Friday, August 13, 2004

Large Businesses In Industry As Opposed To Starting Your Own Business

Here is why I don't see it as a great idea to start your own small business in this modern work force.

I want to win.  I want success.  __ I wish to stake my claim on a piece of this nice property that is the modern-day workfare and warforce.  I would like to get my foot in the door as quickly as possible.  I do not wish to have any more obstacles standing in the way between myself and success other than those that absolutely have to be there.  I have already overcome and better yet, I have armed myself with certain tenets that some might call obstacles, but which I call necessary artillery, such as skill and education.

But the obstacles to getting one's own business to be cash-flow positive and to be a formidable competitor who can play on a level playing field with already-established business -- seem prohibitive.  They are insurmountable in this day and age.  maybe back in the 1800s when the nation was a little more ragtag and ___
When the nation was just getting established and just starting to form its identity, just beginning to make a name for itself

Back then, they seemed a lot more welcoming to new kids on the block.  This is because everybody was a new kid on the black back then.  but nowadays, the reality is that __
Insisting on starting one's own business -- this is nothing more than needless self-flagellation.

No way, because you are starting from the ground.  They are starting from scratch.  They must claw their way up from rock bottom.  If you work for a large established institution, on the other hand, they already have a leg up in the industry.  They already have a brand name and an established identity in the mind of the nation.  If you work for a large company, then you can ascend the ranks, and can go up that much faster.

Not some stupid corporation that sells ads or copies of music or some useless sht__ like that.  But something that [[[conveys___]]] forth a vision that can drive the country into the future.

Imagine trying to start your own hospital or your own airline!  Can you imagine the enormous hurdles that you would have to go through to convince the public that you are a kind face that can be trusted?  Trying to prove that your company is formidable, stalwart, reliable, solid.  It is an impossible feat to get people to understand that a new name brand means trustworthy and not some fly-by-night, flash-in-the-pan, kooky thing that is just going to take people's money and run.
kind, reliable, trusty old stalwart.

Your own biomedical research company, your own university, same thing.

I feel that there is no need to put oneself through all that struggle and strife if the option exists to realistically sidestep all of that.

The obstacles are insurmountable to starting, establishing, and gaining ground for one's own business.  But more importantly, the respectable, formidable institutions are already established.

I don't see anything wrong with using an established corporation's success as your starting point.  As your springboard that you can use to jump-start your own career.  This is a good strategy to get your foot in the door of the working world.  This is a reasonable, sound, and logical way to get work experience.  You can rightfully internalize their successes and boost yourself upon their bootstraps.  Since corporations exist, you might as well use them to your advantage.

I would rather work for an established, long-well-known inst that already has a well-grounded reputation in the annals of infrastructure and life.

I'm not talking about some silly corporation such as the hollywood nincompoops or some corporation that tries to convince people to buy crap they don't need using money they don't have.

I am talking of seasoned, respectable, stalwart institutions, such as universities.  Such as hospitals.  Such as newspapers.  Such as the judiciary court system as long as it is something genuinely useful.

What I am trying to say is that the best career path is to choose to scientific research and discovery.  Choose something noble and useful that will benefit humankind.  If you'll notice, all the things that will benefit the greater good are already represented out in industry.  __ founded and solid in this country's economy and society.
It is a hackneyed phrase, but be a part of something bigger than yourself.

The innovation and technology, the biomedical research companies, and the education purveyors already exist.  Rather than trying to struggle from scratch, you can go and improve those.  You can build upon and improve the already-existing products and services rather than (forgive me in advance for another hackney) trying to reinvent the wheel.

The foundation, meaning the basic stuff, has already been perfected using tried-and-true methods.  Rather than expending energy on toiling away and laboring on a service for which the foundation already exists, it would be a far more efficient use of one's time and resources to improve an already-existing system.  I feel that an employee can contribute best to the betterment of society if they direct precious skills, training, education, enthusiasm towards improving the wheel rather than trying to chisel away at a rock creating exactly what has been created before.

It is still fully your work.  You still deserve full credit and recognition for the work you do.  It is not cheating; it is not taking credit for someone else's work; it is not plagiarism.  It is yours.

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And look.  From what I've seen, a lot of people who own and run small local businesses are, well, weird.  They distrust everyone.  They distrust outsiders, they distrust foreigners, they distrust rich people, they distrust people who work for corporations.

They have a horrible small-minded mentality that really turns off anyone that might be willing to give them a chance.  They distrust anyone that didn't grow up as kids with their great-grandparents in the same microscopic town that has a total population smaller than the high school I attended.

I have applied for work at small businesses previously.  The person who accepted my application usually shriveled away in fear and disgust.  And of course I would not hear from them again, no matter how persistently I called and asked to talk to the hiring manager.  (Roll eyes.)  Look, I know I'm not a supermodel, but I also know that I could do the job excellently.  I could be trained in minimal time with flying colors, and I could become an excellent employee.  But they want to hear none of that.

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