It was 30 years ago, that Summer between my Junior and Senior years of college.  I was living with my parents in Danbury, Connecticut and had started dating the boy across the cul-de-sac.  One Sunday afternoon,  we went out on our boat - Me and my Dad - and that boy and his Dad.  We were cruising around <a href="http://bryant3.bryant.edu/~kbonacci/Candlewood%20Lake.htm">Candlewood Lake</a> and anchored across from  "Chicken Rock".  
<blockquote>"So, who's ready to risk it?" - my Dad joked. </blockquote>
<a href="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/swan-dive.jpg"><img style="border-width:0;margin:5px;" src="http://new.corepurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/swan-dive_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="Swan Dive" width="292" height="231" align="right" /></a>Everyone was laughing but I was game.  I dove off the bow, swam to shore and started to climb.  I was game - but not crazy. I climbed to the mid point - about 15 feet up - and jumped into the lake.  As I was swimming back to the boat, my Dad started yelling and pointing at the rock.  I looked back just in time to see that boy.  He had climbed to the highest point - and dove in head first.  Dad even caught it with his camera.

Ya gotta love a guy that's willing to risk it all.

I did. Five years later, I married him.

What, you may be asking, does this have to do with entrepreneurship?  Well, it's not that different.  Many will tell you, at one point or another - you have to calculate the risk and take that leap.

Entrepreneurs are a rare breed.  We...
<ul>
	<li>assess risk</li>
	<li>weigh outcomes</li>
	<li>institute a plan</li>
	<li>execute it</li>
</ul>
And when we do it well - we reap the reward.

Sometimes when you take that risk - you end up building a really great business...
<blockquote>and sometimes when you take the leap - you get the girl.  :0)</blockquote>
Thanks for stopping by. Stay Tuned...
<blockquote>Joan Koerber-Walker</blockquote>
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