What does entrepreneur/entrepreneurship mean to you?

Pierre Kraus
77 replies
To me, entrepreneur is who has the ability to discover and create, while bearing the risk of earning a non-fixed income. Let me know your thoughts!

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Sandeep Virk
Understand your team & connect them with you vision.
Eugene Hauptmann
Pretty much this
Debajit Sarkar
Selling. An entrepreneur is a person who is selling something. If he is not selling something he is not an entrepreneur.
Pierre Kraus
@dsarkar Even though I believe that an entrepreneur encompasses a variety of actions, selling is essential for the survival of an entrepreneur!
Michael Silber
Someone who creates new streams of business value that is disconnected from existing revenue generation
Ruben Wolff
Each entrepreneur can have their own very different definition, but I'd say an entrepreneur is someone who decides not to follow the conventional path professionally and who don't directly let themselves depend on someone else. Their don't necessarily work on their own project but they are still in charge of organizing their work and everything that comes with it
Aleksandra Vukovic
@rubenwolff to me, this factor of independence was a reason for starting my own business.
Pierre Kraus
@rubenwolff @aleksandra_vukovic it is true that entrepreneur doesn't respond to a single definition depending on the person but going off the beaten track to seek independence seems to be a common denominator!
Abderisak
@rubenwolff I like that definition, particularly the focus on being independent with respect to other people/employers.
Alexey Shashkov
Pretty good question, Pierre. πŸ’ͺπŸ™‚ To me, the entrepreneur is one who really wants to build a high-growth, high-intensity, high-risk startup and who want to push forward. Who wants to raise venture capital, to hire a bunch of people, to just really go for it. Whose goal is to take the company public and who is okay taking lots of risks along the way to get there.
Aleksandra Vukovic
@shashcoffe There are many entrepreneurs who are successful in their communities, providing jobs to people, without having high-risk, high-intensity startups.
Pierre Kraus
@shashcoffe Thanks man! Building, growing at high intensity while bearing all the risks define accurately entrepreneurship and it's also sometimes nerve wrecking ahah. It's the beauty of it when you hire people that share a common vision with you about your product/company.
Eden Tadesse
Being an agent of change, being authentic and courageous, being a risk taker
Pierre Kraus
@indothopian Yes! "Being authentic and courageous", very true. You need authenticity to build genuine relationship with your team & users and courage to face situations outside of your comfort zone, as well as keep on going even though you might not always see progress in your journey.
Vignesh Raja
An entrepreneur is a perseverant, optimistic problem solver.
Pierre Kraus
@dotvignesh Being optimistic is very important to face the challenges along the way and keep moving forward.
George Apostolov
Pierre, To your quote I would add also "bearing the risk of failing"
PJ GarciaβœͺΒ πŸ§ͺ
For me, an entrepreneur means a person who has the ability to discover and identify some kind of business opportunity and who organizes a series of resources to start a business project. An entrepreneur is characterized by his or her creativity, leadership, adaptation, perseverance, passion and self-confidence. An entrepreneur is not the same as a businessman or businesswoman, who is the one who directs and manages an already established company. An entrepreneur can improve or destabilize the markets with his or her products or services.πŸš€
Aleksandra Vukovic
Entrepreneurs are optimistic problem-solvers who see and seize opportunities.
Yusuke Nishijima
It’s a journey of following my heart.
Lis Ko
building something new
KAUSHIK CH
According to me Entrepreneurship is a journey to find your best deep roots of your mind. Creating Value to the society by solving through our skills.
Manish Tak
Solving problems
Sasha Briu
Risk risk risk! And enjoying this risky situations!
Dillon Peterson
It means living your Dharma: Doing something you like, that you are good at, that is of value to others.
Schar Donald
WORK WORK WORK WORK AND MORE WORK
Diana Voronec
It's an obsession and a lifestyle. When you have your idea you are finding reasons and confirmations to create it daily.
Pierre Kraus
@dvoroneca Entrepreneurship definitely takes a different mindset. Growing your product takes a daily grind and constant self-questioning to move forward.
Kevin Hon Chi Hang
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Pierre Kraus
@honkevin According to Kizner, entrepreneurship is: "The job of correcting misallocations by specializing in the discovery of missed opportunity.".