Why don't company executives start businesses?

Executives rarely go out to start their own businesses for many reasons. The core reason is that they go in different directions.

The direction of senior executives is professional managers, with high salary, high welfare and low pressure. In this kind of enterprise, it is enjoyment.

However, starting a business requires a lot of energy, funds and risks. If you succeed, you may lose all your money, so few executives will come out to start their own businesses.

But there will also be many executives coming out to start businesses.

1, executives are killed by enterprises, and there will be a period of time when they can't find a job and have nowhere to go, and they still need expenses at home. What should I do? Come out and do it yourself, of course, only if I have the resources.

2. Meet some like-minded people who are interested in your project and are willing to put money in your charge.

My wife used to have a leader like this. He was the general manager in charge of the whole trading company in the company, but he was killed by his boss because of his declining performance. He didn't find a job within six months after he came out. How should he live his life? During that time, he did many things, including setting up stalls.

Later, he found several former big customers, had a good relationship with him, and was willing to invest money to support him, so he won the agency rights of several brands and started a business. Later, I dug a few right-hand men from my former employer, and now they are doing well.

Give another example:

A buddy, in March this year, his department was laid off because of the company's layoffs. He also looked for a job for a long time after he came out, but no company recruited people because of the epidemic.

What should we do?

So he took his company registered in 10 and started making bedding. From April to now, he has been doing it alone, and nothing has happened. What should I do? There is no way now, but to re-submit your resume to find a job.

Therefore, since executives have such high incomes and stable jobs, why are they willing to start a business?

It's going well, but what if it goes bankrupt?

Right?

If you are an executive, are you willing to start your own business?

Executives are comfortable working in enterprises, get a high salary and peace of mind every month, and only need to complete the specified work indicators, so they have less pressure, less work, high pay and high profit rate. Why do you have nothing to suffer from starting a business?

Entrepreneurship is not just talk. Entrepreneurship is often a narrow escape. Not only have to bear all the pressure and responsibility, but also work overtime endlessly. I have to deal with all kinds of problems and do everything by myself. Therefore, starting a business is really much more tiring than working, and there are too many concerns, and the risk of starting a business is still great. It is often difficult to work hard and you can't lose money at all. Therefore, in this case, it is impossible to make money.

We must know that executives are very rational people, pay attention to efficiency and output in everything they do, and will not make decisions casually. Therefore, in the case of immature entrepreneurial conditions, executives will never start a business easily.

In fact, the threshold for starting a business is very low now, but the more so, the greater the risk of starting a business, because the material supply is already saturated in the present era, so there is great competition in whatever they do, so executives will not do ordinary entrepreneurial projects, they will often start a business in high-tech fields, but this requires more opportunities, so when the time is not ripe, they would rather work in the company than start a business.

In short, starting a business as a boss is seemingly free, but in fact it is the least free, and it is extremely stressful and has a high risk of failure. Far from being a smart executive in the enterprise, smart executives will not start businesses easily. In fact, many executives earn far more money than starting a business. In this case, executives will naturally not have much incentive to take risks.

If I were an executive, I wouldn't start a business, because the salary I earn as an executive is enough for my family to consume. I don't want to be so hard, I don't want to live so tired, I want to live a relaxed and comfortable life. Then being an executive is the only choice. People who can be executives are people who can make a lot of money, and they have already made a lot of money. This life is enough, so why bother?

Executives want income, status and status, which is very "happy". Therefore, fewer people choose to take risks. But there are also many executives who are very successful in starting businesses.

What kind of people will choose to start a business?

1. I have a lot of money in my hand and put it in the bank, and the interest is too low; Investing in the stock market is too risky; Investing in real estate, the national policy is suppressing. So find a project and find an insider to start a company;

2. Have skills or customers. In addition, some people take a fancy to his technology or customers and want to bring him in, so they also choose to start a business;

3. I can't earn money by working, and I don't want low income. So I started a small-scale business, not afraid of hard work, and many people succeeded and became bigger. As the old saying goes, "Born in sorrow, died in happiness" is the truth.

What about corporate executives? Saying that he has money is far from it. Unless it is a well-known company, the first point is not enough. Said he knows everything, but it's not good. Know a little technology, know a little business, the second point is not enough; Besides, he is not the third person. He is not suitable for small business and can't bear hardships.

Therefore, general corporate executives will not choose to start a business.

