Setting up your own business may seem attractive from afar. The freedom from corporate drudgery, the pulse-quickening start, the sense of control over your destiny and perhaps, if you're lucky, a golden exit which sets you up for life. But the economic aspects are just one side of the challenge. Rarely discussed is the personal toll of life as an entrepreneur. The reason is obvious. You must have the brassy ring of confidence even when the product's not moving, the creditors are calling and your personal life is in tatters after months or years of relentless work.
Meg Hirshberg is seeking to break the silence around the personal lives of entrepreneurs, being the wife of Gary Hirshberg, the founder of the yoghurt maker Stonyfield Farm, and a pioneer in the organic food movement. Hirshberg is developing a cult following by addressing subjects such as why so many entrepreneurs get divorced, what happens to the children of these business fanatics and the challenges of working in your spouse's company. Her column in Inc magazine and speeches to companies and business schools has led to her writing a book on life as an entrepreneur's wife.
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Author: Philip Delves Broughton
