CNN Reports: Entrepreneurs = Juvenile Delinquents
CNN released this article about entrepreneurs featuring the Segway inventor, Dean Kamen.
It’s an interesting piece about entrepreneurship, with quotes from Kamen and popular entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki.
In brief, the article says entrepreneurs’ strength is their ignorance: they don’t know that the odds are stacked against them. They don’t know when to quit.
I think that’s a little off base. Knowing at the beginning of a project whether or not you have the passion to stick through it is hard. Seth Godin understands that knowing when to quit is a strength. And pushing through a project when the odds looked stacked against you isn’t evidence of a character flaw. It’s a sign of passion, guts, and creativity.
Godin has a name for those early days of the project when things aren’t fun and easy anymore: the Dip. In his book, The Dip, he shows readers what it takes to push through and the rewards that follow if you do it right. Like the rest of his books I’ve read, it’s well-written, concise and intelligent.