This Is Why Entrepreneurs Succeed After the Pitch Show Ends
As an entrepreneur, you can expect to think about your business day and night. But, are you ready to put that time in after your day job?</p>
Many of the small-business owners on Funderdome have kept their full-time jobs and work on their business during their free time. For instance, Shane Vermette invented Right Shears, a pair of ergonomically friendly scissors. For two years, Vermette spent nights and weekends working on Right Shears, while he spent his days working as a software engineer at a large corporation.</p>
These entrepreneurs don't start their businesses as a way to get rich quick. They have what I call "the artist's drive" — they have an idea, and can't imagine not </i>executing it. Money isn't what motivates them to start their business — it's the unassailable urge to bring their idea to life. And because they've kept their day job and aren't relying on their idea to support them, they have more runway to develop and grow their side hustle</a> into a thriving business of its own.</p>
I learned a ton while hanging out on the Funderdome set for a few weeks. More than ever, I believe that each of us has an entrepreneur somewhere inside of us, and that with determination, community and a plan, we have the power to share our ideas with the world — whatever those ideas may be.</p>
Published at Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:30:00 +0000
