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Five Startup Myths Debunked So You’ll Become A Successful Entrepreneur

These days everyone wants to be an entrepreneur and launch a startup. It’s cool to be your own boss, wear the same clothes to work every day, have a ping-pong table in the fun room, and brainstorm with your team over pizza at 3 in the morning.
Still, there is a huge gap between the way people picture the startup life and the actual reality. In fact, the gap is so big, you can easily call it a chasm. Multiple factors have created it and continue to widen it every day:

  • The media that glorifies highly successful founders, yet says little about the rest of them, which in fact represents the majority
  • The pot full of gold that people dream of finding at the end of the rainbow, i.e. a startup turned unicorn
  • Blockbusters that make you want it even more

Let’s take all these urban legends out of the way, even if it’s just for a second. The picture is not so bright anymore, right?
Five Startup Myths Debunked for Successful Entrepreneurs

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