What is an entrepreneur?

I read an article on Entrepreneurship today by the authors Reggie

Aggarwal and Mark Esposito. It was very enlightening to what an

Entrepreneurship has to deal with. They explain that being an

Entrepreneur is more then a job title, it is a way of life. They

describe it as a very risky job path but very rewarding to the

individual.They say it is especially hard to be a technology

entrepreneur and that many successful entrepreneurs have failed at one

time. They give out some interesting facts that may discourage many

that have dreams of being an entrepreneur. This is not to scare people

out of being an entrepreneur but more to prepare them for chance of

failure. A true entrepreneur will face this risk head on because they

are motivated for some reason or another. The idea of creating

something useful out of nothing is a strong desire for many people.

Especially if it is something that will solve a currect problem in the

market. This may not always strike the entrepreneur rich but it often

will build long-term value which is important too. The freedom to

freely conduct your business and be your own boss is also a strong

desire by many entrepreneurs. Not having someone watching over your

shoulder monitoring your work is a great stress relief to some people.

But if you are going to be your own boss, you have to be strongly self

motivated so work actually gets done. As I said earlier failure is

something that is often faced and an Entrepreneur must not be afraid

of it, be prepared for it, and able to move past it. The authors say

this ability to face challenges without fear enables success where

others would actually fail. So from this reading iv learned that an

entrepreneur must have the courage to start a project, self motivation

to continue with it and finish it, and be able to face failure if it

happens and move on towards success in the future.