What's your choice between a serial entrepreneur or a corporate entrepreneur?

[Despairo]

which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later

It's not an option, but they're forced to.

Those people create the business from scratch, it's become big and there's a possibility to become huge in the future. But, the time when the business is still middle-big size, the multi billionaires already notice their business, the multi billionaires will offer to buy out their business or they will threat them by creating the same business with new name and offer cheaper price.

So the option is, waiting your business got destroyed overtime or receiving a huge amount of money.

If someone want to become a serial entrepreneur, they will try to make a simple business and going really massive in marketing, they won't sell their business, instead they will sell the franchise. They only care how much people will buy their franchise instead of thinking about the survivability of each franchise.

Which mean, the motive of becoming serial entrepreneur is driven by scam.

[Lida93]

If given an opportunity to be an entrepreneur between two options of which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later or keep growing the business until it gets so big and expands into branches/divisions until retirement.
That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

Both enterprise is going to still make me some profits, right?  So it would depend on my passion for the very business at the time and what whoever is offering to buy from me is offering too.

If it's some business niche which I have been able to expand and looking at the competition within the business environment forecasting the future and I see I have large chances of my business surviving then I could hold on to it but whereas I couldn't see myself beating the reach with the increasing competition, I think I selling it for good value would be just fine to me. I could just start off with something else different again.

[Pi-network314159]

If given an opportunity to be an entrepreneur between two options of which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later or keep growing the business until it gets so big and expands into branches/divisions until retirement.
That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

Of course the One I bolded should be given more concerned than the other. Building or growing a business from scratch to an extent of opening branches everywhere should be taken into consedration because of its important. Long term investment is the desire of most entrepreneur. This is a good plan that every business man or woman will ever think of, Because this type of entrepreneur are know all over the world after much time spent in making a brand go viral all over the world. Elon musk, marck zugarberg, Amazon, apple and all of this people started small and later became great.. This companies started gradually till they become what they are today. So every successful person in business must pass through stages to become successful but not jumping from one business or The other all in the name of some fucking bulshit.

[fullhdpixel]

Both enterprise is going to still make me some profits, right? 

Yes, as that is what entrepreneur mean. They are looking for ways to earn a profit.

So it would depend on my passion for the very business at the time and what whoever is offering to buy from me is offering too.

Thought you're going to say any of them, lol. But your response is also correct. It is still better to choose what we really like because we might get bored if not, easily.

what whoever is offering to buy from me is offering too

The buy offer is already the offer but there are negotiations too that can occur.

If it's some business niche which I have been able to expand and looking at the competition within the business environment forecasting the future and I see I have large chances of my business surviving then I could hold on to it but whereas I couldn't see myself beating the reach with the increasing competition, I think I selling it for good value would be just fine to me. I could just start off with something else different again.

So, this is like doing the best of both worlds? But, I thought you said earlier that you will only follow your passion. OP's definition of serial entrepreneur is if when the business haven't grown yet but on your case there, I think it is not considered as one anymore. And because it already grown, why can't we just continue it? For sure we can be able to stand the competition as we already have enough experience and others might have only getting started, so we have an edge over them.

[Sticky Bomb]

If given an opportunity to be an entrepreneur between two options of which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later or keep growing the business until it gets so big and expands into branches/divisions until retirement.
That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

It surely depends on your plan for the company. If you don't have much of a long-term plan for the company and only wants to operate it for a while, you can become a serial entrepreneur, but if you've got dreams and want to be in the business for long to actualize your life dream, I don't see why you should sell at a point, then you should be a cooperate entrepreneur and build the business for a longer time.

I also understand that some factors may force the entrepreneur to sell earlier than planned like some legal battles which the entrepreneur may have limited funds to handle e.g the case with YouTube which made the founders sell to Google since they couldn't cover the copyright demands of the creatures of contents shared on their platform.

[mrongos]

Both enterprise is going to still make me some profits, right?  So it would depend on my passion for the very business at the time and what whoever is offering to buy from me is offering too.

