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THE QUESt FOR tHE “EASY” StARtUP Tabitha Jean Naylor If you’ve ever played video games, you have heard the word quest on a regular basis. You are often completing quests in order to save the princess or find the missing dragon. If you haven’t noticed, these adventures are not real. The ‘easy’ startup is also a fantasy. For some reason, there are many myths that are involved with running a startup. Who thinks these fantasies up and spreads them around like wildfire? Nobody knows. Often these rumors are started by those who have never experienced running their own business. These myths are also created by those who assume they know the answers to running a startup. The truth is, many people have dreams of beginning a startup but are too afraid to move on it. Moving past your fear is the first step to beginning a startup. Before you truly begin, you must learn the truth behind many of the myths that follow an ‘easy’ startup.