[MoneyMagnet]

Money would increase my happiness, especially when that money will turn into a koenigsegg ccx =]

[rogercbryan]

Originally Posted by pboychuk

I dont understand, when you look at a forbes magazine and it lists the most succesful entrepreneurs they dont give them a psycological evaluation to determine how happy they are, the question is simply asking who is making bank. if you are trying skew the topic into something else then you probably arent making that much money, thus making excuses

lol... nice post

[rogercbryan]

Still no agreement on what the valuation point is going to be? Where is the person that started this thread.. what do you want to base your decision on?

[Will]

Originally Posted by Jay Brass

Listen, I don't mean to come of naive or ignorant, but whoever has the most cash and is doing well financially is the most successful. Yeah sure being happy is pretty cool, but honestly, I'd prefer have billions over being happy. So, I'm not too successful but many others are on this forum.

That is a huge contradiction...
You would rather have billions than be happy? So if the billions don't make you happy, why have them? You can read a lot about billionaires who are totally unhappy, as it really does not make people happy, what makes people happy is having a purpose. Sure Ide like to be wealthy in the future, though I know its important to have happiness with the wealth, as wealth is not the only thing that makes life good.

[Silverion]

I am very surprised you don´t know how to determine success! That is a simple premise and unless specified in a determined way, success is defined as who has the most substantial positive results (in an average) and since this is a business forum (with entrepreneurial focus), it can be measured in the amount of money made since you decided to enter the the business world. Why? Because you could make 100 deals, win some, loss others and make $300,000 in the process. But if you make 5 but win $1,5 million in the process you might not have as much experience as the first guy but in most cases you will have more reputation because of the business volume implied.

In theory it is not any different than what we could consider a succesful company. Positive income, large market share, and good reputation. But to put in the simplest of terms, the question really is: What is your net worth?

But I would be surprised if too many of those who have something to prove for their years of hard work were interested in giving us such information.

[zharlene]

I feel the most "successful entrepreneurs" are people who started with almost nothing and are now living in luxury that most people can only dream about.

[zharlene]

Originally Posted by Silverion

But to put in the simplest of terms, the question really is: What is your net worth?

I completely disagree. You're basically calling Paris Hilton successful...of course her net worth is huge...d-uh! But "successful"? Come on.

The last time we had that question (What is your net worth?) in the forum, many kids in here started counting money their parents started them off with. If your parents started you off with a dollar and you made a million times that amount then of course you're successful. If you're parents started you off with 100K and that's what your net worth is, how can you call yourself successful, let alone an entrepreneur?

[Silverion]

I think you are failing to notice I did sketch a whole background in the process of getting to the question: "What is your net worth?". It is not supposed to be taken out of the context of the previous considerations and definitions I stated in the post.

[rogercbryan]

This is getting absolutely no where... i yi yi...

[pboychuk]

Originally Posted by rogercbryan

This is getting absolutely no where... i yi yi...

seriously please get an admin to lock this post

[andrewrichardgale]

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