What Is An Entrepreneur?

As it is said, 'The Beginning is always the best place to start' but what if you do not know where the beginning is?

On a forum that I am a regular member of there was a thread that was started that has become quite an interesting debate - and it all revolves around:

What is an Entrepreneur?

It all started by the mention from one member that he didn't think that affiliate marketers can be classified as entrepreneurs as they are just sales people. I think that there is some credibility in that statement, but I think that it is very generic and to stereotypical.

An entrepreneur is a person who operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. (source: Wikipedia.com)

I know there are many different definitions of an entrepreneur and this is what makes defining an entrepreneur so difficult.

My perception of an entrepreneur is somewhat similar to the above definition. I think that an entrepreneur is:

Someone that has creative ideas and takes risks and responsibility in relation to those ideas usually with the aim of creating wealth. That is just my personal opinion, so don't shoot me down, but it made me think does it really matter who or what is defined as an entrepreneur? I mean if a person starts a business selling shoes and floats it via IPO, walking away with a nicely padded back pocket - good on him. And if a young person creates a strategy to make money promoting affiliate programs through his blog, website or even just with PPC - then his new venture would be a success and I would give him the credit he deserves.

I think the focus shouldn't be on 'I'm an entrepreneur and you are not'. We should be more focused on our plans - whatever they may be, and put our effort into them.

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