My name is Shirley and I haven’t started a new business in the last 9 months.
Entrepreneurship is an addiction. Every entrepreneur is stricken with the rush of adrenaline in starting a new venture. It is all very exciting, with new ideas, new products, and new people. And the most addictive part: Success.
I have been both blessed and cursed with the effects of success. I sold my business that I had since 1994 to a publicly traded company that was a competitor. I am staying on as Director of Ecommerce of www.AmericanBridal.com as part of the acquisition. It has been 9 months, and the physical transition was smooth, but the emotional one has been challenging.
You might say that I’ve had to go cold turkey with entrepreneurship. But sometimes I yearn for that high. Like a lot of drugs, the high you can get from entrepreneurship can make you forget about the consequences and the pain it can bring.
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Author: Shirley Tan
