Never be an Enterpreneur...

[IM Today]

...if you can't handle:

1. Long hours
2. Sacrificing time with your family
3. Hard work
4. Having to find investors
5. Uncertaintly
6. Inconsistent income levels
7. Failure
8. Lack of reward in relation to your efforts
9. Enforcing your personality
10. Finding key staff
11. Working to tight budgets
12. Manage cashflow
13. Working without employee benefits
14. Dealing with negativity
15. Thinking for yourself

You can, and you will, encounter all of these hurdles if you really want to dedicate your life to being an entrepreneur. If you can't stand the heat...

[Keeping Secrets]

Amen, I must say 1., 3. and 7 are the biggest hurdles when starting out for the first time.

[jordonpat]

These sacrifices you have to made be made because you just become a entrepreneur.