OP-ED: The 20 hardest things about starting a business

In a piece for Fox Business, entrepreneur Darrah Brustein lists the 20 hardest things about going into business for yourself.

1. It's lonely.

2. Business partnerships are hard.

3. You will be poor for a while.

4. It’s way less sexy than you think it is.

5. You will doubt your abilities.

6. You will think you are the only person who has gone through this.

7. You will cry.

8. You will never know what to expect.

9. Mistakes are inevitable.

10. You will feel clueless at times.

11. Don’t compare yourself.

12. It may not work at all.

13. Fancy words cover up real issues.

14. You will be afraid of not being able to pay your bills.

15. Your family and friends may question or doubt you.

16. You won't work from 9 to 5 anymore.

17. Say sayonara to a good night’s sleep.

18. If you build it, they might not come.

19. You can’t have black without white.

20. There is no such thing as overnight success.

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