Have we lost the passion in small business?

April 14, 2009 ·  

Have we lost the passion in small business?

Recently I heard a comment that we have lost passion in big business.  The person went on to compare the CEOs of the some of the large businesses in the US vs the founder of Sony.  This comment has got me thinking and asking the question whether we have lost the passion in the small and mid-sized business community.

Maybe I should rephrase the question – has the passion for money overtaken the passion for business?

Why do people go into small business? There is a myriad of reasons but I suspect that the passion for a certain product or service does play a part for some, however I am not sure that it is the large majority. Unfortunately in this age of consumerism there have been some small business owners who are purely there for the money. But in the harder times this will be revealed. These are businesses that will not have an enthused team of people providing great customer service. That only comes with having passion for your business, for your products and services.

I am sure that unfortunately some people who go into small business with passion for their area sometimes get it beaten out of them because of inefficient systems, lack of planning, not understanding how to use the numbers in the business. These are people we need to work with because the underlying passion is still there – just covered up at the moment.

We desperately need passion in small business so that we will have inspired and innovative products and services.

Do you think we have lost the passion in small business? Do you believe that it is necessary in small business?

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4 Responses to “Have we lost the passion in small business?”

  1. Karen Schmidt on April 14th, 2009 4:22 pm

    I think part of the problem is that people go into small business for the wrong reasons. They “buy themselves a job” rather than start a business because they are passionate about something.

  2. Administrator on April 27th, 2009 11:26 pm

    I agree Karen – unfortunately your comment it too often true.

  3. KeHoeff on May 29th, 2009 8:58 am

    hey this is a very interesting article!

  4. AndrewBoldman on June 5th, 2009 12:53 pm

    Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting.

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