Entrepreneur’s Credo

Entrepreneur’s Credo

I do not choose to be a common man.
It is my right to be uncommon … if I can.

I seek opportunity … not security. 
I do not wish to be a kept citizen,
humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. 

I want to take the calculated risk;
to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole.

I prefer the challenges of life
to the guaranteed existence;
the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia. 

I will not trade freedom for beneficence
nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

It is my heritage to stand erect, proud, and unafraid;
to think and act for myself, 
to enjoy the benefit of my creations.

And to face the world boldly and say:
"This, with God’s help, I have done."

All this is what it means to be an Entrepreneur.

Thomas Paine

Wisdom and Integrity

Wisdom 

is knowing the right path to take

Integrity

is taking it.

MH McKee

Guest Post: Entrepreneurial Diaries: Entrepreneurship is a Commitment to the Journey

Jorge Soto, an intermittent (out of town) Protégé from many years ago has gone through many startups, and although he has not yet caught the brass ring, he has survived to tell the story of what he has learned from it all:

Entrepreneurial Diaries: Entrepreneurship is a Commitment to the Journey: I always joke around about how I have been torturing myself for nearly 10 years by being in the startup game as an entrepreneur. When I fi...  (more)