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Entrepreneurial Motivations: Light and Shadow Forces – Finn's Cave

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The best reason to start a company is to solve a problem that you genuinely, to your core, care about, and you can’t see another way to do it. People who find this are truly blessed. And then there are the rest of us, and we are complicated. Here is my take. The motivations for starting a company are complex – there are “light” and “shadow” forces. What can seem light: “I want to make a positive impact on the world!” “I want financial independence so I can spend more time with my family!” Can also have a shadow component: “If I make an impact on the world, I will finally feel self worth and the respect of my parents!” “I need as much money and power as possible to give me feelings of safety I’ve never had!” In my early 20s, my professional motivations were a poorly understood soup of light and shadow forces. I’d roughly characterize light forces as “needs pursued from a happy, authentic place” and shadow forces as “needs craved from an unhappy, incomplete place.” I had a vision for my

The best reason to start a company is to solve a problem that you genuinely, to your core, care about, and you can’t see another way to do it. People who find this are truly blessed. And then there are the rest of us, and we are complicated. Here is my take. The motivations for starting a company are complex – there are “light” and “shadow” forces. What can seem light: “I want to make a positive impact on the world!” “I want financial independence so I can spend more time with my family!” Can also have a shadow component: “If I make an impact on the wo

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