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Quitting. We’ve all thought about it at some point. Should I keep my job? Should I break up with my boyfriend? The questions you ask yourself become more serious the more serious you become about reaching your fullest potential. Every step begins to feel like all or nothing. But does it have to be?

You don’t need to work for a startup or own a startup to be successful. But which career path should you choose if you don't know which path you'd rather embark on? There’s similarities in both: long hours, questionable paths, potential for failure.

I’ve had many moments where I’ve thought about whether to “quit” and go work for a company. I’d have confirmed income which you don't have when you run your own business. I interviewed Michelle Grant, the founder of LIVELY (now GORGIE) on The New Unfiltered about working for a startup or running a startup and she says the best experience she got before launching LIVELY was working for someone else.

We need nurses, doctors, plumbers, and even baristas to keep the world moving and shaking! Am I destined to be a barista or a nurse? Probably not. That’s because even when I’m struggling, I know my purpose and it's bigger than me when I want to give up.

The urge to quit isn’t a sign of danger. It’s a signpost pointing the way.

To work for a startup or own a startup, you have to have a certain type of fire inside of you to keep the lifestyle going. You may become a co-founder of a startup and find out quickly that many co-founders don’t take home a paycheck for months. Sometimes years! Does the idea of not taking home a paycheck turn that fire inside of you into a pit of anxiety? Then you may not be a fit (yet) to work as a founder but you could thrive working for a founder.

Stay fearless or die trying,

Alexa

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1. Did you know it took Julia Hartz, co-founder of Eventbrite 10 years to build Eventbrite? I listened to Julia on How I Built This (my fav podcast) this week and the build behind Eventbrite is admirable. It reminds me a lot of my early days with Be Fearless Inc.

2. What I found even more interesting is that when Eventbrite went public is when the company was actually doing the worst. Can you believe that?

3. Just because a company is making a ton of money, close to an acquisition or goes public, doesn’t mean the journey gets easier.

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