure it's true for the billion businesses. How many billion+ businesses were cretated in the past 100 years? Maybe 10,000? And how many people played in the NFL during last 100 years? The Internet says it 23,204. And that's just football, if you compare across all high paying pro sports, then number must be in hundreds of thousands.
  - wolverine876 4y ago
    Everyone failed at some point, yet most succeed.
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analog31 4y ago
Also, don't assume that all entrepreneurs are edgy risk-takers. Many entrepreneurs find a niche that they can fill, using innovation to reduce their risk to a manageable level.
galoisgirl 4y ago
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1827/ https://xkcd.com/1827/
wolverine876 4y ago
> Unless you want to be an entrepreneur and you're also ok with the idea of failing and never becoming rich from it failing != never succeeding In fact, I would say it's much closer to, failing => succeeding

by leros 4y ago

ARandomerDude 4y ago

I'm doubly wary of unsuccessful people telling me it's (nearly) impossible to be successful. Can't never could.

mbg721 4y ago
There are plenty of people known for being successful who were previously not-very-successful at something else. You hear about the thing that worked.
xeromal 4y ago
You need to look at it statistically though. Many more have failed than succeeded and while not exactly the same, your argument could be used for someone wanting to be a FIFA or NFL athlete. Sure, some succeed, but many don't. Same with the million-dollar business idea.
- yowlingcat 4y ago
  There's a lot more room for multi-million (maybe even billion) dollar businesses than there is room for professional footballers. They aren't even in the same, err, football field.
  - burntoutfire 4y ago
    I'm not really sure it's true for the billion businesses. How many billion+ businesses were cretated in the past 100 years? Maybe 10,000? And how many people played in the NFL during last 100 years? The Internet says it 23,204. And that's just football, if you compare across all high paying pro sports, then number must be in hundreds of thousands.
- wolverine876 4y ago
  Everyone failed at some point, yet most succeed.
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analog31 4y ago

Also, don't assume that all entrepreneurs are edgy risk-takers. Many entrepreneurs find a niche that they can fill, using innovation to reduce their risk to a manageable level.

galoisgirl 4y ago

Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1827/ https://xkcd.com/1827/

wolverine876 4y ago

> Unless you want to be an entrepreneur and you're also ok with the idea of failing and never becoming rich from it failing != never succeeding In fact, I would say it's much closer to, failing => succeeding