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"It's almost like some switch gets flipped at some point in college that causes many students to stop seeing opportunities to be entrepreneurial, and become afr

"It's almost like some switch gets flipped at some point in college that causes many students to stop seeing opportunities to be entrepreneurial, and become afraid to try jumping into the ones they do see." Yes, that would be the "I'm not living at home with Mom and Dad anymore and I'm going to have to buy my own food and shelter from here on out, so I had better find a reliable source of income" switch. EDIT: This wasn't meant to be negative towards entrepreneurial high schoolers, MBAs or biz school students; I just think it's strange that the author ignores the differences in real risk being taken on by the two groups.

ChuckMcM 13y ago
Came to say that exact same thing. Basically its this fearlessness again. If you cannot see what you'd be doing when this thing your trying fails, you fear trying it. Especially if you're trying to make rent, buy food, etc. When you are living at home it is easy to see what happens when you fail, well you will still be living at home. Similarly with failing at a business when you are in college, it isn't your "real" job, its something you are trying out. It is a very very very scary thing to do that when 'failing' has connotations of standing by the side of the road asking for handouts from people who didn't quit their 9-5 jobs. How do you explain that to your parents? your spouse? your kids? What is worse, the longer you pay attention, the more likely you are to see one or more ideas you thought were really really great fail. And that can completely freeze you into inaction.