Build a Business, Not a Financial Machine [Medium]

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Build a Business, Not a Financial Machine Medium
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• Today, theres a complete disrespect for what
  it takes to build a business. Too many people
  think they can become an entrepreneur overnight
  and establish a real business in a 12 year
  window, but its just not realistic.

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• Too many entrepreneurs these days are
  focusing their day-to-day trying to raise their
  next round, siphoning their own equity out of the
  business to artificially inflate their companys
  valuation rather than focusing on whats actually
  important Building a sustainable business.

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• Theyre acting as financial arbitrage
  machines, not actual businesses. And thats a
  problem.
• I get hit up constantly??day in and day
  out??from people looking to raise money for the
  earth shattering and disruptive idea they
  have. You know whats a disruptive idea? Building
  an actual business that has investors coming to
  you, not you chasing them.

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• So all I ask is that we reframe the
  discussion being had around entrepreneurship.There
  s no short cuts. No magic formula that will make
  a successful business. No promise that VC funding
  will make your earth-shattering idea
  successful. Theres just the truth. And thats
  hard work.

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