5 Reasons to Become an Entrepreneur

I was recently a speaker at an event in Kansas City, sponsored by U.S. SourceLink, America's largest resource network for entrepreneurs. Acknowledging the national importance of entrepreneurship to America's economic growth, one of the attendees there asked an important question: How do we encourage more people to become entrepreneurs? As an entrepreneur, investor and former corporate executive, I'd like to take a crack at an answer. It's exhilarating. There are few jobs more exciting than takin...