Entrepreneurship Series – enjoy the ride
This is the last post in the 20 part series made from the Entrepreneurship slide deck presentation I gave at O’Rielly Ignite Ottawa back in the fall of 2009. I hope you have enjoyed the series it has been fun to write. If you did want to leave a comment on your thoughts that would be awesome and sincerely appreciated.
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The most common metaphor I have heard for entrepreneurship is the roller coaster. This is a great metaphor because based on my personal experiences many of the entrepreneurs I chat with on a daily basis and a whole host of events I have attended echo the same up and down sentiment. It is a fun ride with exhilarating highs and devastating lows. The best thought I can offer is a quote from an unlikely source on entrepreneurship, Johnny Depp:
“I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you’re on it.”
Next post – the series summary.
Ian Graham
[...] This is the overall summary of the presentation I gave at O’Rielly Ignite Ottawa. The series was quite a lot of fun to write and draws on my experiences and those of other entrepreneurs I have meet along the road less traveled. I have likened starting a business to going into a dark tunnel that slopes down. When you first start the journey all you see is the pitch blackness at the bottom of the tunnel. Eventually after lots of hard work when you are just about ready to give up you reach that low point at the apex of the bottom. Looking up you see there is light at the other side of the tunnel. . On that note lets begin the Entrepreneurship series. . 1. Entrepreneurship 1.1. The Ugly, the bad, the good and the great. 1.2. The Road Less Traveled 1.3. The Bungee Metaphor . 2. The Ugly 2.1. The only thing to be feared is fear itself 2.2. Fear of the dark 2.3. Fear of pain 2.4. Fear of Failure 2.5. If fear is the disease, Passion is the cure . 3. The Bad 3.1. If passion is driving the cart reason better be holding the reins. 3.2. Fear and Faith (demons from within) 3.3. External pressures (demons from without) 3.4. Persistence . 4. The Good 4.1. The harder I work … the luckier I get 4.2. Hard work 4.3. Small victories . 5. The Great 5.1. Those who think they can change the world … are often the ones who do. 5.2. I love what I do! 5.3. People . 6. In conclusion . 7. Enjoy the ride [...]