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The Entrepreneurial Mind

What makes entrepreneurs reject the comfort and security of a traditional job and open their own businesses?

There are lots of talks and seminars on YouTube from entrepreneurs, explaining their motivations. Stanford and MIT have lots of good videos. Berkeley too.

Many of the speakers went to elite colleges and business schools, so they're no dummies. And after college or business school, they went to work for big banks, tech companies, etc.

A number of them said they left their jobs because they got tired of the corporate culture. They would leave meetings, wondering what the hell just happened, how could their bosses agree on such a stupid idea. Or they got tired of office politics. Or their work wouldn't be appreciated, but the idiot down the hall got promoted.

I get it. I've worked for both good people and dumb people. I was a top student in college, went to a top 10 law school, have always done high-level work. But when you work for idiots, your work product isn't appreciated. When you work for jerks, your work product isn't appreciated. I also got tired of making lots of money for other people.

That's why I work for myself and answer only to myself. I have no interest in answering to anyone, again.

The great Warren Buffett, too. He always knew, even as a young man, that he only wanted to work for himself.

Entrepreneurs don't want their success in life to be limited because of office politics and jerks and idiots.
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