Things are tense in the family household. As two entrepreneurs and parents, we are navigating risk & reward; experience & ignorance; and freedom & fear.
When the bank account pops up at zero balance, it punctuates an unsettled feeling of taking two steps backward, before propelling ourselves (hopefully) forward into the safe zone of steady income earners on variable (not fixed) income.
Add to the fact that one of the biggest a-ha’s for me as an entrepreneur is how to scale beyond a cult of personality. Just when we think we are getting somewhere, we get an honest opinion from an expert that puts us right back where we started.
As a consultant who has helped start ups for years, the answer is always “if it were that easy, everyone would be creating a product or service”. And so I nod my head and acknowledge that the road ahead will continue to be a hard yet rewarding one.
My belief is that every entrepreneur needs laser focus. Without it, the anxiety only escalates (at work and home).
My observation is that most people I know who are trying to do it their way (not the VC or bank loan route) have two or three jobs. And the result is slower progress which has a whole new set of problems.
So, I struggle with needing to have money to make money, and finding balance in my life when my account is, (yes temporarily) at zero balance. I am so lucky to have outstanding invoices that can float us for a while.
And so the saga goes…not without a boat load of imbalance and stress!
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