An entrepreneur mental state

I was an employee in large corporations for my entire career so far. It's very easy to dream about quiting and starting something by yourself. There's a great distance between thinking and actually doing. An important step is communicating. First, with myself (yes, say it out loud). Then to others. The mind can play tricks here. It wants to stay on the safe shores of your comfy corporate positions. So, once I communicate I put the mind in a tough spot of saying things it doesn't really mean.

When I walked to my boss's office to hand out my resignation I was past the thinking games. It was time for the mind to take down the gloves and get physical. My throat was dry and my voice was very weak... but I did it.

So now, I'm here and the game continues. Keeping my self confidence over the time can be tricky.  Especially when I'm currently the sole founder of my startup (hoping this will soon change).

Which brings me to my next question. I was planning to give the basic version of my product for free in order to gain market share. I was very confident that this is the right way to go until I got the third feedback against it and started thinking that maybe it's not such a good idea to give my software for free. I mean people must be crazy to pay for it... I'll summarize the topic of giving away a basic edition in one of the upcoming posts.

As for the self confidence... it's all about reminding yourself that it can work. Post a big sign over your head if it helps...

Cheers,

Zviki