Start Up Pains

We’re working hard,
investing long hours
and the little income
we’re earning,
back into our businesses.

We’re not alone.
This is a path
many entrepreneurs have walked
before us.

Eric Hillman*,
co-founder and CEO
of
Europa Sports,
shares

“Wednesday through Saturday,
I’d bounce until 3 a.m.,
wake up early to train,
and go back to work at Europa.
And then I’d rest on Sundays.
That’s how it was for a long time
[seven years] –
I worked another job
so I didn’t have to draw
a weekly paycheck,
and I could put the profits
back into the company.”

No one said changing the world
was easy,
only that it is worth it.

*Jan/Feb 2015
Men’s Fitness