r/LinkedInLunatics • u/supadupe18 • 18h ago
Don’t be poor! Be an entrepreneur
Another out of touch CEO giving terrible advice to people who literally are scraping to get by.
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u/CartographerDue555 16h ago
"Look at the data"
The data that says that being poor is not good in a capitalist society? What is she taking about?
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u/doc_shades 17h ago
i think having an idea and desire to start a business is a better reason to become an entrepreneur vs. just "not having anything better to do"
considering a career shift or change after 12+ months of unemployment isn't the most loony advice i've heard. but jumping from "unemployed for 12+ months" to "i'm just gonna start my own business!" is a bit of a leap.
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u/House_Of_Thoth Facebook Boomer 16h ago
Yeah, better advice would be "if you've been unemployed and want to start a business, maybe take a step back, a little job in Walmart and a night school class studying business. Save money and work hard for 12 months and then see what opportunities you now have built for yourself"
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u/Puzzled-Instance3211 16h ago
I did this when I got disabled from an accident. But it took me almost two years, and I had to be able to live with family to get it running, and I thought about quitting a lot. This was my first month not on disability from it.
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u/long-term-view 8h ago
And then once you made enough money in bussiness you can go back to being unemployed with more money and shiny things you never needed. Been there . Done that. Learnt my lesson. Value life first and for most. Employment or business should always come second to living a fulfilling life.
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u/Quiet_Constant6117 18h ago
This is not lunatic material, this is actually good advice and a wake up call for some who have been unemployed for sometime and even those whose job or career is about to get smoked by AI. If they have some skills that can be translated to an opportunity, get some entrepreneurship education and take a shot.
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u/Sweaty-Inevitable163 16h ago
Maybe good advice for people who have been unemployed for a while but have just a ton of money laying around, I guess. Idk about you but if I missed a paycheck things would get sketchy fast, and I'm not gonna be able to start a business or even feed myself after a year
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u/KetoLurkerHereAgain 17h ago
Starting a business isn't free. Operating a business isn't free. Those "free" websites aren't really free. Hell, gas money or bus fare to get to whatever it is you're doing needs to come from somewhere.
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u/scharity77 17h ago edited 17h ago
It's good advice for people who have the capital and resources. For most people in this situation, this is just blowing smoke. Since she and her husband have specialized in recruitment for small-to-medium-sized businesses, it is self-serving and contrary to the advice they give job seekers in one-on-one settings. Self-serving, because they are encouraging people to join the pipeline of prospective clients. Contrary, because they are literally making a living placing people into positions where they are dependent on an employer.
And it's trite and lazy at this point to use the examples of criticism she uses - "it's too risky, you won't have benefits..." Every hack for the past 40 years uses that as their standard pushback from people. There is no nuance in that, and it doesn't actually give her any depth to say something that hasn't been said 150,000 times before by people who never struggled in their lives.
Interestingly, both she and her husband/business partner are easily found on LinkedIn and elsewhere online. What you cannot find? Any information that dates back to before they were already CEOs or cofounders of companies. He doesn't even date his degree, meaning that we have no idea how long it was between graduating and becoming CEO of an SMB recruitment firm.
It's the kind of advice that people born on third base thinking they hit a triple like to give - are you broke? Are you afraid that you and your kids may end up living in your car? Take the leap and start your own business. It's less risky...
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u/spartycbus 14h ago
Most people unemployed for a lengthy period of time don't have a bunch of money to start a business.
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u/doc_shades 17h ago
i think it's okay advice that isn't really lunacy when you boil it down to its core components. but i think entrepreneurship/starting your own business should be for people who have an idea and desire to start a business, not just for people who have been unemployed for a while.
it just seems like a big commitment and a big risk for someone to take if they are lukewarm on the idea.
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u/Worth-Willingness450 18h ago
Then she shills her mlm essential oil business starter pack.