David Askaripour at Mind Pedals blog posed this question to the readers:

How Much $$$ Would It Take You to Stop Being an Entrepreneur?

Hey, what’s in your suitcase?

There is a 10 million dollars cash in this suitcase.

What’s it for?

It’s for you! If you give me your company and sign a contract to never start another company, never push forward with another idea, and to basically be complacent and give up business altogether… I’ll give you this cash. What do you say?

It’s true, there are two types of entrepreneurs in this world: the ones that do it all for the experience, to make a difference and to solve a problem and the ones that do it all for the money.

Personally, I’m the former of the two. I want to come up with a solution to that quirky problem that no one thought was actually a problem until they came across my service/product.

I want the experience of being my own boss, of working from the garage and running the show. There’s something inside of me that longs for that feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment.

My motivation is that feeling, not the money.

Having said that, money is not bad either and it will come with success. It’s bad when you think it’s all about the money.

David finishes his thoughts with:

Their “end” is money and their business is a means to that end. True entrepreneurs have no end. They would rather die than throw in the towel for life and accept 10 mil’.

How about you?