Vision

It is almost over.  I have spent the last 3 months learning about being an entrepreneur and being encouraged to figure out what kind of entrepreneur I want to be.  There has been amazing articles and videos discussing planning and integrity and vision.  There have been discussion boards where we shared our thoughts and dreams.  Through it all I have used the information and evaluated how I did as an entrepreneur in the past and what if anything I would change going forward.  I can see where I could have made different decision and there is more than one cautionary tale that I wish I had heard decades ago but by and large I follow many the admonition with the benefit of having them pointed out.  So much of what was shared is based on being a good person first.  Even the  articles evaluating the idea of less capitalism in the business community was enlightening and worthy of evaluation.  I agreed with the thoughts that perhaps upper management personnel were more concerned with their gain then that welfare of those under them.  I identified with premises that business owners should consider employees and assets not cost to be reduced.  However having been in business for so many years myself I believe a level of compromise is needed for a business to truly succeed.  While employees are assets, too many assets can overburden a business and it will fail.  Likewise if upper management does not get fairly compensated for the level of time and responsibility that is required then no one will be willing to take control and lead a business through the difficult times.  In the end I think the only way to fulfill a dream of the perfect company is to keep it a dream.  Otherwise an entrepreneur simply needs to do the best he can and never get to full of himself to remember the start.