Being a Lousy Employee Made Me a Successful Entrepreneur

Restless and rebellious desk jockeys, take heart

Joe Procopio
Index
Published in
7 min readMar 17, 2021

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A young man experiencing stress after a video conference on his laptop, working from home.
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Whenever a young person asks me how they can make a career out of being an entrepreneur, I try really hard not to disillusion them. But I feel like it’s my duty to warn them that being an entrepreneur is a terrible career choice.

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Joe Procopio
Index
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I'm a multi-exit, multi-failure entrepreneur. NLG pioneer. Building TeachingStartup.com & GROWERS. Write at Inc.com and BuiltIn.com. More at joeprocopio.com