What is an Entrepreneur?

Much has been written about Entrepreneurship.   Most of what is written addresses what it takes to be an entrepreneur and what it means to be an entrepreneur.  This material is written for people who want to better themselves and be their own boss.  People devour this material in hopes of catching that phrase or article that will flip the switch in their head and give them the magic they need to succeed or the idea that will push them over the top.  Good luck.  Maybe it is out there, but I doubt it. 

   What you need to be looking for is what is inside you.  If you are an entrepreneur there will be no denying it.  You will get ideas for businesses all the time.  If you love talking to people who have started their own businesses and long to start one yourself don’t worry, you have the entrepreneur spirit.  I have talked with many people who wonder if they have what it takes to succeed.  If you are a true entrepreneur you will try and try again until you do succeed.  If you have seen the research from the Kauffman foundation and others you know that only one out of ten or twenty businesses really succeed.  The exciting thing is you may be planning the one that succeeds right now. 

   Once you start the business that succeeds the next one comes easier.  It comes easier because you now have the practical experience and knowledge of what works and what doesn’t.  Don’t give up!  If you have the yearning to be your own boss and the spark inside you to be an entrepreneur, you are.  Keep on going and keep on learning.  You will succeed!   You will get that idea and begin the venture that works, and works well.