Getting fired may be the best opportunity you have to go to work for yourself, according to an article in Entrepreneur magazine:
“Being fired was the best thing that ever happened to me,” says Brinker, who feels that without that shove, he wouldn’t be where he is today. It was frightening at first, he concedes. “During the first year of starting BB, the money wasn’t coming in, and there were weeks that would go by where I’d feel like I was a loser and think that this wasn’t going to work. But I’d tell myself that if I could do one important thing a day, whether it was in marketing, cold calling or whatever, I would feel accomplished. Of course, I did 20 things a day. You just end up doing that.“When you decide to start a business, it’s a little like jumping off a cliff,” says Brinker. “But the good news is, when you make the jump, you’ve made the decision. You’re falling, and there’s no looking back.”
Interesting perspective — but you really should make sure you parachute is at least attached before you jump!
Ken Savage on June 27th, 2005 at 2:34 am
As a product of 5 layoffs from dot com companies I can atest that there’s no better time then after getting fired. I’m 15 months into my own company now and I got fired 16 months ago. good luck.
Martin Neumann on June 28th, 2005 at 9:21 am
Yep, after being fired I thought I can do this. I can be my own boss. It’s a big risk but if we all shyed away from any risk where would we all be.
Reckless risk is not what good business should be about. There’s a calculated risk in any business venture but at the end of the day it all comes down to this: find a need and fill it.
danakeith on June 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
congratulations, you made it.. hope to have strength like this if ever i get fired up.. heheheheee kidding aside..
keep it up!
good luck.