Why is entrepreneurship so hard?

Why is entrepreneurship so hard? 

1. It starts with the word itself: It's a really long word to speak and spell. Try it without a spell checker.

2. There are no rules to becoming a successful entrepreneur - who do you really learn from?

3. We hear stories from the really successful entrepreneurs - we begin to think it's easy.

4. Most entrepreneurs fail - since our society doesn't celebrate failures, often we don't learn from these.

5. It requires a lot of things to hit that home run: plan, idea, money, 24/7 work, frugality, time, execution, people, passion, perseverance, timing, marketing, technology, mentor, health, balance, fun and focus.

I wish all startup founders and entrepreneurs lots of success in 2014! Rock the boat entrepreneurs!!

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