The Beginning
At the beginning of entrepreneurship, founders trade unpaid time for probability—a chance whose controllability may resemble choosing lottery numbers.
At the beginning of an entrepreneurial journey
You dont have capital
And seek it from others
But you have time and energy (labor)
The capitalist has the savings
And is looking to get a return
But needs labour
In meeting them
Occasionally hundreds
You trade your time,
And they interview you
But they have employees too
Who are getting paid for their time
While you are not
So what do you get
If not money?
You get probability!
A chance at something
Much like a lottery ticket in terms of likelihood
But you get a slight feeling of being able to change the odds
Ever so slight!
Like a man who thinks:
“I chose my lotto numbers, therefore i have better odds”
Yet it is gambling all the same.
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