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70 The motion
This is the end:
when to call it quits
We met in Brussels’ Hotel Amigo, Roald joked that this was a
hotel for rock stars not entrepreneurs. We represented much of
the reality of the start up community today, Belgians for sure,
but many internationals, brought here by EU jobs or trailing
spouses and taking the route of entrepreneurship because it
was the best, most exciting (only?) career path available to
us. We discussed the Belgian start up scene and tried to get
to the bottom of a major issue that all entrepreneurs have to
face eventually, when to sell, quit, or shut down your start up.
What came from these discussions is how difficult it is to make
these decisions, but mostly that they get made for you.
A conversation moderated by Simon McDermott Photographer Grégoire Pleynet