On Starting a Business

Starting a business is hard.  It's not as if you can just walk up to a counter somewhere and say, "I'd like to start a business, please."  And they give you some forms to fill out, you pay a fee, and then they show you where your office is.

No, starting a business is much more difficult than just that.  Everything is built from the ground up.  Everything is made from scratch.  Everything comes from your own pocket.  And it requires extra time and effort, so if you want to do it, you'd better find the energy somewhere.

Starting a business requires you to narrow your focus and really concentrate on one thing.  It also requires you to have the know-how and the willingness to learn and make mistakes on behalf of your passion.  It doesn't mean the same thing to pay someone to do your work for you or to borrow money from people.  You don't learn anything that way, and in the grand scheme of things, you don't accomplish what you sought after.

In my case, having the know-how is not really my strongest suit, neither is being able to focus and concentrate exclusively on one thing.  Personally, I have many passions, so it's hard to pick just one.  Good fortune has mysteriously fallen into my lap as of recently, and so I must take advantage of that and try to turn it into something even greater.

It will take a lot of hard work and dedication to continue the passion without immediate recognition, but I will have the satisfaction of knowing I'm doing something on my own that nobody else is doing.  No one can take that away from me.

With any luck, I'll be successful, and I'll reread this short written essay years from now with a smile on my face and an unmatched feeling of accomplishment.