Pour a little cold water on the topic first: not all executives have never started a business, and the number is not small. For example, Liang Dong, former vice president of Baidu, founded Taimei Technology Holding Company in 2007 after leaving Baidu; Ren Xuyang, former vice president of marketing and business development of Baidu, left Baidu on 20 1 1 to take the lead in setting up a little information and Tianshan Capital. According to statistics, starting from 20 10, Baidu has at least two senior executives leaving their jobs to start businesses every year. Let's take a look at Li Yinan, a division of Huawei. Former Huawei executives also left Huawei to start a business, which also posed a certain threat to Huawei. Zhu Xingming, former director of Huawei's product line, also left Huawei to start a business with a group of brothers. All of the above.

Many company executives around me have left their jobs to start businesses, and some executives have not resigned from the company, but opened a company in their spare time to manage the company, which is equivalent to treading on two boats. . For reasons of confidentiality, I won't go into details here.

But in terms of probability, it is also a fact that the turnover rate of executives is not high. Some people may ask, executives are capable people, why are there not many people who come out to start businesses?

Because business, management, trading and management are two completely different behaviors and concepts, and they also have completely different qualities and requirements for people. Generally speaking, the quality of most company executives is not suitable for starting a business. because

First, it takes courage to start a business, but generally speaking, the company's executives may have strategic vision, flexible mind, quick thinking, insight and analytical ability. The first quality needed for starting a business is courage, daring to do it, or daring to think, thinking while doing it, not afraid of failure, even if it fails, start all over again. We can have a general understanding of these entrepreneurs. They may be slow-witted, lack thinking logic, and some may be introverted or introverted, but their courage is indeed the same as that of every entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship requires courage.

Second, starting a business can't follow the rules, starting a business, everything is a fresh start, and it can't be bound by rules and regulations, otherwise it won't succeed. And the company's executives, are under the ready-made management system to play their wisdom, play their strengths, and create their own value. They are used to following established rules and binding others with them. Entrepreneurship needs to be open, and the management work of executives needs closed loops and rules.

Third, entrepreneurship needs to take risks, because entrepreneurship is a gamble from the beginning. Whether it can be successful, no one can accurately measure it in advance, and no one can accurately predict it. Although company executives have to bear certain risks, the ultimate risk has nothing to do with themselves, but with the company, which is the ultimate risk bearer. Company executives don't have the courage to take risks, especially when the risks are directly related to them.

Fourth, starting a business is equivalent to losing a "stable" income and relying on endless efforts to support yourself. Executives are concerned about the stability of income. No matter how the company operates, whether it is a loss or not, the fixed income will not be less. Although the income of executives also has unstable factors, such as performance and bonus, there is no performance salary and bonus, and a large part of salary belongs to fixed income. Never be like an entrepreneur. Once you lose, you lose everything. Entrepreneurship may indeed bring rich returns to entrepreneurs in the future, but it may also end up a chicken feather. Company executives don't want this instability to exist in their own lives.

Fifth, the time feature is also an important factor for company executives not to start a business. What executives need is to work five days a week, eight hours a day, and take the whole family sightseeing on legal holidays, so that work and life can be clearly divided. Entrepreneurship is completely different. Entrepreneurship will make entrepreneurs work 365 days a year, even thinking about making money when they sleep. Where there is rest and vacation, there is the difference between life and work. Life is work, and work is life. Once you start a business, you can no longer enjoy rest and holidays.

Summary: In fact, some executives still have entrepreneurial potential, so when capital and contacts accumulate to a certain extent, that potential will naturally arise. However, the executives of most companies have been working with a stable, low-risk and relaxed attitude from the beginning. What they finally expect is the freedom of time first, and then the freedom of finance. But starting a business can't give them time freedom, and financial freedom also has great risks. Therefore, it has become a habit to enjoy executive treatment. This habit is more deeply rooted with age. Start a business? Forget it! Let's call our families and have fun.

Many people I know are executives and entrepreneurs. There are several general situations:

1. Executives who don't want to start a business: 1. 1 Satisfied with the status quo and don't want to start a business.

Some people are on an excellent platform and can continue to grow with the platform. Their wages are just family expenses and pocket money. The main income comes from outside wages. Usually very low-key: wear hundreds of clothes and drive 200 thousand cars.

