Inside the minds of successful business owners. 'I wake up hungry, and I will not stop.'
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"You have to be insane to be an entrepreneur," says one CEO. He and another founder share the mindset that helped them push through uncertainty.
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: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesEntrepreneurship comes with risk and uncertainty. As one founder put it, "You have to be insane."Two successful founders share the mindsets that helped them push through when failure felt possible.They explain how anyone can develop the resilience and confidence to take entrepreneurial risks.A traditional job typically comes with a regular paycheck and benefits — a measure of stability and predictability.Entrepreneurship offers neither. It comes with risk and uncertainty. There is potential for a big payoff, but no guarantees.Popsmith CEO Tal Moore put it bluntly: "You have to be insane to be an entrepreneur," he told Business Insider. "Because there's so much risk. There's so much turbulence."He and his cofounder nearly ran out of money while building their high-end stovetop popcorn popper."I ended up selling $600,000 worth of my personal stock to keep us afloat," Moore said.It was stressful, of course, but Moore felt he had to find a…