BANZA June 2016 Issue | Page 77

www.forbes.com I have 6 reasons why a piece of paper doesn’t beat Wstarting a business: 1. “The Composite Law” Business. Experience. Money. It takes a long time to get the compounding value that any business owner needs. That’s why you want to start an earlier age, preferably your late teens or 20s. If you kick-off today you’ll gain ground on these variables. 2. Un-idealistic Experience 3. Freedom Putting both your feet on the ground can’t be compared to looking down from a vehicle. You can spend four years in college on theory-based learning, but fail to gather much practically. How many people have degrees in business and entrepreneurship but are afraid of starting businesses? A lot. Start that business you’ve been thinking about, make mistakes, and know what the world needs. You will learn most from running a business than reading about it. Imagine starting life with a student loan debt that will take you 10 years to pay off. Or living under your boss’s mercy: behaving in a certain way because you don’t want to lose your job. Running a business puts you in control of your destiny. Live life on your terms, make the amount of money you want and set your hours. Or get up at 7 AM for a mechanics class that programs you to serve someone else for the rest of your life. It’s your call.