One of the most commonly touted “selling points” of entrepreneurship is the ability to be your own boss. While many individuals do become entrepreneurs for this reason, it’s not always necessarily their motivation: People start their own businesses for a variety of complex reasons, and sometimes it’s a surprising, unexpected event that drives them to take the leap into startup life. Sixteen successful entrepreneurs told Business News Daily about the unique experiences that inspired them to start their businesses, and the most important lessons they learned along the way. A lack of mentorship and support resources Katelyn Bourgoin, founder of Vendeve, a network for female entrepreneurs “I created Vendeve because it was the community I wish had existed when I started my freelance business five years earlier. I learned pretty quickly that starting a business was the easy part. Scaling that business is downright hard. I needed help, but I didn’t know where to get it. I started Vendeve so that women entrepreneurs could support each other in the journey. They’re network-driven [and] collaborative, and they ‘sell’ by helping each other. They needed a business network that worked the way they do.” Katelyn’s lesson: “Surviving the first few years [of a… Read full this story
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