Why would an entrepreneur want to be employed?

Many times I've heard from my fellow entrepreneurs that entering the job market after entrepreneurship makes no sense and no fun for them at all. This could be right at times. Entrepreneurship is very entertaining and adrenaline generating, it's about conquering the market every day, being able to (at times unexpectedly) reach agreements with your market, your family, your friends, your partner in business, your partner in life and most of all, with yourself.  Every day is different and you can never know what will happen next, extraordinarily rewarding or surprisingly negative.

This doesn't imply working as an employee is a step back. Here are some reasons why an entrepreneur could be seeking for an opportunity in the job market.

Specific skill reinforcement

As an entrepreneur one would like to consistently learn by training particular skills such as selling, marketing, managing HR or promoting the value chain (coding, accounting, designing, planning, etc...); as any athlete would do. For example, soccer players practice free kicks for whole hours, in order to be accurate for the next match. For a soccer player this is as exciting as playing a match and it demands the same commitment to get results and stay motivated.

In my personal opinion, trying employment is not necessarily a sign of weakness in independence or lack of self-drivenness. Employment for an entrepreneur is also a chance to keep learning in many ways and a chance to recall forgotten techniques that might be helpful in the future. 

Industry Specialization

The best way to specialize your knowledge in a given industry is to be employed by an experienced company in that industry. You'll get to know lots of details that you may not be able to notice while entrepreneuring.

Exhaustion

Exciting as it may sound, entrepreneuring can be distressing, can bring mental or physical disease, if you don't watch carefully. An entrepreneur is an "all in one" machine. We're ready to do the toughest job in the industrial value chain, to commercialize, do lots of PR, manage finances, deal with employees and collaborators, among many other time-consuming endeavors. The roller coaster is not only financial, but also emotional, psychological and, in the end, physical.

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