RE: The Reality of an Entrepreneur; What you are never told on magazines and interviews.
Sounds like one of those ugly truths that most times we don't like to have to look at.
I am not an entrepreneur nor do I have a franchise, my knowledge of this comes from colleagues who if they decided to be franchisees and by alumni who decided to do digital entrepreneurship, in both cases they have encountered challenges that were not expected and what the Most of the interviews and motivational videos did not speak to them, for them it was hard and they fell like a cold water bath.
In any case, if despite the warnings, someone decides to undertake, already knowing that things are going to demand an even harder job than any that they had before, because in that case, I usually wish them the best and that the The success they are looking for smiles at them.
The truth is we all want to make a difference in our world and the mistake most people make is they believe they have to be a business person before they can make a difference or make impact.
Being an entrepreneur is a very difficult thing and most of the magazines never ask the successful ones to tell their bitter stories.
You made me remember something I heard on a television program, I think it was in a chapter of "hell kitchen", it was that of every 10 restaurants that open, 8 close their doors during the first year ...
That surprised me, but when I was talking to a friend later, he told me that in the case of entrepreneurs the accounts could be worse, many fail and they will not go out in magazines or interviews, after all, the tragic stories of those issues do not They are as marketable as those of those who succeeded.
Still, there are those who want to do something because they like the idea of doing it, they want to share their passion, in such cases, they usually face defeat as an apprenticeship, I have to admit that they are quite strong people, or at least I consider them stronger that I.
It is not a news that a lot of businesses close down but as you said, it is not good for marketing (who wants to invest in a failures business). Thank you so much for spending time on my post.