How Your Barriers Are Like The Paint On The Road

Martial Tipsey
Writers’ Blokke
Published in
5 min readNov 18, 2021

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Visible, but imagined.

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“The lines on the road is just paint.” Is one of the best pieces of advice my dad has ever given me. I thought he was crazy at the time, but that line has stuck with me for decades. Why? Because how many times in life have you attempted to do something only to stop yourself from some barrier of your imagining? The funny thing about them, they are just that. Imagined.

The Barriers of Entrepreneurship

Have you ever had a great idea, that, after thinking about it you decided probably wasn’t good enough, unique enough, different enough to start a business with?

How about the belief that the market is too saturated.This is just paint on the road. Imagined barriers. Your idea is good enough and saturated markets are about shifting your viewpoint to what about you will make it different.

You’re not alone. There is no shortage of folks who want to start a business, tech for sure is littered with them. According to Forbes over 60% of Millenials have thought about starting a business, yet only 2% actually do.

The reason’s run the gamut from financial concerns to lack of knowledge but the fact is, it’s easier now than it has ever been. These are all just lines on the road, perceived barriers with…

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Martial Tipsey
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Written by Martial Tipsey

Snr. Product Manager — Helping others succeed.

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