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'''Entrepreneur''' is a word for an [[Innovation|innovative]] individual who starts a [[business]] or creates a product, [[marketing]] scheme, etc. | '''Entrepreneur''' is a word for an [[Innovation|innovative]] individual who starts a [[business]] or creates a product, [[marketing]] scheme, etc. | ||
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''“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”'' [[Henry Ford]]. | ''“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”'' [[Henry Ford]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:43, August 21, 2025
Entrepreneur is a word for an innovative individual who starts a business or creates a product, marketing scheme, etc.
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford.
The word is from the French: "entrepedre" to undertake, and originally applied to the director of a musical institution before the meaning broadened to its modern application. Joseph Schumpeter, in his classic work Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, to explain the function of the entrepreneur sometimes used his native German term, "undertaker" or undertaker of an enterprise, which didn't translate well into English. President George W. Bush once famously remarked: "The trouble with the French is they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'"
Studies have shown that entrepreneurs rate themselves as happier than just about any other job category. This is because their businesses allow them to earn their own success and it’s this success that makes them happy. [1]
Another one of the advantages of entrepreneurship is that one is not subject to the capriciousness of a supervisor/manager/employer when it comes to career advancement and success. In addition, one is not hampered by a lack of formal education in a given area before one pursues it.
External links
General:
- Entrepreneur: What It Means to Be One and How to Get Started, Investopedia
- What is entrepreneurship?, Stanford Online
- Entrepreneurship, Kaufmann Foundation
Other articles:
- The Free Enterprise System The American Dream.
- Free Enterprise by Fulter Hong
- Motivation and strategies for entrepreneurs. Evan Carmichael.
- Business plans Dell.com.
Magazine for entrepreneurs:
Videos:
- Life of an Entrepreneur Vlog - video playlist, Playlist by Patrick Patrick Bet-David
- Entrepreneurship - video playlist, Video playlist