They are satisfied with the current situation and don't want to start their own business.

1.2 The lifestyle is relatively fixed and I don't want to start a business.

Most of the friends who become executives around them are deeply involved in specific fields, and some are familiar with the overall management of enterprises. When invited to start a business, some people don't want to participate: they feel that most of what they have learned is unnecessary.

Second, entrepreneurial executives 2. 1 The internal driving force to change the status quo: A is more individual and ambitious. He didn't get a promotion in his original company, but he just met someone who invited him to start a business, so he left and started a company with him. After the failure, he became an executive of other companies and has been planning the next business project: those who followed him have been looking forward to his comeback and are willing to continue to follow.

2.2 Don't want to help others: B once received a lot of money and had a small surplus. If he doesn't want to continue helping others, he will start his own business: he has opened a shop, a car wash shop and a hot pot restaurant.

Summary: whether you start your own business or continue to be an executive in an enterprise, it is related to your current environment, as well as your personal pursuit and preferences.

Good question!

Company executives start businesses and take away a large number of customers, thus saving a lot of market development expenses. With new project sources and continuous income, they just serve customers well. What a wonderful thing!

But what is the reality?

1. Do these customers trust you or your original company's industry background and resources, as well as years of reputation?

As an executive in the company, everyone praises you for your ability, thoughtful service, proper management and supreme status. But once you leave this company, this platform, will there still be customers to buy your account?

I once trusted your old customers. Because of your treachery, the company's economy is damaged, and you will still have a good reputation in the industry? How is it in the hearts of customers?

Answering the above three questions, the company executives will consider whether to start a business. Otherwise, you can only choose a brand-new industry and start a new business. Then, you are faced with the upfront capital investment, employee recruitment, expenses, market investment and daily fixed expenses, which may make you overwhelmed. You have to go to the bank to get loans, manage money, expand business, save costs, accompany you to eat and drink, and evaluate the legal risks of each agreement. At the same time, there are pressures from capital, business and rent, which will make you feel completely different responsibilities and oppression as an executive!

In short, entrepreneurship is not something you can create if you want to, but you can create if you want to!

The discussion is meaningful! After making achievements in the workplace, should you start a business? It is wisdom to stay in the workplace; Choosing to start a business is courage!

Yes, according to the normal understanding: company executives, who are both capable and rich, why should they obey the management of others and not start a business? On the contrary, those who are not very capable and not very good in strength start their own businesses?

After reading many realistic entrepreneurial stories, you will know that the more you know about entrepreneurship, the less likely it is to start a business.

1. Why don't executives start businesses? These three reasons, after careful consideration, you will make the same decision. Company executives, why not start a business? To sum up briefly, there are three core reasons:

These three reasons are enough. The most important one is that the higher your awareness, the more you will see the risks.

This is the same reason that people with high academic qualifications are mostly migrant workers and are managed by people with low academic qualifications.

2. Who is choosing to start a business? Knowing this, you can better understand why executives are less entrepreneurial: entrepreneurship is a hot topic, and it has become quite popular since the reform of company law registration and the continuous introduction of encouraging policies by the state.

Ok, let's see who are starting businesses. Basically, they were forced to start their own businesses:

It is because the vast majority of businesses are "forced" to start. Therefore, the preparation is not sufficient, and less than 70% of the startups have lived for a year.

To make matters worse: a failed venture, let their hard-earned wealth go down the drain, and even return to poverty and debt.

3. Even if executives don't start a business, they can learn a spirit that everyone needs: platform entrepreneurship. No matter whether executives go to start a business or not, they can learn a valuable spirit from them. Of course, it is strange that many people do what others do, and the result is often a mess.

Here, consider a question first: Why did they become executives?

Understand how they become executives, and you will find that practice in the workplace is a kind of entrepreneurship.

The key point is that many people don't understand that only doing experiments with their wealth for many years is entrepreneurship. As a result, you can neither achieve anything in the workplace nor realize your dreams on the road of starting a business.

Entrepreneurship is not fashionable, and most of them can't afford it.

Why not start a business in the workplace and give yourself a chance while helping the boss?

Never listen to other people's advice, adhere to the reverse multidimensional thinking. Pay attention to Peng Ge, empower entrepreneurs, and focus on entrepreneurship empowerment, middle-aged entrepreneurship and debt entrepreneurship. The core issue here is: risk.

