{"id":44668,"date":"2023-10-20T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/the-real-reason-why-you-should-quit-your-job-and-create-a-startup-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:37:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:37:33","slug":"the-real-reason-why-you-should-quit-your-job-and-create-a-startup-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-real-reason-why-you-should-quit-your-job-and-create-a-startup-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason why you should quit your job and create a startup &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"301\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/quit-640x301.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"quit\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Jon Westenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just because you wake up one day and don\u2019t feel like going to work doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s time to build a startup &#8211; you need to have the right reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You hate your job. It\u2019s okay, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. Maybe it\u2019s the office, maybe it\u2019s the commute or maybe your co-workers are idiots. But the chances are it\u2019s really because you hate your boss.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So you want to get out of it. That\u2019s only natural. Here\u2019s what that thought process probably looks like:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working for your boss really sucks.<\/li>\n<li>Working for anyone really sucks.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re good at what you do.<\/li>\n<li>You should be able to do it for yourself.<\/li>\n<li>You should create a startup or a small business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hating your job is a great reason to call in sick. It\u2019s a great reason to quit. But on its own, it\u2019s a terrible reason to start a business &#8211; and you\u2019ll fail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When you start up, you aren\u2019t actually getting away from having a boss. All that happens is you get a new boss. And she makes you work long hours. You soon find you\u2019re working just as hard as you were before.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you\u2019re probably working harder. Your new boss isn\u2019t a big fan of giving out sick days or annual leave or vacation time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s tough. And she feels kind of mean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because now your boss is you and there\u2019s no getting away from yourself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Business is hard. Startups are hard. When you take the plunge into building your own company, you are immediately opening yourself up for a world of stress, hard work and hurt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The chances are, statistically, you\u2019re probably going to fail. If you even get off the ground, it might not last long. I know that sounds depressing, but I\u2019m not here to hold your hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>80% of all small businesses shut down in their first 18 months. 90% of all startups fail and are abandoned or shut down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t argue with that. If you start your business for the wrong reason or you start it simply because you want to get away from your job or your boss, then realistically you won\u2019t be in the 20% or 10% who make it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have to start a business for a good reason or the right reason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can start a company because you honestly believe in your product or service and you\u2019re ready to turn that belief into real world action and effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can start a company because you have what it takes to fight. Fight with your competitors, with your customers\u2019 many and varied distractions and fight with the best and the worst of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can start a company because you have the skills and resources to make it work, technically and strategically.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are all good reasons. And there could be a hundred others. Some of them that apply to every single business and some that only apply to your own case.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But my favourite reason comes from Aaron Patzer, the founder of Mint.com: \u201cYou become an entrepreneur and you create a company to solve a real problem\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019ll pardon the pun\u200a\u2014\u200ahe\u2019s on the money.<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jon Westenberg is an entrepreneur, startup advisor and writer. You can&nbsp;<\/em> <strong><em>follow him on Twitter<\/em><\/strong><em>. This piece was&nbsp;<\/em> <strong><em>originally published on Medium<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jon Westenberg Just because you wake up one day and don\u2019t feel like going to work doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}