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Is entrepreneurship genetic?

June 15, 2018 by Jake Poinier

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Hometown club championship, sometime in the mid-’80s. I’m confident it bugged my dad that I had the golf bag slung backwards!

My dad was a self-employed salesman through much of his career—and I’ve now flown solo for two-thirds of mine—so the idea that working for yourself could somehow be coded into your DNA has always piqued my interest. So…is entrepreneurship genetic, environmental, or a little of both? [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Manage Your Freelance Business Tagged With: entrepreneurship, Father's Day, self-employment

Why you need a go to hell fund

June 14, 2013 by Jake Poinier

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A few years back, I wrote a Father’s Day musing — “Is entrepreneurship genetic?” — in an effort to assimilate some of the business lessons my dad taught me. In advance of the upcoming Father’s Day, I want to address one of his principles in more detail: specifically, the idea of having a go to hell fund.

Personal finance gurus will tell you that building up an emergency fund of 3 to 6 months should be a priority, and I agree. You never know what’s going to happen to you, and you need to be able to pay the bills. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Manage Your Freelance Business Tagged With: bad situations, control your destiny, Father's Day, finances, go to hell fund

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