The document discusses various challenges faced by entrepreneurs, including difficulties generating revenue, building a team, dealing with failure and lack of control, underestimating timelines, and dealing with civil servants. Being an entrepreneur is scary due to these challenges.

1. Things I’m glad I didn’t know But it might be useful for you

2. It’s really difficult to generate revenue

3. Banks are weird... and understand very little

4. Recruitment is a black art

5. You have to be able to count

6. Building a team is awfully difficult

7. I work ridiculously hard

8. Failure is really frowned upon

9. Being in charge = not being in control

10. Everything takes longer than you thought

11. Civil servants are ****ers

12. Its bloody scary being an entrepreneur

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