The Worst Reasons For Becoming An Entrepreneur.

They exist. Let’s talk about them.

So I never thought this would happen when I became an entrepreneur: You hear a lot of how-I-became-an-entrepreneur stories.

I know, how did I not know that would happen?

Call it naivete.

But it’s true: Most people who become entrepreneurs become them for very specific reasons. Very few people realize when they’re a kid that they want to grow up to run their own business.

Maybe Warren Buffet did. But that’s about it.

Most of these stories are heartwarming, or at least innocuous. People start businesses so they can be at home with their children. They want to have more control over their income. They want to travel.

But then there are people who become entrepreneurs for terrible reasons.

They’re usually pretty veiled. They’ll say something like, “Oh, the corporate world was tying me down” or “I thought I could do something better with my life.”

Uh huh. Just one sentence describes why you decided to take on one of the hardest ways to make money?

There’s always more to that story.

And it usually isn’t pretty.