For the love of it?

From the Burns Waring Newsroom comes (not) surprising news:

Entrepreneurs 'work for the love of it'

Which of the following is true for your business as entrepreneur (see the article for the real stats): What is most important  to 'go-it-alone'?

• Personal development
• Desire to stay in control
• Creating something that can be passed on to the next generation
• Seeking peer group recognition

The article ends with a 'warning:

"While going into business for yourself is a great opportunity to create a work-life balance which suits your individual needs, it certainly isn't a soft option," said Tuuli Perkio from MasterCard Europe, which commissioned the research."

Comments

[Kent Blumberg]

Karin,

Now you must tell us the reason you two went out on your own. Which of the four is most important to you?

Kent

[Karin H.]

Hi Kent

Honestly? (And honestly I can only really speak for myself): number 2 at first (combined at first with number 4). See goal number 2 for that ;-)

Nowadays, after the first struggling years of go-it-alone it becomes more and more number 1: personal development.
(Number 3 doesn't really come into the equation for us)

Personally I think they left out other main reason: financial freedom through own efforts.

What about yours? Honestly!