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This blog is created to document our learning in BUSI-2500: Social Entrepreneurship class.
Entrepreneur for the Lifestyle
Inspiration for this post is from "The Quiet Radicalism of Starting a 'Lifestyle Business'" article, https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-you-should-wear-phrase-lifestyle-business-as-a-badge-of-honor.html. I was a little surprised with our class's response when James asked us, "why do you want to be entrepreneurs? Are you drawn to it because of the lifestyle or because of a problem you want to solve?" My viewpoint on entrepreneurship is for it to be very time-consuming and stressful, especially in the initial start-up stages. So, I was intrigued when most of my classmates who want to be entrepreneurs said they were attracted to it because of the lifestyle. For me, I'm drawn to the occupation because I want to solve a problem. Providing a solution to this problem would make what I think to be the demanding lifestyle of entrepreneurship worthwhile. For someone to sign up for it for fun doesn't make much sense to me. But then comes the idea of a
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