I asked this question on social media and many people commented. Some people picked N150k while other picked N1.0 million.

The two options are ok. Earning N150k as monthly salary is sweet because you won't push yourself too much before collecting it monthly than being an Entrepreneur.

Starting a business with N1.0 million is good because you will be the one to determine your monthly take home/profit. That is base on the marketing/strength you discharge on the business. Entrepreneurship is not easy but you can be BETTER than Salary Earners in the long run.

I won't condemn people that picked N150k because they don't want problem for themselves. Go and ask people that own a business about the challenges they faced, if you hear it, you will run away from Entrepreneurship. To run a business effectively, you need managerial skills and hard work, without it business won't blow. Not everyone can manage a business because lots of businesses have died and some business owners are still owing their staff. For example, Do you know how many Bars & Eateries that have died in the last 6 years in the town you reside?

I'm not trying to scare you about Entrepreneurship but only trying to prepare your mind to something you are gonna face.

If I'm to choose among the two options, I will pick N1.0million because:
1. Entrepreneurship eradicate poverty while Salary is for nursing poverty.
2. I determine my monthly salary/profit.
3. In the long run, I will be better than salary earners and have more office branches.
4. Salary earners job is not guaranteed, person can be sacked at anytime but the success of a N1.0m Business lies in my hand.

Finally, even If person pick 150k monthly salary and after working for so many years, one day; person will still think of starting his/her own business. To now get N1.0m to start a business is not easy because it's hard to save money till it reaches N1.0m. (don't take calculator and be multiplying something for me, I know what i'm saying because it's easy to multiple).

As requested, that's my response to that question. The two offer get risk and I believe, I can still control the risk of the second option.

What's your reaction to this?

Word!!

As a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks... I will say give me the million.

Everybody is not business oriented. You can loss 2M in a business you are not well grounded in. In Lagos, securing shop alone can cost more than half of the money. Inasmuch, I love to do business I want the job first. Business is trial and error.