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>what happens when everyone is an entrepreneur? who will work the actual jobs? I think you might be surprised by how few people actually want to be business ow
by poulsbohemian 3y ago
>what happens when everyone is an entrepreneur? who will work the actual jobs?
I think you might be surprised by how few people actually want to be business owners. Lots talk about wanting to be a big baller, but to actually put your capital on the line and put in the hours year after year with risk of losing it all, not to mention being where the buck stops for all decision making - it's just not something most people want to do, if they can avoid it.
- fragmede 3y agoIt also means you spend every waking hour running a business. Which is fine if you want to, but if you love programming/baking/gardening/etc, one realizes you'll spend very little time doing that, and most of your time doing everything but. Running a business is fun for some, but not everyone actually wants to do that.
- pdonis 3y ago> I think you might be surprised by how few people actually want to be business owners. I'm not surprised by it at all (though I'm not the poster you were responding directly to--that poster might be, I don't know). I'm just pointing out that you can't avoid the tradeoff I described: if you are not a business owner, you are putting yourself at the mercy of those who are, since you are going to have to be employed by one of them. At the end of the day, business risks are real and cannot be avoided, and those who do not want to be directly exposed to those risks must realize that they are forgoing the associated rewards.