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What entrepreneurs don't tell you about entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship has become a hot trend; everyone will tell you how starting a business is the way to wealth. More than ever, students are starting businesses straight from school and more people are ditching their 9-5 jobs for the start-up life. It seems like everyone is either an entrepreneur or aspiring to become one.

Entrepreneurship has been so romanticised that many people assume that it’s the easiest or the only way to financial independence and freedom. But being your own boss isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, as many wannabe entrepreneurs soon find out. What are some of the things that entrepreneurs would tell you if you sat down with them long enough?

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