If it's some business niche which I have been able to expand and looking at the competition within the business environment forecasting the future and I see I have large chances of my business surviving then I could hold on to it but whereas I couldn't see myself beating the reach with the increasing competition, I think I selling it for good value would be just fine to me. I could just start off with something else different again.

Business is always full of options and thus any option that is chosen is likely to have its worth. If there is still the potential for the business expanding and if we are interested in expanding it then yes, it may be for the best to continue. However, if there is a chance to gain decent results with sales and if we need to try something new, that is also a step that may help in this case. This means that no minutes decision is the best decision as such because it all boils down again to belief regarding the steps to be taken. However, when there is knowledge and careful approach to it, both maintaining and selling supply the same effective results.

[Lida93]

Both enterprise is going to still make me some profits, right? 

Yes, as that is what entrepreneur mean. They are looking for ways to earn a profit.

So it would depend on my passion for the very business at the time and what whoever is offering to buy from me is offering too.

Thought you're going to say any of them, lol. But your response is also correct. It is still better to choose what we really like because we might get bored if not, easily.

what whoever is offering to buy from me is offering too

The buy offer is already the offer but there are negotiations too that can occur.

If it's some business niche which I have been able to expand and looking at the competition within the business environment forecasting the future and I see I have large chances of my business surviving then I could hold on to it but whereas I couldn't see myself beating the reach with the increasing competition, I think I selling it for good value would be just fine to me. I could just start off with something else different again.

So, this is like doing the best of both worlds? But, I thought you said earlier that you will only follow your passion. OP's definition of serial entrepreneur is if when the business haven't grown yet but on your case there, I think it is not considered as one anymore. And because it already grown, why can't we just continue it? For sure we can be able to stand the competition as we already have enough experience and others might have only getting started, so we have an edge over them.

Yes I said something about following my passion as guide while establishing any business because that's what could make me persevere with all the challenges that may arise in doing the business. However, in selling it I also said I will sell when I feel that the competition within the market environment  is what I can't contend with in the future I'll have to sell it for any good offer that surfaces. It isn't about how much it has grown or not but the measure of competition is where I am interested in. For instance, the original owners of WhatsApp sold it for a good offer a good offer for reasons best known to them even when the app was really getting attention. So selling off your businesses may depend on different factors order than it's size.

[uneng]

Both are interesting concepts and I could adopt one or another depending the current context of life I'm facing. I enjoy tradition and solidity, so it could be a tendency for being a corporate entrepreneur.

At same time, I'm not too glued to anything in this world anymore, so even though I put dedication and passion on everything I propose myself to do, I can change my mind for different reasons and influences, leading me to sell the business to someone else who might be heavily interested on it. It would make me a serial entrepreneur, then.

In every cases, I think the most important thing is to aim quality and adding value to other people's lives, despite being a serial or corporate entrepreneur.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

If given an opportunity to be an entrepreneur between two options of which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later or keep growing the business until it gets so big and expands into branches/divisions until retirement.
That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

To be honest, it's a hard question. Because we have the basic tenant or at least what we have grown that it's better to just focus on one and grow it big, like what Bill Gates and Steve Jobs did, with Microsoft and Apple.

But there is this new age that there are a lot of serial entrepreneur building brands and making it big and then selling it and then repeat the process. So I guess there is not perfect answer here, still depends on what the individual is. If he thinks that being a serial entrepreneur will make his happy and make more money then go for it. But if he wants one goal in life and established his brand them perhaps just one product will do.

[Botnake]

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

I imagine a corporate entrepreneur has a far more limited autonomy than a serial entrepreneur but probably makes more money due to the more controlled and structured environment. But a very talented serial entrepreneur could make a lot of money as well...

I would go with corporate.

Honestly, it would be more challenging to build your own business and make it grow from a scratch, that’s actually my dream in life. But looking how stiff the competition right now, and you have a family to feed, it’s more practical now to be a corporate entrepreneur rather than being a serial entrepreneur where all the risks to make it work and grow is all yours.

However, if you have excellent potentials and experience with regards to this, that would maximize your potential outcomes, it’s best to chose being a serial entrepreneur.

