Michael Sonnenfeldt Explains How a Business is a Dog Race, and the Intellectual Part is the Hardest

Name: Michael Sonnenfeldt Explains How a Business is a Dog Race, and the Intellectual Part is the Hardest
Uploaded: 2022-07-16T00:40:05+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this brief monologue, Michael Sonnenfeldt likens owning a business to running on a dog track, where the entrepreneur is confined by fences on both…

16 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Michael Sonnenfeldt likens owning a business to running on a dog track, where the entrepreneur is confined by fences on both sides and a gunshot behind them that forces forward motion. He emphasizes that while many assume the hardest part of entrepreneurship is generating revenue, his experience and that of his members suggest that the intellectual challenge of managing the wealth created—handling investments, allocations, and financial strategy—often proves more demanding than the initial business-building phase, which may come more naturally to the founder.

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When you own a business, it's kind of like being on a dog track. You have a fence to your left and a fence to your right. Somebody shoots a gun behind you and you can only go forward. You have one direction. You want to be the master of whatever your business is. And that's really hard. Most people think the hard part is making the money. But from an intellectual challenge point of view, many of our members find the challenge of managing the wealth that they've created is actually intellectually more challenging than the business, because the business might have come naturally to them.