Entrepreneurs’ Earnings Gap

Even successful business founders typically earn 35% less than they would have working for others, according to Case Western University Professor Scott Shane, author of “The Illusions of Entrepreneurship,” reports BusinessWeek.com. “People who run their own businesses have greater job satisfaction,” states Shane, but then we create a “myth (of entrepreneurship) that says because we like it and it makes us happy, it must also make financial sense.”