[Hazink]

Some people just don't start with the mindset that they will be that entrepreneur that starts up something and later sells it to a bigger buyer, but there are times when you might be growing your business to some extent and you notice that the business needs more financial power than you can afford or is facing some kind of challenges; instead of allowing it to collapse, the best thing to do is to sell it out and use the money to start up something else you have a passion for.

If it's business that you can handle, I don't see anything that will make me want to sell it off when I know there's nothing as good as controlling your own time and life, and you know what you're building and how that can help your upcoming generation.

[passwordnow]

I only understand what entrepreneur means and not with the classification. But I think I'll stick to being a businessman if there are some capital for me that I've made from my crypto investments.

If it's business that you can handle, I don't see anything that will make me want to sell it off when I know there's nothing as good as controlling your own time and life, and you know what you're building and how that can help your upcoming generation.

This is what we all think about having a business. Having our life back from the corporate world and being free at most times managing our business. But this isn't easy going to that point, the hardship is there at the beginning and we'll have to spend the most times than our employees if we've got or any other person that's concerned to our business. But we sure want to have our own businesses because it can be inherited as you've said, and that's one thing that many don't realize yet until they become older.

[Oluwa-btc]

If given an opportunity to be an entrepreneur between two options of which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later or keep growing the business until it gets so big and expands into branches/divisions until retirement.
That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

Being such an entrepreneur is a great idea but being such an entrepreneur that job is cut across growing the person's business is what I'm not okay with tho it's a lucrative measure that helps to expand the individual business horizons to different angles but doing this for long and then you handover to the rightful owner. What then will become your ones outcome and I don't think it's a good deal cause everyone is fighting in one way or the other for the growth of their business not the other way round, and so I would prefer to be none of them but instead focus on building mine.

[Tipstar]

If given an opportunity to be an entrepreneur between two options of which is to build a business brand from scratch just to sell it to bigger pocket buyers later or keep growing the business until it gets so big and expands into branches/divisions until retirement.
That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

* Would you prefer to be a serial entrepreneur than to be a corporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)?

I'm not a entrepreneur but I always have a plan to start one. There might be different reasons why people be serial or corporate entrepreneur. For serial entrepreneurship many people are getting more money in shorter interval of time. It's like job hopping but at a very large scale.
But for me I like stability, it's not that I can't change but if I'm comfortable with what I'm doing I'll keep doing it. The difference between a job and a business is you can fully automate a business to work even in your absence. In short I realize I'm not going to be a billionaire and having multiple business under me is the highest I could achieve in my life.

[boyptc]

That is, once the start up business has shown remarkable growth, one prefers to sell it and start up another one or stick to the growing business until the very end, probably opening up branches and keeping at it until one does retire and pass it on to your children?

Are you watching Dragon's Den and Shark Tank? 

I think if I am successful in this business, I'd do both. I'll make start ups that are intended to be sold once they become stable and have a bigger value.

While doing so, I have my main start up which will be what I am going to check at all times and that's going to be my bread and butter while continuing in making other start ups and will continue to attempt in building ones.

[Wexnident]

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Corpo. Lot more room for expansion imo and I personally want to see it move like that. Granted, it's not on the level of say, making games then moving on to make furniture no. Just making games, but a huge, HUGE variety of them plus related consoles and whatnot if possible. Afaik there's no gatekeeping yet in the game industry. If you were say, in the general tech industry like Google/Apple? You're probably better off being a serial entrep cause those companies would just bully the hell out of you till you give up and sell your company to them.

[Scarlett_23]

The type of entrepreneur a person becomes depends on the person's main goal, his planning and business management skills. Many corporate entrepreneurs have taken their businesses to the peak of success with many new ideas and big projects. On the other hand, serial entrepreneurs have to endure many setbacks and then reach a certain point after starting a business.

Moreover, no one starts a business thinking that he will later sell his business to someone.

But facing the reality, if someone wants to sell to protect his own interests, then that is a different story. Billionaire Elon Musk has achieved extreme success by selling his PayPal and forming Tesla and SpaceX.