<story><title>Confessions of an Entrepreneur&apos;s Wife</title><url>http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060301/confessions_Printer_Friendly.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sutro</author><text>This is one of the better pieces linked to from HN in some time, yet most of the comments here are critical of either the author or her husband or both. Critics, please raise your hands if either you or your spouse has raised $10M in a depressed economy, nationally launched a new consumer product into a hyper-competitive industry, and achieved multi-million dollar revenues while trying to hold a marriage and family together. Anyone? Bueller?</text></comment>
<story><title>Confessions of an Entrepreneur&apos;s Wife</title><url>http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060301/confessions_Printer_Friendly.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>christofd</author><text>What I don&apos;t get is why this guy (Bill, the entrepreneur) is always teetering on the brink of disaster. The story with his design company almost owning his brand, because he didn&apos;t specify the contract under which they created design work for him, is telling. He seems like an energetic and very creative sales guy, who burns easily through money, but doesn&apos;t look at details enough. Also, his staff turnover rate doesn&apos;t sound good either.&lt;p&gt;Why is he always so unstable? Come on, if you have an account like Costco or 7Eleven, you are making money. You should be able to run a stable business taking it from there - but then the job is not about being that creative anymore but about operations (just like in a big company).&lt;p&gt;An entrepreneur friend of mine, who has been in business for over 40 years always says: &quot;It&apos;s not what you make, it&apos;s what you keep!&quot;. Entrepreneurship does not need to be this extreme as it&apos;s portrayed here. I know enough company owners that coach sports for youth teams on the weekends and spend enough time with family.</text></comment>