Entrepreneurship

What It’s Really Like to Be an Entrepreneur

“You work for yourself? Must be nice…”

So many people seem to have this romanticized version of what being an entrepreneur consists of. They’re bombarded with social media humble-brags of people working from the beach — they read articles about newly minted billionaires.

It all looks so easy, doesn’t it? It can actually be really hard, stressful and exhausting.

But, being an entrepreneur can also be incredibly liberating, exhilarating and unbelievably rewarding. Now here’s the thing. Most of the time, it’s all of these things (and so many more) at the same time and often all on the same day.