Life Events That Drove Me to Entrepreneurship

I never grew up telling myself that I would own my own business. As a matter of fact, until my last semester at college, I thought that I was there to chase girls around...until I did meet my wife who cancelled that activity.

I cared less about school.

I did okay - 3.49 I believe was my final GPA from Fordham, but the possibility of entrepreneurship never really dawned on me because what did I know about business? Also, I didn't have the confidence in myself to buck the trend. I needed a job that was open with a stable company.

That is instead of having to create a job that didn't exist from a company that I would have to start from scratch with on real viable business ideas.

However, there were a few happenings in my life that I feel were the main drivers for me owning my own business and here are some of them:

1. Marriage - I married a very supportive girl who, instead of telling me that I had to go get a job and that I was living a pipe dream regarding thinking I could open my own business, she quietly let me be and do my work.

2. My foray into corporate - after I graduated college, I took a job in corporate America for about 6 months. During this period, I learned two things about corporate America.

a) You never get rich.

b) You are given the perception you can get rich, so you end up kissing a lot of ass to people who are nothing special, yet who are especially arrogant and you still remain at step "a)" anyway.

3. My Interview at (don't want to say for legal reasons) a financial related company - I was offered a job at a very prestigious financial related company before I started my recruiting firm.

Logic and my mother yelled for me to take the job, but the corporate culture was one where the employees treated each other poorly. They were the type of people who didn't make real money, but felt like they had to pretend to, thus attempting to talk down to each other to mitigate their own insecurities.

The best revenge is living well and that I do.

What is the takeaway? You don't have to think that just because you don't know what type of business to open now, doesn't mean it can't happen later. There is also a second takeaway - some people are happy in a corporate environment.

Never think that you have to open a business to be an important, respectful person. Though, never think that you can be a important, respectful person if you don't treat others the same way.

Ken runs KAS Placement:

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