Who Says You Have to Take Risks?

June 8, 2006 by Dane | 0 Comments
In Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, Execution

Gladys Edmunds:

Recently while being interviewed for a small business journal, the interviewer asked if I thought anyone could own and operate a business. I told him I believe anyone who has the desire to own a business owes it to themselves to give it a go.

Before I could continue, the interviewer interrupted and said, “But it takes a certain kind of personality to start and run a business. Everyone knows that entrepreneurs are big risk takers and anyone who has an aversion to risk would not make a good entrepreneur.”

I have no idea where this idea started. And, it’s hard for me to imagine why anyone would believe that entrepreneurs would purposely expose themselves to injury and/or loss. I told the interviewer that I have met many entrepreneurs during my career and never have I encountered one who was willing to take a risk, including myself.

I thought about the interview for days after and tried to get an understanding of why anyone would think entrepreneurs are risk takers.

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