Eating glass and staring into the abyss.

Yes the dark dark abyss. And as Nietzsche said “if you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you“. I started my ‘working’ life as an entrepreneur. Young, wild & starry eyed and filled with ignorance, oh, how little did I know about the world back then.

Starting a company is like eating glass and staring into the abyss, that’s really a part truth about entrepreneurship and being a “business owner”. I first saw this description by Elon Musk and I thought how beautifully he described it. I see that the current trend of being an entrepreneur is “hip”, but little is shown to the challenges and risks to overcome. When I get asked about starting a company, I really question the person on WHY do they want to start a company. As what you are dealing with when starting is a huge amount of uncertainty / risk (which as humans are not wired for) and epic challenges you would have never foreseen. There are periods of fun and periods of WTF is going on. I think you really have to be wired differently to start and end up on the other side being successful.

I love that I am wired that (lucky, indeed). Yes, there were areas / skills I had to improve and manage, but the core of creating something out of nothing, was a big big drive.