re: Successful business owners, did the people around you support your endeavors?

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My question is to those who have successful businesses. I don’t mean financial support, I mean did your family, spouse, friends, “mentally support” your decision to start your own business, or did they try to convince you NOT to risk it? I’m trying to better understand if most people face opposition whenever they want to build something new, or if it’s more personalized….as in “you come from a family of naysaying pessimistic types”. Did your friends and family support you or did you do it despite there gloom & doom cautions?

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Ive started 2...one drained away all my money and 3 years of my life. The next one was very successful.

The first one, I had "cautious support" with more caution than support. I should have listened to those older and wiser. They asked "how will your numbers work" and I just said id make them work. I also got a "strings attached" grant from the city. Worst decision of my life.

The second one ive had a lot of support because its a much better business that has numbers that make sense and I had lots of support. It has changed my life and is very financially successful

Moral of the story: if someone has logical based caution to your idea, listen to them and consider it, especially if they are older and wiser. There are others that are just "9 to 5ers" that are just averse to taking any risk. These peoples opinions are less helpful