The Illusions of Entrepreneurship

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… estate bubble was about to burst. It's an interesting thesis, though it does suffer from survivorship bias. I thought the most interesting part was data from the book, "The Illusions of Entrepreneurship", by Scott Shane. New-business success is clearly correlated with the size of initial capitalization. The data show that organizing as a corporation is best. But failed entrepreneurs tend to organize as sole proprietorships. Writing a business plan is a must; failed entrepreneurs rarely take that step. Taking over an existing business is always the best bet; failed entrepreneurs prefer to start from scratch. Ninety per cent of the fastest-growing companies in the country sell to other businesses; failed entrepreneurs usually try to sell to consumers, and, rather than serving customers that other businesses have missed, they chase the same…

…trepreneurship: The Costly Myths that Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By” - or at least the discussions at Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/isbn/dp/0300113315 It is a huge leap, and this will help you ask a lot of questions about whether you are suited for the startup world, temperamentally as well as otherwise.

…y to be high growth then starting something like a restaurant. But there's far more restaurants in those statistics people love to quote. Read: Finding Fertile Ground or The Illusions of Entrepreneurship by Scott Shane to understand the reality of entrepreneurship and high tech companies.

…more money than employees. And the typical entrepreneur earns less money than he otherwise would have earned working for someone else." (from Scott Shane, the author of "The Illusions of Entrepreneurship via http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/01/top-ten-myths-o.html )