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February 16, 2004
Entrepreneurship is like....
Entrepreneurship is a phenomenon that lends itself to metaphors. The experiences can be so overwhelming, so new and so complex that it can be easier sometimes to think about it all using a metaphor. As I?ve written about before, I like to think about the experience in terms of golfing. Others have compared it to marriage, a chess game, or being ping pong ball in a game of table tennis. During the growth period in our business, I often likened the experience to that of the life of heavy weight boxer. There were months of boring preparation and conditioning followed by minutes of adrenalin, rush, and terror when the actual match occurred. Here is a comparison of entrepreneurship to surfing that someone recently shared with me. Whatever your metaphor, it can help create sense out of a life that can at times feel like chaos (yet another metaphor!).
Posted February 16, 2004 02:22 PM
at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He consults with a variety of businesses on start-up and growth related issues, and with larger corporations on re-establishing entrepreneurial cultures within their organizations. Dr. Cornwall's current research interests include entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurial ethics. He has authored or co-authored four books.
