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Is this an academic discussion?

The more books an entrepreneur reads, the more he/she may realize, that the success of the enterprise is more or less random (if you don't believe that, read Daniel Kahnemann: thinking fast and slow - but that advice would be against the advice I give in this post ;O). Its much better not to know all the problems in advance and get scared away. Instead, just start and solve problems as they appear. Stay motivated, hold alive a positive attitude and remain in good mood contributes most to success IMHO.

And while youre still reading, someone else may start your business...

But who am I to give advice to entrepreneurs? I'm not an entrepreneur myself (read too much).



As long as your aims are small('make a living', 'realize a dream', and not 'be the next Google/Facebook/Apple'), the best advice anyone can give someone who is thinking about being an Entrepreneur is "Just do it."

Yeah, you're probably in over your head. But you won't know till you try, and being in over your head and knowing it's all up to you is a pretty fantastic motivating power to overcome that difficulty.




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