[skmurphy]

Although I had posted it earlier and been trashed for it I will point to "We Don't Encourage Individuals to Form Startups" at http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2008/12/04/we-dont-encourage-in...

My thesis is that most entrepreneurship is involuntary (either due to fundamental personality characteristics or lack of opportunity to do anything else). If you like the structure corporations provide, embrace it. My only caveat is that most have done away with a commitment to lifetime employment, give some thought to what you might do if you were not able to continue to work in a corporation. I think the best book on the psychology of entrepreneurship is "You Have to Be a Little Crazy" by Barry Moltz http://www.amazon.com/You-Need-Be-Little-Crazy/dp/079318018X... who concludes:

"Entrepreneurs start businesses because..they have no choice. Passion and energy drive them on good days and sustain them on bad days."