Starting a business can be the roller coaster ride of your life. Know the good and the bad in advance, and hold on tight. Being an entrepreneur is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it does open up the amazing opportunity to run with your ideas and see if they will actually work. It is a way to bring your passion to life as you help make people's lives better. It is your avenue to severing the ties of a 9-to-5 job and someone else being in charge of your work life. Launching your own business can be the most exhilarating, mind-boggling, mind-blowing, happy, frustrating --and profitable--adventure of your life. Here are 23 sometimes hard-to-swallow facts that most entrepreneurs experience throughout their incredible journeys. 1. You have to get out of your comfort zone daily 2. Your first try at launching your product or service will most likely fall short or even fail completely 3. You have to kiss up to a lot of people you don't even lik...