I 10 years working experience, 7 years working and 3 years starting a business. I deeply feel that entrepreneurship is the deepest test of the soul, and it is difficult for corporate executives to persist even if they start a business, mainly as follows:

1. Income: Entrepreneurship is first and foremost a test of income. The goal of starting a business is mostly to increase income, but in the early stage of starting a business, income will inevitably decrease. Whether entrepreneurs can tolerate the reduction of income, many people are passionate for three minutes and give up after a few years of real entrepreneurship.

2. temptation: there are bound to be many difficulties in the process of starting a business. When you encounter continuous difficulties and your self-confidence is hit to the bottom, there is just a very attractive discount for you. Will you refuse the temptation and still keep the initial intention of starting a business?

3. Belief: Entrepreneurship is against the wind, especially in the current capital environment. Many executives start businesses directly for money, and they will inevitably start with money and end with money. It is very difficult to dig deep into the pain points of users and maintain the belief of solving problems for users.

4. Resources: Now most people have recognized the reality and won't find that they mistakenly regard the company's resources as their own resources and the platform advantage as their own advantages. If this kind of mistake happens, many entrepreneurs will die miserably.

5. Team: It is too difficult to find a perfect team when starting a business, especially when the company is still small. Really want to have money, no money, a person, alone to endure the suffering of even a person who speaks his mind. Not everyone has the courage to start this pain.

But on the contrary, an executive in the company can use the company's platform to hold a high salary, enjoy a good social status and not lack of money. Why does this situation come out to suffer?

I used to have the same doubts about your question. I let go of my experience in working and starting a business in recent years, which is also the reason why people are executives.

Know yourself to be an executive. The reason why an executive is an executive is that his ability is only superficial, and at the cognitive level, he will definitely surpass ordinary people. As the saying goes, people know wisdom, those who know themselves know it, and those who know themselves are their own nobles!

How to know yourself? All kinds of analysis methods are called, and you are under your pants! Personality, ability, vision, pattern, capital, resources, contacts, strengths, weaknesses, weaknesses, etc. How much do you weigh? Is it suitable for starting a business? What are the chances? Can't the working emperor make money?

On the other hand, if a person wants to do something, if he can't fully understand himself, everything is nonsense! I often see some half-bottle vinegar, and I always feel that I am unambiguous. If I start a business, I feel like an old driver before my internship. Such people will die as long as they start a business!

Only when you make a decision can you be worthy of the executives. Some executives are not not not starting a business, but waiting for opportunities. The most difficult thing to start a business is not to register a company, open a shop and hire a few people, but the planning and layout in the early stage. It's the dragon who wants to curl up and the tiger who wants to lie down. This is a blockbuster!

The essence of layout is systematic thinking, with goals and plans, starting from the finish line and waiting for opportunities, which is also the characteristic of executives. On the other hand, as long as it is linear thinking, you can't escape failure if you say one thing, just leave and start a business all the way!

If there is a good way to make money, it is worth making money for executives. In the eyes of executives and ordinary employees, it is definitely different. Brother Chuan's previous article also talked about the difference between making money and wealth. Most employees only know how to sell their labor to make money, while most executives are aware of wealth assets.

Let's just say how difficult it is to start a business. Do you have to run a business to make money? Poor resources, contacts and information, can it be achieved? Can investment and financial management make money? Can media sideline make money? Can a shareholding company make money? Everything is fine, but people don't tell you.

To sum up, an executive is an executive regardless of whether he founded a business or not, and you are not an executive, so you don't know what the executive's world is like and how to make money. In fact, entrepreneurship is not so sacred, and the boss is not so glorious. Everyone has his own ambition and life. What we should be most concerned about is to be ourselves and find ways to make money for ourselves.

There are many smart people around us. Some smart people like playing mahjong, while others don't. In other words, although they are all smart people at the same level, their risk preferences may be quite different.

The executives of big companies are all smart people, but they may not have high risk appetite; Just like many smart people don't necessarily go to work in enterprises, but choose politics, science teaching, artists, and smart people don't necessarily do management-related jobs.

In addition, many executives are professional managers. The more professional, the more experts in a certain field. These executives have a strong sense of rules, not enough standard actions, more strategies and less innovation. Real entrepreneurs think more about innovation. Without innovation, entrepreneurial enterprises can't defeat large enterprises strategically.